Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary

National GAR Records Program - Historical Summary of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Posts by State SOUTH DAKOTA 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 SD Org. 27 February Dis. 31 Jan. Department of Dakota organized 27 February 1883. Name Carnahan, 1893 1883 1941 changed to Department of South Dakota on 11 April 1890, after North Dakota formed its own Department. The Department became inactive (businees being conducted by the WRC) on 6 June 1939, and stopped filing reports from that time forward. The Department terminated with the death of its last Commander, Levi Van Voorhis, on 31 January 1941. 002 Jos. Mower La Moure SD MG Joseph Anthony Mower (1827- 1870), famous Civil War leader.

004 Kilpatrick Huron Beadle SD MG (1836- Chart'd 25 Mar. Originally chartered by the Department of Iowa. National Tribune, 2 Aug. 1883; 1881), famous Civil War leader. 1882; Re-org. 21 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR July 1883 History) 005 George H. Thomas Redfield Spink SD MG George Henry Thomas (1816- Must'd April 1882 Originally chartered by the Department of Iowa. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1870), famous Civil War leader. History)

006 Ransom Mitchell Davison SD 007 Phil Kearney Yankton Yankton SD MG Philip Kearny, Jr. (1815- Chart'd 9 May Originally chartered by the Department of Iowa. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1862), KIA at Chantilly, VA, on 1 1882 History) Sept. 1862. Famous Civil War leader. 008 Miner Vermillion Clay SD Must'd 6 May Originally chartered by the Department of Iowa. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1882 History) 009 Stephen A. Hurlburt Elk Point Union SD MG Stephen Augustus Hurlbut Must'd 12 May Originally chartered by the Department of Iowa. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR (1815-1882), one of the founding 1882 History) fathers of the GAR. 010 Joe Hooker Sioux Falls Minnehaha SD MG (1814-1879), Chart'd 2 May Originally chartered by the Department of Iowa. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR famous Civil War leader. 1882 History) 011 GEN Lyon Canton Lincoln SD BG Nathaniel Lyon (1818-1861), 15 May 1882 Originally chartered by the Department of Iowa. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR KIA at Wilson's Creek, MO, 10 History) August 1861. 012 Canby Miller Hand SD MG Edward Richard Sprigg Org. 28 Nov. Jamestown Weekly Alert (ND), Canby (1817-1873), famous Civil 1882 15 Dec. 1882 War leader, KIA in the Modoc Indian Wars, CA, 11 April 1873.

013 Sully Pierre Hughes SD Chart'd 23 Dec. The Post hall burned in the fall of 1884. National Tribune, 27 Nov. 1882 1884; Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR History) 014 Brad Waller Athol Spink SD Chart'd 19 June Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1888 History) 015 C. C. Washburn Egan Moody SD Org. 15 Feb. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1883 History) 017 J. H. Carleton Parker Turner SD Dis. December Nat'l Encampment 1893 Proceedings, 1898 018 Schaffer Montrose McCook SD Must'd 13 Mar. Sur. 1889 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1883 History) 019 Robert Anderson Aberdeen Brown SD MAJ (Bvt. MG) Robert Anderson Chart'd 12 Jan. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR (1805-1871), commander of the 1884, Must'd 12 History) garrison at Fort Sumter when it Jan. 1893 was bombarded at the outset of the Civil War. 020 Dahlgren Dell Rapids Minnehaha SD

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 021 COL Ellsworth Lennox Lincoln SD COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth Chart'd 10 June Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR (1837-1861), in the New 1883 History) York Fire (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.

