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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 OKLAHOMA 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 OK Org. 7 Aug. 1890 Prior to June 1889, GAR Posts within the Indian Territory were Nat'l Encampment under the jurisdiction of the Dept. of Arkansas. On 1 June 1889, Proceedings, 1890, 1891; the responsibility was transferred to the Departments of Kansas Carnahan, 1893 and Texas, with the dividing line being the Canadian River. The Provisional Dept. of Indian Territory & Oklahoma organized 23 June 1890, becoming a Permanent Department on 7 Aug. 1890. The Provisional Dept. of Indian Territory was separated from the Dept. of Oklahoma on 22 June 1891, becoming a Permanent Department on 3 July 1891. It recombined and merged into the Dept. of Oklahoma on 19-22 May 1908 (a few months after the Oklahoma and Indian Territories combined to form the new state). 001 Cramer Oklahoma City Oklahoma OK 001 Grant Oklahoma City Oklahoma OK 001 Cabin Creek Vinita Craig KS Cabin Creek, site of two Civil War Org. 14 Apr. Organized as Cabin Creek Post, No. 1, in the Dept. of Kansas. National Tribune, 17 May 1883; battles (the first in 1863, the 1883; Must'd 28 Nineteen charter members. Many of the charter members were Topeka Daily Capital, 1 Jan. second in 1864) in Craig County, Apr. 1883 Native Americans (Cherokee). 1884; Beath, 1889 OK, near Vinita. 002 447 Kingfisher Kingfisher Kingfisher OK Named for the community in Must'd 1889; Re- Originally organized in the Dept. of Kansas. Twenty-four charter Dept. Proceedings (Kansas), which the Post was based. numbered 23 members. 1890, 1891; Kingfisher Weekly June 1890 Star and Free Press, 16 May 1912 002 014, CPT White Catcher Tahlequah Cherokee IT CPT White Catcher ( ? -1866), IOOF Hall; Law Office of PC Must'd 1889; Re- Originally organized in the Dept. of Kansas. The Post was Dept. Proceedings (Kansas), 025, 3rd Regiment, Indian Home William F. Rasmus, over the bank numbered 23 assigned the No. 2 when in the Department of Indian Territory. 1890, 1891 436 Guard, Indian Brigade. Member (1895) June 1890; Re- The majority of the Post members were Native American of the Cherokee National Council, numbered 22 (Cherokee). resident of the Tahlequah area. June 1891 003 457 John F. Hartranft Guthrie Logan OK BG John Frederick Hartranft Probate Court Room (1898,1899); Must'd 1889; Re- Originally organized in the Dept. of Kansas. Dept. Proceedings (Kansas), (1830-1889), famous Civil War IOOF Hall, cor. Broad and numbered 23 1890, 1891 leader and Medal of Honor Harrison (1906,1907) June 1890 recipient. 004 Oklahoma Beaver City Beaver OK Opera Hall (1895-1899) Org. and must'd Fourteen charter members. Originally organized in the Dept. of The Beaver Herald, 4 June 20 Feb. 1889 Kansas. A history of the Post and roster appears in The Beaver 1914, 3 June 1915 Herald newspaper, 3 June 1915. The article, submitted by a member of the Post notes, "the records have in some cases been carelessly kept and some are missing entirely." 005 486 Albert Carter Norman Cleveland OK Must'd 1889; Re- Originally organized in the Dept. of Kansas. Dept. Proceedings (Kansas), numbered 23 1890, 1891 June 1890 005 Appotolahola Muskogee Muskogee Opothleyahola (c.1798-1863), GAR Hall (1895) Our Brother in Red Chief of the Muscogee Creek (Muskogee), 28 Nov. 1895 tribe, one of the few Creek supporters of the Union during the Civil War. 005 Garfield Muskogee Muskogee Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 17 Nov. 1901 006 489 Claremore Pawhuska Osage OK Must'd 1889; Re- Originally organized in the Dept. of Kansas. Dept. Proceedings (Kansas), numbered 23 1890, 1891 June 1890 006 McKinley Collinsville Tulsa IT 006 George A. Custer Sparks Lincoln OK MG George Armstrong Custer Org. 16 May 1903 The Sparks Visitor, 15 May (1839-1876). KIA at Little 1903 Bighorn, MT, on 25 June 1876. Famous Civil War (and Indian Wars) leader. 007 490 Stillwater Stillwater Payne OK Named for the community in Must'd 1889; Re- Originally organized in the Dept. of Kansas. Dept. Proceedings (Kansas), which the Post was based. numbered 23 1890, 1891 June 1890 SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Oklahoma 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. 007 494, Bartlesville Bartlesville Washington IT Named for the community in 18, which the Post was based. 37 008 Arlington Arlington Lincoln OK Named for the community in which the Post was based. 