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Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary

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No.

Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s)

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 IA Org. 26

September 1866;

Re-org 23 Jan.

1879

Dissolved 5

Feb. 1871

Provisional Department organized 24 July 1866. Permanent

Department organized 26 September 1866. Department dissolved

per General Orders dated 5 February 1871. Provisional

Department restored 31 December 1874, becoming a Permanent

Department 23 January 1879.

Beath, 1889; Carnahan, 1893

001 August Wentz Davenport Scott IA LTC. Augustus Wentz (c.1829-

1861), 7th IA Inf., KIA at Belmont,

MO. Resident of Davenport, and

local hero.

Chart'd 12 July

1866; Must'd 24

July 1866; Re-

chart'd 26 Oct.

1881

Dis. Sept. 1937 One of the original Posts present when the Department organized

26 September 1866. Forty-six charter members (1881). This was

the sole Post to retain its charter when the original Department

dissolved in 1871.

Beath, 1889; Iowa GAR

Records (index cards)

002 Torrence Keokuk Lee IA COL William M. G. Torrence

(1823-1861), 30th IA Inf., KIA in

an ambush at Cherokee Station,

AL, on 21 Oct. 1863. Resident of

Keokuk, local hero.

Org. 8 Apr. 1872;

Chart'd 11 Apr.

1872; Re-org. 11

May 1880

Dis. 16 May

1932

Twenty-two charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

003 Iowa City Iowa City Johnson IA Named for the community in

which the Post was based.

One of the original Posts present when the Department organized

26 September 1866. The department functioned as a provisional

department from 1866 to 1879 during which time over 130 posts

were chartered under the direction of 9 different commanders. A

permanent organization was established in January of 1879 with

Hurlbut E. Griswold of Atlantic as commander. Iowa City post no. 3

was established during the years of the provisional state

department. The Samuel J. Kirkwood Post No. 8 of Iowa City was

established under the permanent Department of Iowa. See Post

8.

Beath, 1889

003 Charles City Charles City Floyd IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 14 June

1883

Dis. 1936 Twenty-one charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

004 Fred Steele Anamosa Jones IA MG Frederick Steele (1819-1868),

Civil War leader, died in California

January 1868.

Chart'd 12 May

1882

Dis. 2 June

1925

Thirty charter members. "Suspended by request" in June 1925. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

005 Post No. 5 Clinton Clinton No namesake. Known only by its

number.


26 September 1866.

Beath, 1889

005 C. L. Matthies Burlington Des Moines IA BG Charles Leopold Matthies

(1824-1868), Civil War leader,

died at Burlington.

Knights of Pythias Hall; 408

Jefferson Street (aft. 1886)

Chart'd 14 Sept.

1874

Dis. 23 Feb.

1934

Twelve charter members. Portrait and Biographical Album

of Des Moines, 1885; Iowa

GAR Records (index cards)

006 Post No. 6 Lyons Clinton IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.


26 September 1866.

Beath, 1889

006 Sam Rice Atlantic Cass IA BG Samuel Allen Rice (1828-

1864), mortally wounded at

Jenkins' Ferry on 30 Apr. 1864,

AR, died at Oskaloosa, IA, on 6

July 1864 as a result of the

wounds. Iowa hero, originally

COL with the 33rd IA Inf.

Chart'd 13 Feb.

1877

Dis. 31 Dec.

1938

Twenty-six charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

007 Post No. 7 Dubuque Dubuque IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.


26 September 1866.

Beath, 1889

007 Kinsman Des Moines Polk IA LTC William H. Kinsman (1832-

1863), 23rd IA Inf., died in camp

near Vicksburg, MS, on 18 May

1863, from wounds received at

Black River Bridge, MS, on 17

May 1863.

Org. 15 Feb.

1878

Dis. Mar. 1938 Fifteen charter members. History of Polk County, IA,

1880; Iowa GAR Records

(index cards)

008 Iowa City Iowa City Johnson IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 22 Oct.

1883

Renamed 1895 Changed name to Samuel J. Kirkwood Post, No. 8, in 1895, based

on resolution passed 24 Sept. 1894.

Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

008 Samuel J. Kirkwood Iowa City Johnson IA Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (1813-

1894), "war governor" of Iowa,

1860-1864.

Chart'd 22 Oct.

1883

Dis. 24 May

1931 or 14 Dec.

1934

Formerly called Iowa City Post, No. 8. Ninety-six charter

members.


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008 McPherson Marne Cass IA BG James Birdseye McPherson

(1828-1864), famous Civil War

leader, KIA at the Battle of

Atlanta, GA, 22 July 1864.

Bev. 1882 Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

009 Post No. 9 Wilson Osceola IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.


26 September 1866.

Beath, 1889

009 Lyon Red Oak Montgomery IA Org. May 1878 Dis. 1879 "It did not last over six months." Merritt, 1906, A History of the

County of Montgomery

009 W. Worthington Griswold Cass IA COL William Hord Worthington

(1828-1862), 5th IA Inf., shot and

killed by friendly fire at Corinth,

MS, on 22 May 1862.

Chart'd 20 June

1883

Dis. 1 Jan. 1920 Twenty-one charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

010 Sedgwick Bedford Taylor IA MG John Sedgwick (1813-1864),

famous Civil War leader, KIA

Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May

1864.

Chart'd 7 June

1883

Dis. 1 Jan. 1932 Forty-nine charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

011 029 Warren Clarinda Page IA BG Fitz Henry Warren (1816-

1878), famous Civil War leader.

Org. c.1877; Re-

org. 18 Mar.

1884; Re-org.

1930's

Dis. 1 Jan.

1932; Dis. 1

Oct. 1938

Sixty-two charter members. Date on charter is 20 Mar. 1879. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

012 Crocker Des Moines Polk IA BG Marcellus Monroe Crocker

(1830-1865), resident of Des

Moines, died in Washington, DC,

on 26 Aug. 1865, from

complications due to tuberculosis.

Local hero.

Chart'd 11 Mar.

