Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary National GAR Records Program - Historical Summary of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Posts by State INDIANA 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. Reviewed to 1884-1889, 1891-1901. 000 (Department) N/A N/A IN Org. 20 Aug. Ended 1949 Department of Indiana organized 20 August 1866. Although it Beath, 1889; Carnahan, 1893; 1866; Re-org. 3 numbered as many as 300 Posts, it made no reports and paid no National Encampment Oct. 1879 dues to National HQ, causing it to soon dissolve. An attempt to Proceedings, 1949; Dept. reorganize a Provisional Department was made in 1871, but failed. Proceedings, 1901 A new Provisional Department was organized 11 August 1879, becoming a Permanent Department on 3 October 1879. The Department came to an end with the death of its last member in 1949. ? Corydon Harrison IL Chart'd 23 May Described only as the "Post of Corydon" in the Harrison District of Nat'l Encampment 1866 the GAR. Proceedings, 1892 001 Post No. 1 Porter IL No namesake. Known only by its Org. 13 Dec. Dis. about 1869 Thirty-three charter members. Disbanded three years after being Vidette-Messenger, 18 Aug. number. 1866 chartered. 1936 001 051 Oliver P. Morton Terre Haute Vigo IN, IL Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Org. 11 May Originally organized as Post No. 51, Department of Illinois. Beath, 1889; Dept. Morton (1823-1877), Governor of 1879; Chart'd 12 Transferred to the Dept. of Indiana in 1879. Proceedings, 1901 Indiana during the Civil War. May 1879 002 052 GEN Canby Brazil Clay IN, IL MG Edward Richard Sprigg Org. 1881 Dis. 1930 Twenty-two charter members (1881). Originally organized as IL Dept. Proceedings, 1880; Canby (1817-1873), famous Civil Canby Post No. 52, Department of Illinois. Transferred to the SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR War leader, KIA in the Modoc Dept. of Indiana in 1879 web pages Indian Wars, CA, 11 April 1873. 003 054 John A. Logan Lafayette Tippecanoe IN, IL MG John Alexander Logan (1826- Org. 1879 Originally organized as Post No. 54, Department of Illinois. IL Dept. Proceedings, 1880; 1886), famous Civil War leader. Transferred to the Dept. of Indiana in 1879 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 004 056 John C. Fremont Covington Fountain IN, IL MG John Charles Frémont (1813- Org. 1879 Originally organized as Post No. 56, Department of Illinois. IL Dept. Proceedings, 1880; 1890), famous Civil War and Transferred to the Dept. of Indiana in 1879 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Mexican War leader. web pages 004 John W. Copner Covington Fountain IN 005 057 Pap Thomas Greensburg Decatur IN, IL MG George Henry "Pap" Thomas Org. 1879 Originally organized as Pap Thomas Post 57, Department of IL Dept. Proceedings, 1880; (1816-1870), famous Civil War Illinois. Transferred to the Dept. of Indiana in 1879 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR leader. web pages 006 Post No. 6 Indianapolis Marion IN No namesake. Known only by its Org. before May The National Memorial Day, number. 1869 1869 006 059 James H. Emmett Wabash Wabash IN, IL PVT James H. Emmitt ( ? -1861), Org. 18 June Fifty-five charter members. Originally organized as Post No. 59, IL Dept. Proceedings, 1880; Co. K, 8th IN Inf., KIA at Rich 1883 Department of Illinois. Transferred to the Dept. of Indiana in 1879 Indiana Historical Society Mountain, WV, on 11 July 1861. Resident of Wabash County, local hero. 007 061 McPherson Crawfordsville Montgomery IN, IL Org. 1879 Originally organized as Post No. 61, Department of Illinois. IL Dept. Proceedings, 1880; Transferred to the Dept. of Indiana in 1879 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 008 001, Auten South Bend St. Joseph IN, IL PVT John Auten (? -1861), Co, I, IOOF Hall (1866) Org. 31 Aug. Originally organized as Post No. 1, District of St. Joseph. Beath, 1889; South Bend and 064 9th IN Inf., KIA at Bealington, WV, 1866 (as Post No. Renumbered as Post No. 17 when the District system was the Men Who Made It, 1901 on 10 July 1861. First Indiana 1); abandoned by the GAR. On 18 August 1879 this Post was soldier killed in the Civil War. attached to the Department of Illinois and numbered 64. When Indiana became a Provisional Department, the Post was returned to Indiana as Post No. 8. 