008 S. H. Rousseau Cherokee Alfalfa OK Probably L. H. Rousseau Post. 008 015 R. W. Ragan Colbert Bryan OK 008 491 J. E. Bennett Muldrow Sequoyah OK Must'd 1889; Re- Originally organized in the Dept. of Kansas. Dept. Proceedings (Kansas), numbered 23 1890, 1891 June 1890 009 493 CPT Payne Frisco Canadian OK CPT David Lewis Payne (1836- Must'd 1889; Re- Originally organized in the Dept. of Kansas. Dept. Proceedings (Kansas), 1884), 18th KS Cav. (state militia, numbered 23 1890, 1891 post-war). Also served as PVT, June 1890 Co. F, 10th KS Cav. during the Civil War. Know as the "Father of Oklahoma" for his early efforts to settle Oklahoma. 010 492 Rock of Chickamauga Edmond Oklahoma OK MG George Henry Thomas (1816- Must'd 1889; Re- Originally organized in the Dept. of Kansas. Dept. Proceedings (Kansas), 1870), famous Civil War leader, numbered 23 1890, 1891 affectionately known as the "Rock June 1890 of Chickamauga." 011 Pap Thomas Mulhall Logan OK MG George Henry "Pap" Thomas (1816-1870), famous Civil War leader. 012 Fremont Hennessey Kingfisher OK 014 Ingalls Ingalls Payne OK Named for the community in which the Post was based. 014 W. H. Harrison Poteau Le Flore OK William Henry Harrison (1773- 1841), 9th President of the United States. 014 Robert Anderson Thomas Custer OK MAJ (Bvt. MG) Robert Anderson (1805-1871), commander of the garrison at Fort Sumter when it was bombarded at the outset of the Civil War. 014 002, CPT White Catcher Tahlequah Cherokee OK CPT White Catcher ( ?-1866), 3rd Must'd 1889; Re- Originally organized in the Dept. of Kansas. The majority of the Dept. Proceedings (Kansas), 025, Regiment, Indian Home Guard, numbered 23 Post members were Native American (Cherokee). 1890, 1891 436 Indian Brigade. Member of the June 1890 Cherokee National Council, resident of the Tahlequah area. 014 027 George H. Thomas Nowata Nowata OK MG George Henry Thomas (1816- 1870), famous Civil War leader. 015 Reno El Reno Canadian OK 015 J. H. Lawhead Nesbitt / Columbia / Logan OK 1LT Joseph Hadden Lawhead Org. Aug. 1892 Kingfisher Free Press, 25 Aug. Crescent (1842-1892), Co. K, 9th WV Cav. 1892 Post-war Professor, Territorial Auditor, and Superintendent of Public Instruction in OK. 016 GEN W. B. Hazen Oak Lodge OK MG William Babcock Hazen (1830- 1887), famous Civil War leader. 016 087 Hereford Watonga Blaine OK 016 483 Edward Vass McAlester Pittsburg OK PVT Edward Vass (? - ?), Woodman's Hall (1905) Must'd 1889; Re- Originally organized in the Dept. of Kansas. The Post was "named Dept. Proceedings (Kansas), unknown unit, NY Cav., reportedly numbered 23 by Rev. R. E. Hill, superintendent of missions for the Presbyterian 1890, 1891 KIA at Wilderness, VA. June 1890 church in the Indian Territory. The two were friends in boyhood and comrades in the civil war in a New York cavalry regiment. Vass was killed at the battle of Winchester and Hill had the G.A.R. post named in his memory." (Source: South McAlester News, 24 May 1901) 017 Brownlow Bokoshe Le Flore OK 017 Moore Moore Oklahoma OK Named for the community in which the Post was based. 017 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Oklahoma OK Named for the community in Org. 1908 Thirty-nine charter members. Daily News-Republican which the Post was based. (Lawton), 16 May 1908 018 Appomatox Homestead Blaine OK Appomattox Courthouse, VA, location of Gen. Lee's surrender. 018 494, Bartlesville Bartlesville Washington IT Named for the community in 7, 37 which the Post was based. SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Oklahoma 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. 019 Irwin McDowell Enid Garfield OK MG Irvin McDowell (1818-1885), Must'd Jan. 1894 Twenty-three charter members. The Post appears to have used a National Tribune, 25 Jan. 1894 famous Civil War leader. misspelled version of its namesake's given name: Irwin instead of Irvin. 019 Lewis Downing Vinita Craig OK LTC Lewis Downing (1823-1872), Must'd 16 Aug. Indian Chieftain (Vinita), 14 3rd Regiment, Indian Home 1890 Aug. 1890 Guards. Chief of the Cherokee Nation, 1867-1872. Vinita was originally called Downingville in his honor. 020 Merick Roger Cement Caddo OK 020 Madison Scott Hydro Caddo / Blaine OK 020 Osborne Osborne Kay OK Named for the community in which the Post was based. 020 Ellsworth Tulsa Tulsa OK COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (1837-1861), colonel in the New 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.
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