022 GEN James Shields Madison Lake SD Chart'd 25 Sept. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1883 History) 023 George H. Stevens Howard Miner SD Org. 25 May 1883 Original charter was destroyed by fire, and a new one was issued Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR on 14 December 1883. History) 024 Burnside Cavour Beadle SD MG Ambrose Everett Burnside 20 Jan. 1883 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR (1824-1881), famous Civil War History) leader. 025 McArthur Woonsocket Sanborn SD 026 GEN Salem McCook SD MG John Sedgwick (1813-1864), Chart'd 15 Sept. Sur. 1910 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR famous Civil War leader, KIA 1883 History) Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May 1864. 027 John A. Rawlins Plankinton Aurora SD BG John Aaron Rawlins (1831- IOOF Hall (1885) 1869), famous Civil War leader. 028 Harney Rapid City Pennington SD 029 E. O. C. Ord Wessington Springs Jerauld SD MG Edward Otho Cresap Ord Must'd 25 Aug. Twenty-four charter members. National Tribune, 6 Sept. 1883; (1818-1883), famous Civil War 1883 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR leader. History) 030 John A. Dix Highmore Hyde SD Must'd 4 Sept. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1883 History) 031 Edward S. McCook Hurley Turner SD COL Edwin Stanton McCook Chart'd 5 Sept. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR (1837-1873), 31st IL Inf. Famous 1883 History) Civil War leader and post-war politician. One of the "fighting McCooks." 032 Meade Gettysburg Potter SD 033 T. O. Howe Hitchcock / Altoona Beadle SD Must'd 25 July Dis. 1918 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1883 History) 034 McKenzie Chamberlain Brule SD 035 Reno Kimball Brule SD Chart'd 15 Oct. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1883 History) 036 046 Anson S. McCook Centerville Turner SD Org. Oct. 1883 Ten charter members. Department records state that the number National Tribune, 18 Oct. 1883; 46 was given to this Post after Frank P. Blair Post, No. 46, Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR disbanded in 1887. History) 036 GEN Harrison Alexandria Hanson SD 038 GEN Steedman Springfield Bon Homme SD MG James Blair Steedman 1817- Org. 17 Oct. 1883 Sixteen charter members. National Tribune, 8 Nov. 1883 1883), famous Civil War leader. 039 Baker Lake Preston Kingsbury SD Chart'd 10 Nov. Twenty-five charter members. National Tribune, 20 Sept. 1883 1883; Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR History) 040 GEN Haskins Gary Deuel SD Must'd 10 Nov. Sus. 4 June Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1883 1901 History) 041 Edward Welch White Brookings SD Must'd 12 Nov. Sur. 19 Mar. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1883 1898 History) 042 GEN A. A. Humphrey Milbank Grant SD MG Albert Atkinson Humphreys Must'd Jan. 1884 Forty charter members. The National Tribune reported that the National Tribune, 10 Jan. 1884 (1810-1883), famous Civil War Post was mustered at Post. leader. 043 GEN Sheridan Geddes / Bloomington Charles Mix SD MG Philip Henry Sheridan (1831- Org. 1883 Dis. 1915 The Post originally organized at Geddes. When the railroad was Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1888), famous Civil War leader. extended to Bloomington in 1888, the Post moved its History) headquarters to that town. 043 Gordon Granger Alexandria Hanson SD MG Gordon Granger (1822-1876), famous Civil War leader. 045 Ralph Ely Columbia Brown SD Org. 15 Mar. Thirteen charter members. National Tribune, 24 Apr. 1884; 1884 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR History) 046 036 Frank P. Blair Waterbury Jerauld SD MG Franklin Preston Blair, Jr. Org. 28 Feb. Dis. 1887 Also listed as Frank T. Blair Post. When the Post disbanded in Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR (1821-1875), famous Civil War 1884 1887, the members transferred to Anson S. McCook Post, No. 46, History) leader. in Centerville. 046 Anson S. McCook Centerville Turner SD c.1883 Took the number 46 circa 1889. See also Anson S. McCook Post, Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR No. 36, and Frank P. Blair Post, No. 46. History) 047 Jack G. Sturgis Fort Meade Meade SD Must'd 21 Feb. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1884 History)

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 048 Abe Lincoln Sturgis Bon Homme SD (1809-1865), Org. 20 Oct. 1884 Existed one year. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 16th President of the United History) States. 048 GEN Winfield Scott Ipswich Edmunds SD MG Winfield Scott (1786-1866), famous Mexican War leader, and early leader in the Civil War. 049 Joseph A. Mower Mellette Spink SD MG Joseph Anthony Mower (1827- Org. 1884 Existed for three years. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1870), famous Civil War leader. History)

050 GEN Wadsworth Flandreau Moody SD 051 O. P. Morton Armour Douglas SD Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Must'd 15 Mar. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR Morton (1823-1877), Governor of 1884 History) Indiana during the Civil War. 052 Farragut Spearfish Lawrence SD ADM David Glasgow Farragut Must'd 7 Mar. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR (1801-1870), famous Civil War 1884 History) leader and former Commandant of Mare Island Naval Shipyard. 053 COL Ellis St. Lawrence Hand SD Must'd Mar. 1884 Thirteen charter members. National Tribune, 24 Apr. 1884

054 Thomas Elsom Northville Spink SD PVT Thomas Elsom (c.1843- Chart'd 29 Mar. Fifteen charter members. National Tribune, 24 Apr. 1884; 1865), Co. F, 8th NY Cav., died of 1884 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR disease at Carlton, NY, on 11 Apr. History) 1865. His brother, Joseph (same unit), was a member of the Post.

