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(GAR) Posts by State MISSOURI Prepared by the National Organization SONS of UNION VETERANS of the CIVIL WAR INCORPORATED by ACT of CONGRESS Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary National GAR Records Program - Historical Summary of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Posts by State MISSOURI 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 MO Org. 7 May 1867, Ended 1949 Provisional Department organized July 1866. Permantent Beath, 1889; Carnahan, 1893; Dissolved c.1872. Department organized 7 May 1867. The Department issued no National Proceedings, 1949 Re-org. 22 April reports in 1871, and was subsequently abandoned. Provisional 1882 Department restored 24 April 1880. Permanent Department organized 22 April 1882. The Department came to an end with the death of its last member in 1949. 001 Post No. 1 Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau MO No namesake. Known only by its Org. 3 July 1866; First GAR Post organized in Missouri. There were 76 charter Bulletin Journal (Cape number. Chart'd 22 Sept. members. The Post gathered for a group photograph at a Girardeau), 15 Apr. 1979, pg. 3 1866 celebration held on 22 September 1868. 001 Frank P. Blair St. Louis St. Louis City MO MG Frank Preston Blair, Jr. (1821- Org. 8 Dec. 1879, One of nine posts present when the Department of Missouri Beath, 1889; Western Veteran 1875), famous Civil War leader Chart'd 1 Dec. reorganized in 1882. 1895 from Missouri. 1879, Must'd 8 Jan. 1880 002 GEN Lyon St. Louis St. Louis City MO BG Nathaniel Lyon (1818-1861), One of nine posts present when the Department of Missouri Beath, 1889 KIA at Wilson's Creek, MO, 10 reorganized in 1882. August 1861. 003 ADM Farragut Kansas City Jackson MO ADM David Glasgow Farragut Webster Hall, 918 Main St. Org. 30 Dec. Thirty-one charter members. History of Kansas City, MO, (1801-1870), famous Civil War (1888); Pythian Hall, cor. 11th and 1882 1888; Tew's Pocket Guide to leader and former Commandant Main (1889) Kansas City, 1889 of Mare Island Naval Shipyard. 004 Post No. 4 Kansas City Jackson MO No namesake. Known only by its Must'd 6 Jan. Dis. 1876 "This post was maintained for only a few months, when owing to History of Kansas City, MO, number. 1876 some disturbing features arising in the department organization, 1888 the whole system throughout the State was broken up and temporarily abandoned." 004 McPherson Kansas City Jackson MO Pythian Hall, cor. 11th and Main Org. 1880 Nine charter members. One of nine posts present when the History of Kansas City, 1881; (1889); 1301 Grand Ave. Department of Missouri reorganized in 1882. Associated with History of Kansas City, MO, McPherson Corps, No. 10, WRC. 1888; Beath, 1889; Tew's Pocket Guide to Kansas City, 1889 005 A. Lincoln Moberly Randolph MO Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States. 006 James A. Garfield Jefferson City Cole MO MG James Abram Garfield (1831- 1881), Civil War leader and later US President (assassinated). 007 Custer St. Joseph Buchanan MO MG George Armstrong Custer One of nine posts present when the Department of Missouri Beath, 1889 (1839-1876). KIA at Little reorganized in 1882. Bighorn, MT, on 25 June 1876. Famous Civil War (and Indian Wars) leader. 008 George H. Thomas (later Kansas City Jackson MO MG George Henry Thomas (1816- Pythian Hall, cor. 11th and Main Org. 1882 One of nine posts present when the Department of Missouri History of Kansas City, MO, Farragut-Thomas) 1870), famous Civil War leader. (1889); 912 Grand Ave. (1921) reorganized in 1882. Associated with ADM Farragut Corps, No. 1888; Beath, 1889; Tew's 11, WRC. Pocket Guide to Kansas City, 1889 009 Charles Sumner Kansas City Jackson MO Charles Sumner (1811-1874), US Noted as an African American post by Beath, 1889. One of nine Beath, 1889 Senator (Massachusetts) from posts present when the Department of Missouri reorganized in 1851 to 1874, strong proponent of 1882. Disbanded soon after the reorganization. the equal rights of African Americans during Reconstruction. 010 GEN Canby Rich Hill Bates MO MG Edward Richard Sprigg One of nine posts present when the Department of Missouri Beath, 1889 Canby (1817-1873), famous Civil reorganized in 1882. War leader, KIA in the Modoc Indian Wars, CA, 11 April 1873. SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Missouri Page 1 of 16 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 James A. Mulligan Lexington Lafayette MO COL James Adelbert Mulligan One of nine posts present when the Department of Missouri Beath, 1889 (1829-1864), 23rd IL Inf., died at reorganized in 1882. Winchester, VA, on 26 July 1864, from wounds received at the 2nd Battle of Kernstown on 23 July 1864. 