009 Steele Rockville Parke IN Org. 1879; Re- Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW instated 12 June Dept. of Indiana GAR web 1889 pages 010 CPT Floyd Annapolis Parke IN Org. 1879 Dis. 1921 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 011 Lindsay Spencer IN 011 Greencastle Greencastle Putnam IN Named for the community in Org. 1879 Dis. 1933 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which the Post was based. web pages 012 Sugar Creek Macksville Vigo IN Named for Sugar Creek Township Org. 1879 Dis. 1881 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR which includes Macksville. web pages 013 Keith Isham Columbus Bartholomew IN Org. 1880 Dis. 1934 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 1 of 29 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. 014 Logansport Logansport Cass IN Named for the community in GAR Hall, 424-6 Market Street Org. 26 Feb. Fifty-six charter members. Powell, 1913, History of Cass which the Post was based. (1913) 1880 County, v.1; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 015 Morgan / Merchant Petersburg Pike IN Org. 1880; Re- Sur. Q1 1888 Surrendered charter 1888. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW instated 21 Jan. Dept. of Indiana GAR web 1889 pages 016 Jeff C. Davis Vincennes Knox IN BG Jefferson Columbus Davis Org. 1880 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR (1828-1879), famous Civil War web pages leader. 017 George H. Thomas Indianapolis Marion IN MG George Henry Thomas (1816- Org. 1880 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 1870), famous Civil War leader. web pages 018 Dumont Shelbyville Shelby IN Org. 1880 Dis. 1935 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 019 New Waverly New Waverly Cass IN Named for the community in Org. 1880 Dis. 1908 Powell, 1913, History of Cass which the Post was based. County, v.1; SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 020 Ellsworth Seymour Jackson IN COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth Org. 1880 Dis. 1933 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR (1837-1861), colonel in the New web pages 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. 021 George B. McClellan Coal Creek Fountain IN MG George Brinton McClellan Re-org. Q3 1885; Dis. Q1 1881; Dept. Proceedings (1826-1885), famous Civil War Re-org. 21 Aug. Dis. 1899 leader. 1899 022 Eugene Eugene Vermillion IN Named for the community in Re-org. June Surrendered Dept. Proceedings which the Post was based. 1888; Re-org. 31 Charter Q1 Oct. 1893 1888; Suspended 1895 023 GEN Schenck Marion Grant IN Org. 1880 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 024 Abe Lincoln Mace Montgomery IN Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Org. 1880 Dis. 1914 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 16th President of the United web pages States. 025 Benton Fowler Benton IN Org. 1880 Dis. 1921 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR web pages 026 A. O. Bachman Madison Jefferson IN LTC Alois O. Bachman (1839- Org. 1880 Dis. 1930 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR 1862), 19th IN Inf., KIA at web pages Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862. Resident of Madison, local hero. 027 Farragut Evansville Vanderburgh IN ADM David Glasgow Farragut Chart'd 30 June Dis. 1936 Forty-six charter members. Original Post charter; SUVCW (1801-1870), famous Civil War 1881 Dept. of Indiana GAR web leader and former Commandant pages; La Porte, IN, of Mare Island Naval Shipyard. USGenWeb page 028 Archer Princeton Gibson IN 1LT William Archer (? -1864), Co. Org. 13 Jan. 1883 Thirty-two charter members. History of Gibson County, 1915 A, 80th IN Inf., KIA at Resaca, GA, on 14 May 1864. Resident of Princeton, local hero. 029 Aaron Hobson Marshall Parke IN PVT Aaron Hobson ( ? -1865), Org. 1881 Dis. 1926 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Co. K, 1st IN Heavy Art., died at web pages New Orleans, LA, on 14 Jan. 1865. Resident of Parke County, local hero. 030 Thomas J. Harrison Kokomo Howard IN COL (Bvt. BG) Thomas Jefferson Org. 1881 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Harrison (1824-1871), 8th IN web pages Cav., died at Nashville, TN, on 28 Sept. 1871. Resident of Kokomo. 031 Boothroyd Delphi Carroll IN (presumably) PVT Dyson Org. 1881 Dis. 1936 SUVCW Dept. of Indiana GAR Boothroyd (1839-1861), Co. A, web pages 9th IN Inf., died 17 July 1861 from wounds received at Laurel Hill, WV, on 8 July 1861. Resident of Carroll County, local hero. SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Indiana Page 2 of 29 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. 032 Garfield Boswell Benton IN Org. 1881 Re-org. 24 Mar. Dept. Proceedings; SUVCW 1888; Dis.