1878

Dis. 30 Apr.

1939

Twenty-two charter members. History of Polk County, IA,


(index cards)

013 William Hoyman Clarence Cedar IA SGT William Hoyman (1837-

1882), Co. G, 102nd OH Inf., bur.

at Clarence Cemetery.

Org. 3 Feb.

1886; chart'd 10

Feb. 1886

Dis. 31 Jan.

1927


cards)

014 Post No. 14 Muscatine Muscatine IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.


26 September 1866.

Beath, 1889

014 Maxwell Stuart Guthrie IA 1LT William Maxwell (1826-1877),

Co. H, 3rd OH Cav., murdered in

Polo Blanco, TX.

Chart'd 31 May

1879

Dis. 1 June

1931

Fifteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

015 Custer Glenwood Mills IA Org. bef. 1882 Dis. Feb. 1884 Originally known as Custer Post, Disbanded and re-organized in

Feb. 1884 as A. Kerney Post. See below.


cards)

015 A. Kerney Glenwood Mills IA SGT Abner B. Kearney (1837-

1863), Co. A, 4th IA Inf., died of

disease at Glenwood, IA, on 29

Sept. 1863.

Chart'd 25 Feb.

1884

Dis. 1935 Twenty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

016 Post No. 16 Grinnell Poweshiek IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.


26 September 1866.

Beath, 1889

016 Garrett Newton Jasper IA COL John A. Garrett (1824-1877),

40th IA Inf., died 23 Jan. 1877 at

Newton.

Chart'd 20 Aug.

1879

Dis. 31 Dec.

1934

Thirty-eight charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

017 Warr Mitchellville Polk IA PVT William Warr (c.1835-1872),

Co. A, 4th IA Cav., buried

Mitchellville Cem., Mitchellville.

Chart'd 6 Oct.

1879

Dis. 31 Dec.

1933

Sixteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

018 Iseminger Chariton Lucas IA CPT Daniel William Iseminger

(1813-1862), Co. B, 6th Iowa Inf.

First mayor of Chariton, KIA at the

Battle of Shiloh, 6 April 1862.

Local hero.

Org. 18 Oct.

1879; Chartered

23 Oct. 1879

Dis. 31 Dec.

1933

Fourteen charter members. Two of the charter members, Warren

Dungan and Emmet Woodward, were friends of the Post's

namesake.

City of Chariton website, May


(index cards)

019 Post No. 19 Des Moines Polk IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.


26 September 1866.

Beath, 1889

019 George Strong Fairfield Jefferson IA 1LT George Strong (1840-1861),

Co. E, 2nd IA Inf., died of brain

fever at St. Joseph, MO, on 18

July 1861. Resident of Fairfield,

first man from Jefferson County to

die in the war.

Chart'd 16 June

1883

Forty-one charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

020 McFarland Mount Pleasant Henry IA LTC Samuel McFarland (1824-

1862), 19th IA Inf., KIA at Prairie

Grove, AR, on 7 Dec. 1862.

Resident of Mt. Pleasant, local

hero.

Chart'd 14 Nov.

1879

Dis. 1 Jan. 1935 Twenty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

021 Post No. 21 Floyd Floyd IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.


26 September 1866.

Beath, 1889



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No.


021 Joe Hooker Des Moines Polk IA MG Joseph Hooker (1814-1879),

famous Civil War leader.

Chart'd 11 Mar.

1879; Must'd 18

Nov. 1879

Dis. 11 Oct.

1888

Thirty-two charter members. History of Polk County, IA,


(index cards)

022 B. F. Smith / GEN Hancock

(aft 1892)

Sioux City Woodbury IA CPL Benjamin F. Smith (? -1874),

Co. K, 7th MO Cav., buried Floyd

Cem., Sioux City. BG Winfield

Scott Hancock (1824-1886),

famous Civil War and Mexican

War leader.

Chart'd 2 Jan.

1880;

Consolidated

Dec. 1892

Dis. Dec. 1940 Originally chartered as B. F. Smith Post. Ninety-five charter

members. Consolidated in 1892 with Hancock Post, No. 396, to

become Hancock Post, No. 22.

Dept. Proceedings, 1893; Iowa


023 George H. Thomas Jefferson Greene IA MG George Henry Thomas (1816-


Chart'd 12 Sept.

1883

Dis. 1 Jan. 1935 Thirty-two charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

024 054 E. C. Little Independence Buchanan IA

024 T. F. Bradford Tama City Tama IA CPT Theodore F. Bradford ( ? -

1864), Co. A, Bradford's Cav., KIA

at Fort Pillow, TN, on 12 Apr.

1864. Lawyer, came to Tama

County from TN at the outbreak of

the war.

Chart'd 12 Sept.

1883

Dis. 31 Dec.

1934

Thirty-two charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

025 Custer Cherokee Cherokee IA MG George Armstrong Custer

(1839-1876). KIA at Little

Bighorn, MT, on 25 June 1876.

Famous Civil War (and Indian

Wars) leader.

Org. 2 Apr. 1880;

Re-chart'd 1 June

1883

Thirty-one charter members (1880). Seventeen charter members

(1883).

History of Cherokee County, IA,


(index cards)

026 Post No. 26 Boonsboro Boone IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.


26 September 1866.

Beath, 1889

026 Redfield Perry Dallas IA LTC James Redfield (1824-1864),

39th IA Inf., KIA at Allston, GA, on

5 Oct. 1864.

Chart'd 9 Apr.

1880

Twenty-four charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

027 McCray Prairie City Wayne IA CPT Richard L. McCray (1828-

1863), Co. G, 23rd IA Inf., died 18

May 1863 at Black River Bridge,

MS, from wounds received there

on 17 May 1863.

Chart'd 6 Dec.

1883

Dis. 6 Nov.

1931

Twenty-four charter members. Disbanded with the death of its last

member.


cards)

028 Post No. 28 Comanche Clinton IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.


26 September 1866.

Beath, 1889

028 David Harding Alperton Wayne IA PVT David Harding (c.1846- ? ),

Co. D, 18th IA Inf.