055 Hancock Oakwood Brookings SD Must'd 13 Mar. Sur. 15 May Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1884 1890 History) 058 Dumont Blunt Highmore SD Must'd 27 Mar. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1884 History) 059 Freeman Thayer Watertown Codington SD Must'd 16 April Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1884 History) 060 Marion Walker Willow Lakes Clark SD Must'd 13 Oct. Sus. 4 June Reportedly took the number 60 from a defunct Post that had Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1888 1901 existed in Doland. History) 061 Sol. Meredith Frankfort Spink SD BG Soloman "Sol" Meredith (1810- Must'd 18 April Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1875), famous Civil War leader. 1884 History)

062 GEN Upton Ashton Spink SD Must'd 19 Apr. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1884 History) 063 Ricketts Ethan / Rome Davison SD BG (Bvt. MG) James Brewerton Must'd 24 June Sur. 11 Aug. Fourteen charter members. National Tribune, 6 Nov. 1884; Ricketts (1817-1887), famous 1884 1902 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR Civil War leader. History) 064 Keogh Deadwood Lawrence SD Must'd 30 May Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1884 History) 067 COL Kirk Andover Day SD Must'd 12 July Sur. 1900 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1884 History) 068 Devine Arlington Brookings / SD Kingsbury 069 GEN G. M. Dodge Beresford Union SD MG Grenville Mellen Dodge (1831- 1916), famous Civil War leader. Died at Council Bluffs, IA, on 3 Jan. 1916. Railroad man after the Civil War. 070 GEN Crocker Webster Day SD Must'd 11 June Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1884 History) 071 Parkhurst Oelrichs Fall River SD Must'd 8 Mar. Sur. 3 May Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1887 1893 History) 072 Phil. H. Sheridan Faulkton Faulk SD MG Philip Henry Sheridan (1831- Must'd 15 July Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1888), famous Civil War leader. 1884 History) 074 Robert L. McCook Brookings Brookings SD BG Robert Latimer McCook (1827- 1862), died of wounds at Huntsville, AL, on 6 August 1862. Famous Civil War leader. One of the "fighting McCooks." 075 COL Frank Haskell Artesian City Sanborn SD COL Frank Aretas Haskell (1828- Must'd 4 Sept. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1864), 36th WI Inf., KIA at Cold 1885 History) Harbor, VA, on 3 June 1864. 076 COL Hughes White Lake Aurora SD Chart'd 19 Apr. Sur. 18 Oct. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1884 1909 History) 077 Olivet Hutchinson SD Atlanta, GA, site of major Civil Org. 24 April Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR War battle (campaign). 1889 History)

