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Vermont GAR Posts & History Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary National GAR Records Program - Historical Summary of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Posts by State VERMONT Prepared by the National Organization SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR INCORPORATED BY ACT OF CONGRESS No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. PLEASE NOTE: The GAR Post History section is a work in progress (begun 2013). More data will be added at a future date. 000 (Department) N/A N/A VT Org. 23 October Permanent Department organized 23 October 1868. Beath, 1889; Carnahan, 1893 1868 001 Chamberlain St. Johnsbury Caledonia VT LTC George Ephraim Org. 10 Apr. 1868 Eleven charter members (1868). Associated with Chamberlain Gazetteer of Caledonia and Chamberlain (1838-1864), 1st VT or 26 May 1868 Corps, No. 4, WRC. Essex Counties, 1887; Beath, Heavy Art., died 22 Aug. 1864, (one may be 1889 from wounds received at Charles charter date); Re- Town, WV, on 21 Aug. 1864. org. 8 Jan. 1880 Resident of St. Johnsbury, local hero. 001 Wells St. Johnsbury Caledonia VT Chart'd 10 Jan. Dis. 1870 First Post to organize in the Department of Vermont. Beath, 1889 1868 002 Stannard Burlington Chittenden VT BG George Jerrison Stannard Chart'd 27 Apr. Eleven charter members. Burlington Weekly Free Press, (1820-1886), famous Civil War 1868; Org. 20 1 June 1883 leader and resident of Burlington. July 1868 003 Derby Center Derby Center Orleans VT Named for the community in The Post (known then as Post No. 3) was in existence by May The National Memorial Day, which the Post was based. 1869, when it observed Memorial Day. 1869 003 Ethan Allen Vergennes Addison VT Ethan Allen (1737/8-1789), patriot in the American Revolution, thought to have been responsible for the naming of Vergennes. 004 J. M. Warner Morrisville Lamoille VT (presumably) BG James Meech Warner (1836-1897), famous Civil War leader from Vermont. 005 Hooker South Londonderry Windham VT 006 A. E. Burnside Greensboro Bend Orleans VT MG Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824-1881), famous Civil War leader. 006 Howard Ludlow Windsor VT MG Oliver Otis Howard (1830- Org. 4 July 1868 Dis. 1880 Ten charter membres (1868). Meetings were held regularly until National Tribune, 17 May 1883; 1909), famous Civil War leader. 1880. The Post re-organized in 1883 as O. O. Howard Post, No. History of Windsor County, VT, 33. 1891; History of Ludlow, VT, 1949 007 043 Jarvis Springfield Windsor VT MAJ Charles Jarvis (1821-1863), Org. 21 Aug. Dis. 1874 History of Windsor County, VT, 9th VT Inf., died at New Berne, 1868; Re-org. 1891 NC, on 1 Dec. 1863, from wounds July 1884 received while on scout that day. Resident of Windsor County, local hero. 007 Ransom East Corinth Orange VT Gazetteer of Orange County, VT, 1888 008 Sedgwick Brattleboro Windham VT MG John Sedgwick (1813-1864), The Post was in existence by May 1869, when it observed The National Memorial Day, famous Civil War leader, KIA Memorial Day. 1869 Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May 1864. 009 D. Rattray West Burke Caledonia VT SGT David Rattray, Jr. (1834- Org. 7 Dec. 1882 Associated with D. Rattray Corps, No. 27, WRC. The name is also Gazetteer of Caledonia and 1864), Co. G, 3rd VT Inf., KIA at frequently misspelled, "Rattery." Essex Counties, 1887; Post Wilderness, VA, on 5 May 1864. Roster, 1921 Resident of Caledonia County, local hero. 009 Preston Danville Caledonia VT 009 West Randolph West Randolph Orange VT 010 Gates / Post No. 10 Cambridge Lamoille VT Clarence Dyer Gates (1839- Org. summer Seventeen charter members. The Post was originally named for Personal War Sketches, Post 1917), Adjutant, 1st VT Cav. 1868; Re-chart'd its first Commander, C. D. Gates, but they dropped the name in No. 10 Commander of the Post. Apr. 1878 obedience to the order that the organization should not use the name of a living comrade. The Post considered Eli Ellinwood as a namesake, but chose to simply use Post No. 10 as its name. 011 Cabot Cabot Washington VT Named for the community in which the Post was based. SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Vermont Page 1 of 8 Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 011 Scott Jamaica Lamoille VT 012 John T. Sennot West Rutland Rutland VT 013 Brooks Montpelier Washington VT GAR Hall (1889) Associated with Brooks Corps, No. 18, WRC. Gazetteer of Washington County, VT, 1889 014 Roberts Rutland Rutland VT COL George Tisdale Roberts Org. 11 Nov. Vemont Historical Society (1825-1862), 7th VT Inf., died 7 1868 Aug. 1862, from wounds received at Baton Rouge, LA, on 5 Aug. 1862. Resident of Rutland, local hero. 015 Flint Craftsbury Orleans VT CPT Henry C. Flint (1840-1863), Org. 15 Dec. Seventeen charter members. National Tribune, 28 Dec. 1882 Co. I, 1st VT Cav., KIA at Broad 1882 Run, VA, on 1 Apr. 1863. Resident of Orleans County, local hero. 016 Mason Glover Orleans VT 016 Warner Middlebury Addison VT 017 Fairlee Fairlee Orange VT Named for the community in which the Post was based. 