Chart'd 12 Oct.

1901

Dis. 1 July 1914 Twenty-nine charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

029 011 Post No. 29 Clarinda Page IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

Org. 10 Nov.

1866

The post was short-lived, as it "worked under the old rules, and

partook too largely of a political organization." It had 77 members.

History of Page County, 1890

029 Abe Lincoln Council Bluffs Pottawattamie IA Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865),

16th President of the United

States.

Chart'd 12 Jan.

1881

Dis. 1942 Disbanded by order of the Department. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

030 Ellsworth Ames Story IA COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth

(1837-1861), colonel in the New

York Fire Soaves (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.

Chart'd 16 Feb.

1881

Dis. 6 Aug.

1933

Seventeen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

031 A. B. Miller Nevada Story IA CPT Amos B. Miller (c.1831-

1864), Co. B, 32nd IA Inf., died at

Pleasant Hill, LA, on 13 Apr.

1864, from wounds received there

on 9 Apr. 1864.

Chart'd 18 Feb.

1881

Bef. 1884 Fifteen charter members. Most members joined J. D. Ferguson

Post after Miller Post disbanded.


cards)

031 J. D. Ferguson Nevada Story IA LT Jason D. Ferguson (c.1839-

1862), Co. D, 12th IA Inf., KIA at

Shiloh, TN, on 6 Apr. 1862. First

Story County casualty of the war.

Chart'd 7 Jan.

1884

Seventeen charter members. Reportedly united with Post 239 in

1920.


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032 Clemens Marysville Marion IA SGT Munson L. Clemens (1831-

1881), Co. D, 22nd IA Inf. Buried

Liberty Twp., Marysville.

Chart'd 1881 Dis. 30 Dec.

1887


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033 McPherson Manning Carroll IA BG James Birdseye McPherson


leader, KIA at the Battle of

Atlanta, GA, 22 July 1864.

Chart'd 17 Mar.

1881

Dis. 6 Mar.

1927

Fifteen charter members. Suspended with 3 member transferring

to at-large.


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No.


034 Allison Audubon Audubon IA LTC William Boyd Allison (1829-

1908), Special Aide to the

Governor of Iowa.

Chart'd 18 Jan.

1881

Dis. 31 Dec.

1933


cards)

035 O. P. Morton Exira / Audubon Audubon IA Oliver Hazard Perry Throck

Morton (1823-1877), Governor of

Indiana during the Civil War.

Chart'd 21 Mar.

1881; Re-org. 2

Dec. 1889

Defunct by

1922



036 Post. No. 36 Burlington Des Moines IA Created when only Post numbers

were used.

Org. 1866 Dis. Early 1868 Portrait and Biographical Album

of Des Moines, 1885

036 Wadsworth Dexter Dallas IA BG James Samuel Wadsworth


leader, died 8 May 1864 from

wounds received on 6 May 1864

in the Battle of the Wilderness,

VA.

Chart'd 22 Mar.

1881

Dis. 1928 Twenty-five charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

037 Chas. Baker Panora Guthrie IA 1LT Charles W. Baker (c.1837-

1863), Co. C, 4th IA Inf., died at

Taylor's Ridge, GA, on 29 Nov.

1863 from wounds received at

Ringgold, GA, on 27 Nov. 1863.

Chart'd 11 Mar.

1881

Dis. 1 Jan. 1929 Eighteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

038 Post No. 38 Cedar Falls Black Hawk IA In existence as early as June 1867, when it announced plans for a

Fourth of July parade.

Cedar Falls Gazette, 14 June

1867

038 458 Fuller Logan / Oto Harrison IA CPT William W. Fuller (c.1832-

1863), Co. C, 29th IA Inf., died of

disease at Greenwood, MS, on 14

Mar. 1864.

Org. 14 Jan.

1881; Chart'd 3

May 1881

Dis. 1 Jan. 1929 Iowa GAR Records (index

cards); Original charter

039 Myers Greenfield Adair IA Chart'd 28 Apr.

1881

Dis. 1 Jan. 1932 Thirty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

040 Kearney Oskaloosa Mahaska IA MG Philip Kearny, Jr. (1815-

1862), KIA at Chantilly, VA, on 1

Sept. 1862. Famous Civil War

leader.

Chart'd 13 May

1881

Dis. 1 Jan. 1935 Twenty-three charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

041 Robert Henderson Glendon Guthrie IA SGT Robert R. Henderson

(c.1822-1864), Co. I, 29th IA Inf.,

KIA at Jenkins' Ferry, AR, on 30

Apr. 1864. Resident of Guthrie

County, local hero.

Chart'd 18 Mar.

1884

Dis. Apr. 1885 Ten charter members. Notice of disbandment received at

headquarters 30 Jan. 1886.


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041 A. C. Hopson Greeley Delaware IA SGT Addison E. Hopson (c.1840-

1863), Co. K, 21st IA Inf., died at

Black River Bridge, MS, on 22

May 1863, from wounds received

at that place on 17 May 1863.

Resident of Delaware County,

local hero.

Org. 6 Mar 1886;

Chart'd 10 Mar.

1886

Dis. 1895 or

1897

Ten charter members. Middle initial listed as "C" in Department

Proceedings.


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042 C. H. Huntley Mason City Cerro Gordo IA Charles H. Huntley (c.1833-1864),

Adjutant, 32nd IA Inf., KIA at

Pleasant Hill, LA, on 9 Apr. 1864.

Resident of Mason City, local

hero.

Chart'd 12 June

1881

Twenty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

043 Post No. 43 Sabula Jackson IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.


26 September 1866.

Beath, 1889

043 Marshall Redfield Dallas IA 2LT Collin Marshall (1827-1863),

Co. H, 39th IA Inf., killed by

guerrillas near Corinth, MS, on 4

July 1863. Resident of Redfield,

local hero.

Chart'd 22 June

1881

Dis. 18 Jan.