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 077 Heintzleman Scotland Bon Homme SD MG Samuel Peter Heintzelman Must'd 3 Oct. Dis. 1887 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR (1805-1880), famous Civil War 1884 History) leader. 078 GEN Sherman Clear Lake Deuel SD MG Must'd 19 Dec. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR (1820-1891), famous Civil War 1886 History) leader. 078 Grierson Tyndall Bon Homme SD Must'd 4 Oct. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1884 History) 081 Edwin M. Stanton Lead Lawrence SD Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814- Org. 15 Oct. 1884 Dis. 1920 The last meeting was held on 26 Feb. 1920. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1869), Secretary of War under History) President Lincoln. 082 Harvey DeSmet Kingsbury SD Must'd 25 Oct. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1884 History) 085 W. H. L. Wallace Alpena Jerauld SD BG William Hervey Lamme Org. 30 Apr. 1885 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR Wallace (1821-1862), mortally History) wounded at Shiloh, died 19 Apr. 1862. 088 Morgan L. Smith Harrold Hughes SD Must'd 24 Mar. Sur. 1894 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1885 History) 089 Iroquois Iroquois Kingsbury SD Named for the community in Must'd 10 May c.1901 The last meeting was reportedly held on 27 April 1901. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR which the Post was based. 1885 History) 090 William McCain Wolsey Beadle SD Chart'd 20 May Sur. 1887 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1885 History) 091 GEN McDowell Fort Randall Gregory SD Must'd 25 June Sur. 15 Dec. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1885 1892 History) 093 COL Grambee Bijou Hills Brule SD 094 GEN Steele Custer Custer SD MG Frederick Steele (1819-1868), 7 Dec. 1885 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR Civil War leader, died in California History) January 1868. 095 U. S. Grant Onida Sully SD Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant Chart'd 14 Nov. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1822-1885), famous Civil War 1887 History) leader, later US President. 096 GEN Weitzel Clark Clark SD 098 GEN Sherman / Clear Lake Clear Lake Deuel SD MG William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), famous Civil War leader. 099 COL George Estelline Hamlin SD Must'd 24 Dec. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1885 History) 101 Greathouse Castalia Charles Mix SD Org. 25 Dec. Sus. 1908 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1885 History) 103 Thomas J. Levette Groton Brown SD Chart'd 10 Mar. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1886 History) 104 William F. Dawes Warner Brown SD Must'd 28 Jan. Sur. 1894 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1886 History) 105 GEN W. S. Hancock Elkton Brookings SD BG (1824- Must'd 10 Feb. Sus. 1901 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1886), famous Civil War and 1886 History) Mexican War leader. 106 Abraham Lincoln Mount Vernon Davison SD Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Must'd 20 Feb. Sur. 3 Mar. Seventeen charter members. Original charter was destroyed by Mitchell Daily Republican, 23 16th President of the United 1886; Chart'd 3 1894 fire. A replacement was issued on 6 July 1892. Feb. 1886; Alice B. Muller, States. Mar. 1886 1932 (SD GAR History) 107 GEN J. A. Kellogg Wentworth Lake SD Brigadier General John Azor Kellogg (1828-1883), Major, 6th Wisconsin Infantry. 108 Fort Donelson Eden / Hudson Lincoln SD Fort Donelson, TN, site of major Org. 10 Mar. Originally organized at Eden. It lasted only two years. It Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR Civil War battle in Feb. 1862. 1886; Re-org. 10 reorganized in 1899 in Hudson with the same namesake and History) Nov. 1899 number. 109 COL Jones Bonilla Beadle SD Must'd 17 Mar. Sus. 4 June Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1886 1901 History) 110 GEN S. R. Curtis Bridgewater McCook SD MG Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805- Chart'd 7 Mar. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1866), famous Civil War leader. 1886 History) Died at Council Bluffs, IA, on 26 Dec. 1866. 112 GEN Rowley Frederick Brown SD Chart'd 4 Feb. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1889 History) 114 George Washington Valley Springs Minnehaha SD George Washington (1731-1799), 1st President of the .

115 John B. Wyman Wessington Beadle SD Must'd 3 April Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1886; Re-org. 27 History) Sept. 1889

