Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary National GAR Records Program - Historical Summary of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Posts by State MICHIGAN 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 MI N/A Org. 22 January Ended Apr. Provisional Department organized 1 October 1867. Dissolved Beath, 1889; Carnahan, 1893; 1879 1948 1872 and dropped from the rolls. Provisional Department restored National Encampment 19 November 1875. Permanent Department organized 22 Proceedings, 1948 January 1879. The Department came to an end with the death of its last member in April 1948. 001 Van Pelt Coldwater Branch MI 1LT George Van Pelt, Co. A, 1st Org. 1875 Dropped 1879 Post 1 - Van Pelt Coldwater. This Post operated at the time that James T. Lyons, SUVCW; MI Light Art., KIA at the Michigan Department was in the process of being reorganized Gary L. Gibson, GAR Records Chickamauga, GA on 19 Sept. by C.V.R. Pond in 1878. The Post was disbanded in 1879, the Officer, SUVCW Dept. of 1863. year that the Department was reinstated, and no records appear to Michigan have survived. A history of the Post is available on the SUVCW Dept. of Michigan GAR Records web pages: www.suvcwmi.org/gar/garposts.php 001 John A. Logan Soldiers Home Grand Rapids Kent MI MG John Alexander Logan, Michigan Soldiers Home, Grand Org. 8 March Disbanded A history of the Post is available on the SUVCW Dept. of Michigan Gary L. Gibson, GAR Records famous Civil War leader. Rapids 1887; Chart'd 9 1942 GAR Records web pages: www.suvcwmi.org/gar/garposts.php Officer, SUVCW Dept. of Dec. 1887 Michigan 002 C. O. Loomis Quincy Branch MI COL (Bvt. BG) Cyrus O. Loomis Org. 22 January Disbanded A history of the Post is available on the SUVCW Dept. of Michigan Gary L. Gibson, GAR Records (1818-1872), 1st MI Light Art. 1876 1929 GAR Records web pages: www.suvcwmi.org/gar/garposts.php Officer, SUVCW Dept. of Died at the National Military Michigan Asylum at Washington D.C. His remains were accidentally cremated in a train accident near Niles, MI. 003 Clark Union City Branch MI Dropped Gary L. Gibson, GAR Records January 1879 Officer, SUVCW Dept. of Michigan 003 004 MAJ N. H. Ferry Montague / Whitehall Muskegon MI MAJ Noah H. Ferry (5th MI Org. 22 May Disbanded Originally designated as Post 4, but assigned the numeral 3 when Gary L. Gibson, GAR Records Cavalry), KIA at Gettysburg, PA, 3 1877; Chart'd 27 1926 Clark Post 3 was dropped from the rolls in early 1879. Over the Officer, SUVCW Dept. of July 1863. May 1877 years the mailing address moved back and forth between Michigan; Dept. Proceedings, Montague and Whitehall. A history of the Post is available on the 1921 SUVCW Dept. of Michigan GAR Records web pages: www.suvcwmi.org/gar/garposts.php 004 007 Phil Sheridan Reading Hillsdale MI MG Philip Henry Sheridan, Org. and Chart'd Disbanded 22 Post 4 - Organized June 12,1878 as the Frank Forncrock Post 7 at James T. Lyons, SUVCW; famous Civil War leader. 12 June 1878 June 1925 Reading, Hillsdale Co., MI. The Post was probably named after Dept. Proceedings, 1921 Frank B. Forncrook. He "Enlisted in company E, Fourth Infantry, June 20, 1861, at Adrian, for 3 years, age 28. Mustered June 20, 1861. Killed in action at Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862." The "Brown Books" Vol. 4, page 43. It was reorganized as Phil Sheridan Post 4 on April 12, 1883. Disbanded June 22, 1925. Use of the Phil Sheridan Post 4 identification on Quarterly Reports start with the March 31, 1879 report - same men, same location, same meeting place. All materials are filed under Post 4. The Post 7 Charter is in the file. Letter dated 12/4/96 to C.V.R.Pond, A.A.G indicates, among other things, that no other Charter, except the one noted above, was ever issued. 005 Parker Petersburg Monroe MI Dropped Gary L. Gibson, GAR Records January 1879 Officer, SUVCW Dept. of Michigan 005 006 Custer Grand Rapids Kent MI MG George Armstrong Custer Chart'd 27 Sept. Disbanded 12 Mustered as Post 6, this Post was renumbered to Number 5 as Dept. Proceedings, 1921 (1839-1876). KIA at Little 1878 March 1945 part of the reorganization of the Department of Michigan. The Bighorn, MT, on 25 June 1876. Parker Post 5, of Petersburg, was dropped in the reorganization in Famous Civil War (and Indian 1879. The first quarter report of 1879 indicates Post 6, all following Wars) leader. are identified as Post 5. 