1931


cards)

044 Jeff C. Davis Carroll Carroll IA BG Jefferson Columbus Davis


leader.

Chart'd 23 June

1881

Dis. 15 June

1930

Thirty-five charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

045 Post No. 45 Bellevue Jackson IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.


26 September 1866.

Beath, 1889

045 COL Mills Adel Dallas IA COL Noah Webster Mills (1834-

1862), 2nd IA Inf., died at Corinth,

MS, on 12 Oct. 1862, from

wounds received there on 4 Oct.

1862.

Chart'd 23 June

1881

Dis. 31 Dec.

1933

Nineteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

046 Warner Fayette Fayette IA CPT William W. Warner (c.1836-

1863), Co. C, 12th IA Inf., died 22

Dec. 1863 at Memphis, TN, from

wounds received at Vicksburg,

MS, on 19 May 1863.

Chart'd 29 June

1881

Dis. 31 Dec.

1931


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047 Post No. 47 Humboldt Humboldt IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

Chart'd 6 Oct.

1866

Eighteen charter members. Described on the charter as in Dakota

District.

Post Charter.

047 Reynolds Maynard Fayette IA MG John Fulton Reynolds (1820-

1863), KIA at the Battle of

Gettysburg on 1 July 1863.

Famous Civil War leader.

Chart'd 30 June

1881

Dis. 30 Mar.

1925

Twenty-six charter members. Disbanded with the death of its last

member, George H. Latimer.


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048 Abernathy West Union Fayette IA LTC Jacob Abernathy (c.1838-

1864), 3rd IA Inf., KIA at Atlanta,

GA, on 21 July 1864.

Chart'd 1 July

1881

Dis. 31 Dec.

1934


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049 J. C. Ferguson Knoxville Marion IA LTC John C. Ferguson (1823-

1862), 6th IA Inf., died of disease

in hospital at Vicksburg, MS, on

23 June 1862). Resident of

Knoxville, local hero.

Chart'd 2 July

1881

Twenty-five charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

050 Meade Anita Cass IA MG George Gordon Meade (1815-


Chart'd 11 Aug.

1881

Dis. 1 Jan. 1928 Thirteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

051 McCook New Virginia Warren IA Chart'd 17 Aug.

1881

Dis. Before Mar.

1884


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051 T. Huston Redding Ringgold IA PVT Thomas V. Huston (c.1836-

1863), Co. G, 4th IA Inf., died of

disease on 24 Nov. 1863, shortly

after being discharged from

hospital at Jefferson Barracks,

MO. Native of Ringgold County,

local hero.

Chart'd 18 Mar.

1884

Dis. 26 Sept.

1926


cards)

052 Tracy Guthrie Center Guthrie IA Chart'd 8 Feb.

1883

Dis. 1 Feb.

1931

Forth-two charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

053 J. A. Davis Jesup Buchanan IA Chart'd 24 Aug.

1881


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054 024 E. C. Little Independence Buchanan IA CPT Edmund C. Little (1845-

1874), bur. Oakwood Cem.,

Independence. Resident of

Independence, local hero.

Chart'd 25 Aug.

1881

Dis. 31 Dec.

1934


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055 Pitzer Winterset Madison IA LT Leander Pitzer (1841-1863),

Co. F, 4th IA Inf., died at

Paducah, KY, on 23 Jan. 1863,

from head wounds received at

Vicksburg, MS, on 29 Dec. 1862.

Resident of Winterset, local hero.

Buried at Winterset Cem.,

Winterset.


cards)

056 Burnside Shenandoah Page IA MG Ambrose Everett Burnside


leader.

Office of George H. Castle;

Metzner's Hall; Hall over Murphy

& Crose's Store; Hall over

Webster's Drub Store (1892)

Chart'd 16 Sept.

1881

Dis. 31 Dec.

1933

17 charter members. History of Page County, 1909;


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057 Garfield Red Oak Montgomery IA MG James Abram Garfield (1831-

1881), Civil War leader and later

US President (assassinated).

Chart'd 19 Sept.

1881

Dis. 1934 Twenty charter members. The members of the Post originally

adopted another namesake, but changed it to Garfield immediately

after it had organized, upon learning of the death of the President

Garfield. Associated with Garfield Woman's Relief Corps, No.

264.


cards); Merritt, 1906, A History

of Montgomery County.

058 Root / Logan Denison Crawford IA MG John Alexander Logan (1826-


Chart'd 21 Sept.

1881

Dis. 30 Sept.

1930

Seventeen charter members. Carried the name Root Post until 27

Dec. 1886.


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059 Belden Missouri Valley Harrison IA CPL Anson F. Belden (c.1842-

1863), Co. C, 29th IA Inf., died 21

July 1863 at Memphis, TN, from

wounds received at Helena, AR,

on 4 July 1863.

Chart'd 29 Sept.

1881

Dis. 31 Dec.

1933

Twenty-three charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

060 Jewett Nevinville Adams IA PVT John Quimby Jewett (1845-

1864), Co. L, 4th IA Inf., died of

disease on 17 March 1864.

Resident of Adams County, local

hero.

Chart'd 28 Sept.

1881

Dis. 18 Feb.

1920


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061 J. A. Rawlins Creston Union IA BG John Aaron Rawlins (1831-


Chart'd 30 Sept.

1881

Dis. 1 July 1887 Charter annulled by order of the Council of Administration. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

062 Dorr Altoona Polk IA COL Joseph B. Dorr (1825-1865),

8th IA Cav., died of disease at

Macon, GA, on 28 May 1865.

Chart'd 8 Oct.

1881


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063 G. W. Nelson Hazelton Buchanan IA PVT George W. Nelson (c.1840-

1863), Co. G, 24th IA Inf., died 1

July 1863 at St. Louis, MO, from

wounds received at Champion

Hill, MS, on 16 May 1863.

Chart'd 12 Mar.

1884

Dis. 13 Nov.