017 Washburn Bradford Orange VT LTC Peter Thatcher Washburn GAR Hall, Union block (1888) Org. 23 Apr. National Tribune, 26 Apr. 1883; (1814-1870), 1st VT Inf. 1870; Re-must'd Gazetteer of Orange County, 12 Apr. 1883 VT, 1888 018 C. J. Ormsbee Brandon Rutland VT CPT Charles James Ormsbee (1839-1864), Co. D, 5th VT Inf., KIA at Wilderness, VA, on 5 May 1864. Resident of Brandon, local hero. 018 Ford Brandon Rutland VT The Post was in existence by May 1869, when it observed The National Memorial Day, Memorial Day. 1869 019 H. H. Smith Stowe Lamoille VT SGM Henry H. Smith ( ? -1863), Co. E, 13th VT Inf., KIA by a shell fragment at Gettysburg, PA, on 3 July 1863. Resident of Stowe, local hero. 020 Baldy Smith St. Albans Franklin VT BG (Bvt. MG) William Farrar Dis. 1878 "The old post became involved in difficulties, and its members lost History of Franklin and Grand "Baldy" Smith (1824-1903), interest in its welfare, whereupon the charter was surrendered." Isle Counties, VT, 1891 famous Civil War leader and native of St. Albans. 020 J. H. Woodward Irasburg Orleans VT (presumably) Rev. John Hills Woodard, Sr. (1809-1886), Chaplain, 1st VT Cav., the "Fighting Chaplain of Vermont." 020 Merrit Williams Bakersfield Franklin VT CPT Merritt Bates Williams (c.1840-1863), Co. G, 13th VT Inf., died 26 July 1863 at Bakersfield, VT, from shell wounds received at Gettysburg, PA, on 2 July 1863. Local hero. 021 067 Bailey Troy Orleans VT 021 Whitney Tunbridge Orange VT PVT Orlando Whitney ( ? -1863), Org. 17 Oct. 1870 Associated with Whitney Corps, No. 14, WRC. The Post National Tribune, 13 Nov. Co. D, 9th VT Inf., died of disease incorporated Vermont in November 1890. 1884; Gazetteer of Orange in VA on 3 July 1863. Resident of County, VT, 1888 Tunbridge, local hero. 022 Edwin Dillingham Waterbury Washington VT MAJ Edwin Dillingham ( ? -1864), GAR Hall (1889) Org. 2 Feb. 1881 Twenty-eight charter members. Associated with Dillingham Corps, Gazetteer of Washington 10th VT Inf., KIA at Winchester, No. 22, WRC. County, VT, 1889 VA, on 19 Sept. 1964. Resident of Waterbury, local hero. 022 Sheridan Woodstock Windsor VT Chart'd about In existence in February 1872. "On account of certain regulations History of Windsor County, VT, 1881 that required too much time, it was thought to become a full 1891 member, (passing through the several degrees — recruits, soldiers, and veterans) the post became unpopular, lost its organization, and finally passed out of existence." 023 Johnson Northfield Washington VT GAR Hall (1889) Org. 8 May 1873 Sur. 1907 Gazetteer of Washington County, VT, 1889; Burlington Weekly Free Press, 27 Feb. 1908 024 Skinner Manchester Depot Bennington VT Last surviving member was Horace J. Fuller (1845-1929). Bennington Banner, 7 Feb. 1929 SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Vermont Page 2 of 8 Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 024 059 William B. Reynolds Milton Chittenden VT MAJ William B. Reynolds ( ? - 1864), 17th VT Inf., KIA at Petersburg, VA, on 30 July 1864. Resident of Milton, local hero. 025 Henry Chester Windsor VT Must'd 7 Mar. Twenty-five charter members. National Tribune, 15 Mar. 1883 1883 025 Brooks Chester Windsor VT IOOF Hall; the Depot; old Org. 10 May 1870 Sur. 1871 Twenty-five charter members. The Post was "burned out" shortly History of Windsor County, VT, academy on South St. before it surrendered its charter. Hugh Henry, the first Post 1891; National Tribune, 15 Commander, was later a member of Henry Post, No. 27, named Sept. 1892 for his father. 025 Ellsworth Hardwick Caledonia VT COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth Must'd 21 Feb. National Tribune, 15 Mar. 1883 (1837-1861), colonel in the New 1883 York Fire Zouaves (11th N.Y. Inf.), who was the first Union casualty of the Civil War, killed by a pro- Confederacy innkeeper in Alexandria, VA, on 24 May 1861. Civil War hero and martyr. 026 Newton Stone N. Bennington Bennington VT 026 T. B. Alexander Newport Center Orleans VT Named for a beloved comrade Must'd 13 Apr. Twenty-eight charter members. National Tribune, 1 Mar. 1883 who was killed in an accident in 1883 December 1882.
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