006 004 C. J. Dickerson Hillsdale Hillsdale MI LTC (Bvt. BG) Christopher John Waldron Block; later across Chart'd 26 Feb. Dis. 1939 Disbanded with the death of the last Post member, George A. Dept. Proceedings, 1921; Dickerson (1828-1872), 10th MI Howell Street and south 1879 Slayton, in 1939. Associated with C. J. Dickerson Corps, No. 37, Hillsdale County Historical Inf. Resident of Hillsdale, local WRC. Society (website) hero. Buried Oak Grove Cem., Hillsdale. SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Michigan Page 1 of 22 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. 007 004 Frank Fornecrock Reading Hillsdale MI PVT Frank B. Forncrook (c.1833- Post 4 - Organized June 12,1878 as the Frank Forncrock Post 7 at James T. Lyons, SUVCW 1862), Co. E, 4th MI Inf., KIA at Reading, Hillsdale Co., MI. The Post was probably named after Malvern Hill, VA, 1 July 1862. Frank B. Forncrook. He "Enlisted in company E, Fourth Infantry, June 20, 1861, at Adrian, for 3 years, age 28. Mustered June 20, 1861. Killed in action at Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862." The "Brown Books" Vol. 4, page 43. It was reorganized as Phil Sheridan Post 4 on April 12, 1883. Disbanded June 22, 1925. Use of the Phil Sheridan Post 4 identification on Quarterly Reports start with the March 31, 1879 report - same men, same location, same meeting place. All materials are filed under Post 4. The Post 7 Charter is in the file. Letter dated 12/4/96 to C.V.R.Pond, A.A.G indicates, among other things, that no other Charter, except the one noted above, was ever issued. 007 Phil Kearney Muskegon Muskegon MI MG Philip Kearny, Jr. (1815- Chart'd 31 July Dept. Proceedings, 1921 1862), KIA at Chantilly, VA, on 1 1879 Sept. 1862. Famous Civil War leader. 008 GEN McPherson Alleyton Newaygo MI BG James Birdseye McPherson Posts 3, 5, 8 - No records have survived for Post 3 – Clark; Post 5 James T. Lyons, SUVCW (1828-1864), famous Civil War – Parker ; Post 8 – General McPherson of Alleyton (Fire wiped out leader, KIA at the Battle of the town in 1882 [located across White River from White Cloud] ). Atlanta, GA, 22 July 1864. The information on the destruction of the town is found also in Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig (1973). 008 Chas. H. Town Ishpeming Marquette MI COL Charles H. Town (1828- Org. 19 Apr. Dis. June 1929 Dept. Proceedings, 1890, 1865), 1st MI Cav. 1889; Chart'd 17 1921; SUVCW Dept. of MI Sept. 1889 009 Nathaniel Lyon Hesperia Oceana MI BG Nathaniel Lyon, KIA at Post 9 – Post was Chartered as Nathaniel Lyon Post 9 – Sept. 8, James T. Lyons, SUVCW Wilson's Creek, MO, 10 August 1879. Name change shows up on the Report of 3/31/1882 as J. A. 1861. Dix. This was probably as a result of a reorganization letter from Post Commander W. C. Simmons, dated Oct. 17, 1881. He indicates a desire to disband the Post and Transfer with a few others to Post 7 in Muskegon. 009 J. A. Dix Hesperia Oceana MI MG John Adams Dix (1798-1879), Chart'd 12 Sept. Post 9 – Post was Chartered as Nathaniel Lyon Post 9 – Sept. 8, James T. Lyons, SUVCW; famous Civil War leader. 1879 1879. Name change shows up on the Report of 3/31/1882 as J. A. Dept. Proceedings, 1921 Dix. This was probably as a result of a reorganization letter from Post Commander W. C. Simmons, dated Oct. 17, 1881. He indicates a desire to disband the Post and Transfer with a few others to Post 7 in Muskegon. 010 William Bell Dundee Monroe MI Org. 9 Oct. 1879; Eleven charter members. National Tribune, 16 Feb. Chart'd 16 Oct. 1888; Dept. Proceedings, 1921 1879 011 Roberts Bancroft Shiawassee MI Chart'd 16 Mar. Dept. Proceedings, 1913 1880 012 Ryder Deerfield Lenawee MI Chart'd 9 Apr. Dept. Proceedings, 1921 1880 013 I. B. Richardson Harbor Springs Emmet MI Chart'd 11 May Dept. Proceedings, 1921 1880 014 George H. Thomas Benton Harbor Berrien MI MG George Henry Thomas (1816- Chart'd 24 May Dept. Proceedings, 1921 1870), famous Civil War leader. 1880 015 Pap Williams Ludington Mason MI Chart'd 26 May Dept. Proceedings, 1921 1880 016 Sedgwick Evart Osceola MI MG John Sedgwick (1813-1864), Chart'd 24 Aug. Dept. Proceedings, 1921 famous Civil War leader, KIA 1880 Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May 1864. 017 Fairbanks Detroit Wayne MI Chart'd 9 May Dept.