1929

Thirty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

064 Gordon Granger Grinnell Poweshiek IA MG Gordon Granger (1822-1876),


Chart'd 17 Sept.

1883

Fifty-two charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

065 Page Coin Page IA Named for the county in which the

Post was based.

Org. 1 Nov. 1881;

Chart'd 11 Nov.

1881

Dis. 1900 Twelve charter members. History of Page County, 1909;


cards)

066 Winfield Scott Webster City Hamilton IA MG Winfield Scott (1786-1866),

famous Mexican War leader, and

early leader in the Civil War.

Chart'd 22 Nov.

1881

Eleven charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

067 J. G. Miller Boonsboro Boone IA SGT Joseph G. Miller (c.1836-

1864), Co. D, 32nd IA Inf., died a

POW at Tyler, TX, on 28 July

1864. Resident of Boonsboro,

local hero.

Chart'd 26 Nov.

1881


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068 R. Anderson Waterloo Black Hawk IA MAJ Robert Anderson (1805-

1871), Commanding officer of

Fort Sumter, SC, when it was fired

upon at the outbreak of the Civil

War.

Chart'd 25 Nov.

1881

Dis. 3 Jan. 1936 Seventeen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

069 Cloutman Ottumwa Wapello IA CPT Charles C. Cloutman (1824-

1862), Co. K, 2nd IA Inf., KIA at

Fort Donelson, TN, on 15 Feb.

1862. Resident of Ottumwa, local

hero.

Chart'd 27 Feb.

1884

Dis. 31 Dec.

1935

Sixty-seven charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

070 Lookout Dubuque Dubuque IA Lookout Mountain, near

Chattanooga, TN, site of major

Civil War battle.

Chart'd 19 May

1886

Dis. 15 Feb.

1927

The last three members transferred to "at-large" after disbanding

the Post.


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071 Wilson Grundy Center Grundy IA COL David Stokley Wilson (1823-

1881), 6th IA Cav., bur. Linwood

Cem., Dubuque.

Chart'd 22 Mar.

1882

Dis. 1 Jan. 1934 Fifty-three charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

072 McKinzie Sheldon O'Brien IA PVT James Wheeler McKenzie

(1843-1882), U.S. Army Signal

Corps, also joined the "Squirrel

Hunters" to protect southern OH.

Chart'd 4 Apr.

1882

Dis. 1919 Twenty-three charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

073 Voorhies Eldon Wapello IA Chart'd 5 Apr.

1882

Dis. 30 Jan.

1918


cards)

074 Drips Maquoketa Jackson IA CPT Andrew W. Drips (c.1826-

1862), Co. A, 9th IA Inf., KIA at

Pea Ridge, AR, on 7 Mar. 1862.

Resident of Maquoketa, local

hero.

Chart'd 21 Apr.

1882

Dis. 19 Feb.

1930

Sixty-eight charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

075 Tip Best Montrose Lee IA "Tip" Best, probably PVT Levi

Allen Best (c.1841-1861), Co. H,

6th IA Inf., also regimental band,

6th IA Inf., died of typhoid fever at

Jefferson City, MO, on 11 Oct.

1861. Resident of Montrose, local

hero.

Chart'd 27 Apr.

1882

Dis. 1920 Twenty-six charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

076 Cottrell Hull Sioux IA PVT James Cottrell (1842-1879),

Co. D, 16th WI Inf.

Chart'd 2 May

1882

Dis. Feb. 1906 Twenty-one charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

077 F. A. Brush Osage Mitchell IA 1LT Frank A. Brush (c.1835-

1864), Co. K, 27th IA Inf., died in

hospital at Pleasant Hill, LA, on

20 Apr. 1864, from wounds

received at Pleasant Hill on 9 April

1864.

Chart'd 20 Apr.

1882


cards)

078 Hyde Clark Dubuque Dubuque IA 1LT William Hyde Clark (1836-

1872), Co. I, 1st IA Inf. Resident

of Dubuque, bur. Union Twp.

Cem., Dubuque.

Chart'd 20 May

1882

Dis. Dec. 1936 Thirty-eight charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

079 W. C. Harper Keosauqua Van Buren IA 2LT William C. Harper (c.1838-

1862), Co. F, 2nd IA Inf., KIA at


1862. Resident of Keosauqua,

local hero.

Chart'd 31 May

1882

Dis. 28 June

1930


cards)



No. Alt.

No.


080 E. D. Baker Storm Lake Buena Vista IA COL Edward Dickinson Baker

(1811-1861), KIA at Ball's Bluff,

VA, 20 October 1861. California

politician and later Senator in

Oregon. Buried in San Francisco.

Chart'd 10 June

1882; re-org. 3

Mar. 1883

Dis. 3 Mar.

1883; Dis. 1936

Twelve charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

081 Post No. 81 Williamsburg Iowa IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

Chart'd 20 Feb.

1867


cards)

081 J. W. McKenzie Hampton Franklin IA PVT James Wheeler McKenzie,

U.S. Army Signal Corps, who

stood on the ramparts at Allston,

GA, to signal back to Gen.

Sherman the answer to "Hold the

Fort." He died 1880 in Hampton.

Chart'd 26 June

1882

Dis. 1 Jan. 1935 Fifteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

082 S. A. Hurlbut Alta Buena Vista IA MG Stephen Augustus Hurlbut

(1815-1882), one of the founding

fathers of the GAR.

Chart'd 13 Nov.

1885

Dis. 1921 Twenty-seven charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

083 Shields Dunlap Harrison IA BG James Shields (1810-1879),


Chart'd 13 Nov.

1885

Dis. 31 Dec.

1930

Forty-seven charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

084 Post No. 84 Maysville Franklin IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

Chart'd 24 Mar.

1867


cards)

084 Shelladay Monroe Jasper IA Stephen B. Shelladay (no other

information)

Chart'd 25 June

1882

Dis. 31 Dec.

1935

Twenty-eight charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

085 Canby Portlandville Plymouth IA MG Edward Richard Sprigg

Canby (1817-1873), famous Civil

War leader, KIA in the Modoc

Indian Wars, CA, 11 April 1873.