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 116 COL David T. Jenkins Ree Heights Hand SD COL David T. Jenkins (c.1836- Chart'd 26 June Sus. 4 June Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1864), 146th NY Inf., KIA at 1886 1901 History) Wilderness, VA, on 5 May 1864. 117 George J. Stannard Loyalton Edmunds SD BG (Bvt. MG) George Jerrison Stannard (1820-1886), famous Civil War leader. Deid in Washington, D.C., on 1 June 1886. 119 E. H. Kennedy Volga Brookings SD Chart'd 26 Aug. Sus. 4 June Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1886 1901 History) 121 GEN Hendrick Britton Marshall SD Chart'd 4 Feb. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1886 History) 123 Thomas S. Free Canistota McCook SD 12 Mar. 1887; Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR Chart'd 16 Mar. History) 1887 126 Wm. L. Utley Parkston Hutchinson SD Must'd 9 June Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1887; Chart'd 14 History) June 1887 127 Silas A. Strickland Hot Springs Fall River SD Chart'd 1 July Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1887 History) 128 Samuel T. Allen / R. B. Hayes Buffalo Gap Custer SD BG Rutherford Birchard Hayes Chart'd 1 July Sur. 30 May Orginally called Samuel T. Allen Post, it changed its name in 1897 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR (1822-1893), famous Civil War 1887 1901 to R. B. Hayes Post. History) leader, 19th President of the United States. 129 Mansfield Hermosa Custer SD 132 Gettysburg Roscoe Edmunds SD Gettysburg, PA, site of major Civil Chart'd 29 July Sur. 1902 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR War battle, 1863. 1887 History) 134 W. H. Fisher Rockham Faulk SD Chart'd 14 Mar. Dis. 15 Oct. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1888 1890 History) 137 MAJ J. B. Wiley Henry Codington SD Chart'd 7 April Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1888 History) 138 GEN D. H. Strother Hecla Brown SD COL (Bvt. BG) David Hunter Chart'd 5 June Sus. 1901 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR Strother (1816-1888), 3rd WV 1888 History) Cav. 139 Resacca Claremont / Langford Brown SD Chart'd 5 June Sur. 1 Jan. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1888 1901 History) 140 COL Hawkins Bristol Day SD Chart'd 18 June Dis. C1890; Dis. The Post was rechartered as Harvey Post in 1891. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1888; re-chart'd 30 June 1899 History) 26 Aug. 1891 141 D. M. Evans Raymond Clark SD Chart'd 10 Aug. Sus. 1901 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1888 History) 143 Calvin Duke Sturgis Bon Homme SD Chart'd 30 July Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1888 History) 146 Luther C. Ladd LaGrace / Mound City Campbell SD Chart'd 4 June Sus. 1901 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1889 History) 147 Simon Camron Leola McPherson SD Chart'd July 1889 Sur. 20 May Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1902 History) 148 GEN Mansfield / William Hermosa Custer SD Org. 1 July 1887; Originally called GEN Mansfield Post, No. 148. It was short lived. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR Stanley Re-chart'd 4 Sept. The Post was rechartered in 1889 as William Stanley Post, No. History) 1889 148. 150 John Mangen Bangor (Sleby) Walworth SD PVT John Mangan, Co. H, 1st US Chart'd 1889 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR Artillery, reportedly one of the History) men serving at Fort Sumter when it was bombarded in April 1861.

152 GEN Brooks Wilmot Roberts SD Must'd 16 Aug. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1890; Chart'd 9 History) Oct. 1890 153 GEN Crook Whitewood Lawrence SD MG George R. Crook (1828- Chart'd 20 May Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1890), famous Civil War and 1891 History) Indian Wars leader. 154 GEN John A. Logan Alcester Union SD MG John Alexander Logan (1826- Must'd 29 May Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1886), famous Civil War leader. 1891 History) 155 GEN Warren Shedd Hill City Pennington SD Must'd 28 Jan. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1892 History) 156 Custer Carthage Miner SD MG Must'd 18 June Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR (1839-1876). KIA at Little 1892 History) Bighorn, MT, on 25 June 1876. Famous Civil War (and Indian Wars) leader.

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No. Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) No. 157 Merritt Wakonda Clay SD Chart'd 21 July Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1892 History) 158 McPherson Esmond Kingsbury SD Org. 19 Jan. 1894 Sur. 31 Mar. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1903 History) 159 William M. Rogers Doland (LaDelle) Spink SD Org. 29 Aug. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1895 History) 160 A. J. Hamilton Belle Fourche Butte SD Chart'd 9 July Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1896 History) 161 GEN Sisseton Roberts SD MG John Gibbon (1827-1896), Chart'd 14 Apr. Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR famous Civil War leader. Died at 1896 History) Baltimore, MD, on 6 Feb. 1896. 162 McLean Letcher Sanborn SD Must'd 7 May Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1898 History) 163 McPherson Fairfax Gregory SD Chart'd 1908 Dis. 1912 Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR History) 164 COL Campbell Sioux Falls Minnehaha SD Chart'd 1909 Sur. 30 June Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 1915 History) ? Hasted Blunt Hughes SD Must'd Mar. 1884 Twenty-eight charter members. National Tribune, 24 Apr. 1884

List of Abbreviations: Org. = Organized Chart'd = Chartered Must'd = Mustered In Dis. = Disbanded Sur. = Surrendered Charter Sus .= Suspended

For sources of Post names, refer to the SUVCW GAR Records Catalog Edited by Dean Enderlin, SUVCW National GAR Records Officer, 30 June 2013 Last updated: 1/19/2018

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