012 Ellsworth Grant City Worth MO COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth One of nine posts present when the Department of Missouri Beath, 1889 (1837-1861), colonel in the New reorganized in 1882. 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. 013 COL Hassendeubel St. Louis St. Louis City MO COL Franz Hassendeubel (1817- 1863), 17th MO Inf., died 17 July 1863 from wounds received in a grenade explosion at Vicksburg, MS, on 28 June 1863. Buried in Bellefontaine Cem., St. Louis. 014 O. P. Morton Joplin Jasper MO Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (1823-1877), Governor of Indiana during the Civil War. 015 GEN Shields Kansas City Jackson MO Armory Hall, 15th Street & Grand Org. 15 July 1882 Sur. 1892 Twelve charter members. History of Kansas City, MO, Ave. (1888); Druid's Hall, cor. 14th 1888; Tew's Pocket Guide to and Grand Ave. (1889) Kansas City, 1889 016 Stanton Carthage Jasper MO 017 Joe Hooker Cameron Clinton MO MG Joseph Hooker (1814-1879), Org. Aug. 1882 National Tribune, 15 Mar. 1883 famous Civil War leader. 018 Burnside Pleasant Hill Cass MO MG Ambrose Everett Burnside Annulled 1894 (1824-1881), famous Civil War leader. 019 Phil Kearney Laclede Linn MO MG Philip Kearny, Jr. (1815- 1862), KIA at Chantilly, VA, on 1 Sept. 1862. Famous Civil War leader. 020 MAJ James Wilson Louisiana Pike MO 021 Sedgwick Maryville Nodaway MO MG John Sedgwick (1813-1864), famous Civil War leader, KIA Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May 1864. 022 CPL Dix Kirksville Adair MO Org. 1 Oct. 1866; Dis. 1871 Beath, 1889 Re-org. 1880 023 F. A. Jones Macon Macon MO 024 Washington Washington Franklin MO Named for the community in which the Post was based. 025 David A. Roberts Glenwood Schuyler MO 026 GEN Joseph Bailey Nevada Vernon MO 027 Wm. Redman Lexington Lafayette MO 028 LT Levi Copeland Raymore Cass MO 029 Tindall Chillicothe Livingston MO COL Jacob T. Tindall (1825- Org. Aug. 1882 Dis. Apr. 1937 Twenty-one charter members. Associated with Tindall Circle, No. Chillicothe Constitution- 1862), 23rd MO Inf., KIA at 61, LGAR. Tribune, 13 Sept. 1937 Shiloh, TN, on 6 Apr. 1862. 030 Nodaway Burlington Jct. Nodaway MO Named for the county in which the Sur. 1897 Post was based. 031 CPT Wagoner Independence Jackson MO Chart'd 5 May Sur. 31 July Dept. Encampment 1893 1898 Proceedings, 1894; Original Post charter 032 S. A. Hurlburt Hamilton Caldwell MO MG Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (1815-1882), one of the founding fathers of the GAR. 033 Ben Loan Kingston Caldwell MO 034 A. D. McCook Lamar Burton MO 035 James A. Smith Millard Adair MO Charter Surrendered 036 Paddy Shields Clarence Shelby MO 037 Olive College Mound Macon MO Charter Surrendered 038 COL Forbes LaPlata Macon MO 039 Roderick Rockwood Xenia Putnam MO SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Missouri Page 2 of 16 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. 040 Shiloh Queen City Schuyler MO Shiloh, TN, site of major Civil War Charter Annulled battle, 1862. 041 Peabody Savannah Andrew MO (presumably) COL Everett Org. 28 Oct. 1882 Seventeen charter members. Associated with Peadoby Corps, History of Andrew and De Kalb Peabody (1830-1862), 25th MO No. 38, WRC. Counties, Missouri, 1888 Inf., KIA at Shiloh, TN, on 6 Apr. 1862. 042 Albert Chandler Macon Macon MO Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause (Gannon, 2011). 043 W. T. Sherman Hannibal Marion MO MG William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), famous Civil War leader. 044 McCullough Milan Sullivan MO 045 Christian Meyer Oregon Holt MO Must'd 4 July Forty-five charter members. Dept. Encampment 1906 Proceedings, 1907 046 Perry V. Fletcher De Soto Jefferson MO 047 CPT J. L. Clark Green City Sullivan MO 048 GEN George G. Meade Lebanon Laclede MO MG George Gordon Meade (1815- 1872), famous Civil War leader. 049 CPT D. M. Birch Edgerton Platte MO 050 Harrisonville Harrisonville Cass MO Named for the community in which the Post was based. 051 COL F. Schaefer Concordia Lafayette MO 052 T. C. Wright Callao Macon MO Annulled 1894 053 GEN George R. Smith Sedalia Pettis MO Must'd 1883 National Tribune, 5 Apr. 1883 054 Thos. G. Wade Unionville Putnam MO 055 Ault Carterville Jasper MO Chart'd 24 Jan.
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