Chart'd 6 July

1882

Dis. 7 Apr. 1886 Twenty-five charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

086 Eaton Woodbine Harrison IA PVT William H. Eaton (1845-

1878), Co. C, 29th IA Inf.,

Chart'd 29 June

1882

Dis. 31 Dec.

1931


cards)

087 Hoskins Mapleton Monona IA Chart'd 22 June

1892

Dis. 1905 Seventeen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

088 N. B. Baker Clinton Clinton IA GEN Nathaniel Bradley Baker

(1818-1876), Adjutant-General of

Iowa. Famous Iowa Civil War

leader.

Chart'd 3 July

1882

Dis. Aug. 1938 Twenty-five charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

089 F. Bentley Gilbert Station Black Hawk IA Frank Bentley. No other

information.

Chart'd 19 July

1882

Fourteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

090 Gardner Nora Springs Floyd IA CPL George E. Gardner (1833-

1879), Co. A, 18th IA Inf., bur.

Park Cem., Nora Springs.

Chart'd 13 July

1882

Dis. 26 Dec.

1921

Thirteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

091 Mower Lemars Plymouth IA MG Joseph Anthony Mower (1827-


Chart'd 26 Aug.

1882

Forty-three charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

092 N. B. Howard Dewitt Clinton IA COL Noel Byron Howard (1838-

1871), 2nd and 3rd IA Inf.

Chart'd 4 Aug.

1882

Dis. 30 Nov.

1924

Twenty-one charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

093 Matthew Gray Ida Grove Ida IA Matthew Gray (1809-1881), a

respected veteran of the

Blackhawk War, died 23. Aug.

1881. See notes.

Chart'd 8 Sept.

1882

Dis. 18 Feb.

1925

It is said that this Post ended with death of its last member, James

Deal, on 12 March 1930, however, Department records indicate

that it had disbanded about five years previously. Department

records also indicate that this Post was named for PVT Matthew

Gray (c.1840-1862), Co. K, 3rd IA Cav., who died of disease at

Batesville, AR, on 1 June 1862.

Judy White, Ida County Iowa

Genealogy, 2012; Iowa GAR


094 F. M. Thomas Marshalltown Marshall IA SGT Frank M. Thomas (1842-

1873), Co. I, 8th IA Cav. Buried

Riverside Cem., Marshalltown.

Chart'd 15 Sept.

1882

Dis. 1 Jan. 1935 One hundred, thirty-nine, charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

095 Farragut Gilman Marshall IA ADM David Glasgow Farragut


leader and former Commandant

of Mare Island Naval Shipyard.

Chart'd 20 Sept.

1882

Dis. 1919 Twenty-six charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

096 E. C. Miller Mount Ayr Ringgold IA 1LT Ellis C. Miller, Co. G, 4th Iowa

Inf., KIA at Chickasaw Bayou, MS,

29 Dec. 1862. Local hero, and

first commissioned officer from

Mount Ayr.

Chart'd 20 Oct.

1882

Dis. 31 Dec.

1933

Nineteen charter members. The Ringgold County History states

that the Post was organized on 3 Nov. 1880.

Ringgold County History, 1942.

097 Hanscom Onawa Monona IA 1LT Watson R. Hanscom (c.1840-

? ), Co. B, 12th IA Inf.

Chart'd 28 Sept.

1882

Dis. 31 Dec.

1918


cards)

098 Post No. 98 Sac City Sac IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

Chart'd 6 May

1867

Six charter members. Post Charter.



No. Alt.

No.


098 P. M. Coder Vinton Benton IA PVT Philip M. Coder (c.1841-

1865), Co. A, 28th IA Inf.

Resident of Benton County, local

hero.

Chart'd 21 Sept.

1882

Dis. 31 Dec.

1935


cards)

099 James Cantwell Wiota Cass IA Chart'd 10 Oct.

1882

Dis. 1884 Twelve charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

099 John Lewis Harvard Wayne IA Chart'd 12 Mar.

1884

Dis. Jan. 1906 Twenty-three charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

100 E. B. Townsend Bloomfield Davis IA Elisha B. Townsend (1812-1882),

Waggoner, Co. A, 3rd IA Cav.

Chart'd 12 Mar.

1884

Forth-seven charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

101 T. Howard Clear Lake Cerro Gordo IA 1LT Thomas C. Howard (c.1832-

1864), Co. B, 32nd IA Inf., died 11

April 1864 at Pleasant Hill, LA,

from wounds received there on 9

April 1864.

Chart'd 15 Oct.

1882

Dis. 9 Aug.

1929

Charter re-issued 12 Nov. 1903. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

102 Mulligan Sheffield Franklin IA COL James Adelbert Mulligan

(1830-1864), 23rd IL Inf., KIA at

Winchester, Va, on 26 July 1864.

Chart'd 20 Oct.

1882

Dis. 1 Jan. 1923 Twenty-six charter members. History of Franklin County,

Iowa, 1914; Iowa GAR Records

(index cards)

103 Barnes Mondamin Harrison IA Chart'd 29 Nov.

1882

Dis. 30 June

1924


cards)

104 Carpenter Fredericksburg Chickasaw IA J. V. Carpenter, first shoemaker in

Fredericksburg.

SGT John V. Carpenter (1821-

1877), Co. G, 21st IA Inf., bur.

Maple Grove Cem.,

Fredericksburg.

Org. Nov. 1882;

Chart'd 14 Dec.

1882

Dis. 31 Dec.

1935

Eighteen charter members. History of Chickasaw and

Howard Counties, 1919; Iowa


105 Surfus Bristow Butler IA CPL Emanuel Surfus (? -1862),

Co. G, 32nd IA Inf., died of

disease at Dubuque, IA, on 5

Nov. 1862. Resident of Butler

County, local hero.

Chart'd 29 Nov.

1882

Dis. 1 July 1912 Eighteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

106 Alloway Lynnville Jasper IA PVT Abijah Alloway (1830-1863),

Co. D, 40th IA Inf., died of

disease in Jasper County, IA, on

10 Nov. 1863, bur. Rushville

Cem., Kellogg Twp., Jasper

County.

Chart'd 20 Dec.

1882


cards)

107 Winslow Agency Wapello IA COL (Brevet BG) Edward Francis

Winslow (c.1837- ? ), 4th IA Cav.

Chart'd 13 Jan.

1883

Dis. 1 Jan. 1933 Thirty-two charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

108 I. G. White Washington Washington IA CPL Ishmael G. White (c.1834-

1861), Co. H, 2nd IA Inf., died 31

Aug. 1861. Resident of

Washington, local hero.

Chart'd 29 Jan.

1883

Dis. 1936 Forty-nine charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

109 J. Q. Wilds Stanwood Cedar IA CPT John Quincy Wilds (1822-

1864), Co. A, 13th IA Inf., died in

Hospital at Winchester, VA, on 18

Nov. 1864, from wounds received

at Cedar Creek, VA, on 19 Oct.

1864.

Chart'd 24 Nov.

1882

Dis. 10 Mar.

1926


cards)

110 William Beaver Tipton Cedar IA PVT William Beaver (c.1828-

1862), Co. A, 5th IA Inf., shot and

killed by Rebel picket at New

Madrid, MO, on 4 Mar. 1862.

Chart'd 18 Jan.

1883

Dis. 1936 Forty-two charter members. Disbanded with the death of its last

member, Samuel Munn.


cards)

111 N. H. Powers Scranton Greene IA PVT Norman H. Powers (? -1882),

Co. I, 4th IL Cav., died 7 June

1882 from the effects of wounds

sustained during the war, bur. In

Scranton.

Chart'd 29 Nov.

1882

Dis. 31 Dec.

1933


cards)

112 Ed Hamlin Wellman Washington IA PVT Edwin W. Hamlin (c.1835-

1863), Co. I, 22nd IA Inf., KIA at

Vicksburg, MS, on 22 May 1863.

Chart'd 30 Nov.

1882

Dis. 31 Dec.

1932


cards)

113 Allee Manson Calhoun IA PVT Albert E. Allee (1844-1879),

Co. E, 11th IA Inf., bur. Hope

Cem., Manson.

Chart'd 20 Dec.

1882

Dis. 13 Feb.

1930


cards)

114 Blake Morning Sun Louisa IA PVT Henry C. Blake (1819-1875),

Co. C, 1st IA Cav. Buried at

Brown Cem., Morning Sun Twp.,

Morning Sun.

Chart'd 22 Dec.

1882

Dis. 1899 Twenty-two charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)



No. Alt.

No.


115 Post No. 115 Hampton Franklin IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

Chart'd 28 June

1867


cards)

115 Todd Columbus Junction Louisa IA SGT James R. Todd (1845-1866),

Co. F, 25th IA Inf. Buried at Old

Cem., Columbus City.

Chart'd 23 Dec.

1882

Dis. 15 Nov.

1924


cards)

116 J. T. Randolph Indianola Warren IA PVT James Randolph (c.1833-


disease at Memphis, TN, on 29

Aug. 1865. Resident of Indianola,

local hero.

Chart'd 28 Dec.

1882


cards)

117 Post No. 117 Red Oak Montgomery IA No namesake. Known only by its

number.

Org. 3 Aug. 1867 Ten charter members. The Post grew to about thirty-three

members, but "in the course of two or three years it died out and

gave up its charter."

Merritt, 1906, A History of the

County of Montgomery

117 COL Goodrich Odebolt Sac IA Chart'd 23 Dec.

1882


cards)

118 Ireland Sibley Osceola IA Chart'd 27 Jan.

1883

Dis. 10 Mar.

1931

Thirty-nine charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

119 Vandover Ute Monona IA COL (Brevet MG) William

Vandever (1817-1893), 9th IA Inf.

Chart'd 26 Dec.

1882

Dis. 1897 Eleven charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

120 A. J. Smith Elkport Clayton IA MG Andrew Jackson Smith (1815-


Chart'd 19 Dec.

1882

Dis. 1903 Fifteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

121 Lentz Fontanelle Adair IA PVT Isaac Lentz (c.1836 -1863),

Co. D, 29th IA Inf., died of

disease in Post Hospital, Helena,

AR, on 7 Feb. 1863. Resident of

Fontanelle, local hero.

Chart'd 5 Jan.

1883

Dis. 1906 Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

122 J. L. Bashore Centerville Appanoose IA CPT John L. Bashore (1834-

1864), Co. D, 6th IA Inf.,

murdered in IA while acting

District Provost Marshal.

Chart'd 2 Dec.

1882

Dis. 14 Feb.

1931


cards)

123 U. S. Grant Avoca Pottawattamie IA Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant

1822-1885), famous Civil War

leader, later US President.

124 Annette Spencer Clay IA SGT John B. Annett (1843-1882),

Co. C, 45th IL Inf., bur. Riverside

Cem., Spencer.

Org. 4 Jan. 1883;

Chart'd 28 Jan.

1883

Forty-five charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

125 Shanklin / J. G. Safley Traer Tama IA CPT Joseph G. Safley (c.1842-

1879), Co. I, 11th IA Inf., buried

Buckingham Cem., Traer.

Chart'd 17 Jan.

1883

Dis. 29 Dec.

1932

Fourteen charter members. Originally named Shanklin Post,

changed name on 11 July 1883.


cards)

126 Shiloh Peoria Mahaska IA Shiloh, TN, site of major Civil War

battle, 1862.

Chart'd 20 Jan.

1883

Dis. 1 July 1912 Twenty-one charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

127 Wisner Montezuma Poweshiek IA PVT James Wisner (1844-1864),

Co. C, 28th IA Inf., KIA at Sabine

Cross Roads, LA, on 8 Apr. 1864.

Resident of Motezuma, local hero.

Chart'd 27 Jan.

1883

Dis. 7 May 1935 Sixteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

128 John W. Renz Charleston Lee IA PVT John W. Renz (c.1840-

1862), Co. A, 2nd IA Inf., KIA at

Corinth, MS, on 4 Oct. 1862.

Chart'd 20 Feb.

1883

Dis. 25 Feb.

1888


cards)

129 Joe Neal Columbus City Louisa IA CPT Joseph Neal (c.1832-1864),

Co. C, 11th IA Inf., KIA near

Atlanta, GA, on 22 July 1864.

Resident of Columbus City, local

hero.

Chart'd 13 Feb.

1883

Dis. 18 Feb.

1903


cards)

130 Ben Paul Wyoming Jones IA CPT Benjamin G. Paul (c.1832-

1864), Co. K, 24th IA Inf., KIA

near Rosedale Bayou, LA, on 30

May 1864. Resident of Wyoming,

local hero.

Chart'd 15 Feb.

1883

Forty-three charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

131 Iuka Bellevue Jackson IA Iuka, MS, site of Civil War battle,

10 to 20 Sept. 1862.

Chart'd 16 Feb.

1883

Dis. 1 July 1910 Twenty-nine charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

132 G. W. S. Dodge Nashua Chickasaw IA 2LT George W. S. Dodge (c.1835-

1861), Co. B, 7th IA Inf., KIA at

Belmont, MO, on 7 Nov. 1861.

Chart'd 20 Feb.

1883

Dis. 12 May

1933

Thirty-nine charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

133 GEN Lyon Clarion Wright IA BG Nathaniel Lyon (1818-1861),

KIA at Wilson's Creek, MO, 10

August 1861.

Chart'd 19 Feb.

1883


cards)



No. Alt.

No.


134 Griffith Oelwein Fayette IA PVT Levi L. Griffith (c.1844-1863),

Co. F, 3rd IA Inf., died 19 June

1863 at Vicksburg, MS, from

wounds received there on 3 June

1863. Resident of Fayette

County, local hero.

Chart'd 28 Jan.

1883

Dis. 12 Jan.

1926


cards)

135 Washington Adair Guthrie IA George Washington (1732-1797),

first President of the United

States.

Chart'd 22 Feb.

1883

Dis. 12 July

1927


cards)

136 J. R. Slack Irwin Shelby IA BG James Richard Slack (1818-


Chart'd 23 Feb.

1883

Dis. 1899 Sixteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

137 Wayne Humeston Wayne IA Named for the county in which the

Post was based.

Chart'd 21 Feb.

1883

Dis. 15 June

1930


cards)

138 John Wilcox Eddyville Wapello IA CPT John Wilcox (c.1825- ? ), Co.

B, 7th IA Cav. Resident of

Eddyville.

Chart'd 28 Feb.

1883

Dis. 4 Apr. 1922 Twenty-nine charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

139 Neitzsch Little Sioux Harrison IA PVT Randolph Neitzsch (c.1830-



Apr. 1863.

Chart'd 3 Mar.

1883

Dis. 22 Feb.

1922


cards)

140 J. A. Buck Lisbon Linn IA SGT John A. Buck (c.1842-1864),

Co. E, 11th IA Inf., KIA near

Atlanta, GA, on 22 July 1864.

Resident of Lisbon, local hero.

Chart'd 6 Mar.

1883

Dis. 3 Feb.

1927

Thirty-four charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

141 Charles Payne Iowa Falls Hardin IA SGT Charles J. Payne (c.1841-

1862), Co. C, 6th IA Inf., KIA at

Shiloh, TN, on 6 Apr. 1862.

Resident of Iowa Falls, local hero.

Chart'd 7 Mar.

1883

Dis. 31 Dec.

1932

Forty-five charter members. Disbanded with the death of its last

member.


cards)

142 Randall Northwood Worth IA PVT James Randall (c.1838-

1864), Co. B, 32nd IA Inf., died of


July 1864. Brother to John

Randall of Post 142.

Chart'd 8 Mar.

1883

Dis. 31 Dec.

1932

Thirty-three charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

143 Charlton Richland Keokuk IA PVT George W. Charlton (c.1842-

1862), Co. K, 7th IA Inf., KIA at


Resident of Richland, local hero.

Chart'd 12 Mar.

1883

Dis. 31 Dec.

1914


cards)

144 Humes What Cheer Keokuk IA PVT Solomon Humes (1843 -

1864), Co. F, 8th IA Inf., missing

in action at Shiloh, TN, on 6 Apr.

1862. Bur. Humes Cem.,

Thornburg, Keokuk County.

Chart'd 12 Mar.

1883

Dis. 1 Jan. 1925 Thirty-one charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

145 Bricker Ladora Iowa IA PVT Wooster B. Bricker (c.1844-

1864), Co. E, 24th IA Inf., KIA at

Winchester, VA, on 19 Sept.

1864.

Chart'd 16 Mar.

1883

Dis. 14 Sept.

1923


cards)

146 Hassendeufel Guttenburg Clayton IA Dis. 28 Oct.

1909


cards)

147 Dunlap Rock Rapids Lyon IA LTC Cornelius W. Dunlap (1835-

1863), 21st IA Inf., KIA at


Chart'd 16 Mar.

1883

Dis. 8 Feb.

1930

Thirty charter members. Charter member James K. P. Thompson

was instrumental in having the Post named in honor of his Lieut-

COL


cards)

148 Compton Churdan Greene CPT Charles Elmer Compton

(c.1837- ?), Co, I, 11th IA Inf.

Chart'd 20 Mar.

1883

Dis. 7 Apr. 1886 Disbanded by order of the Department. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

149 Hartman Goldfield Wright IA SGT John F. Hartman (c.1841-

1864), Co. F, 2nd IA Cav., died in

Hospital at Nashville, TN, on 17

Dec. 1864, from wounds received

at Nashville on 15 Dec. 1864.

Chart'd 19 Mar.

1883

Dis. 31 Dec.

1929


cards)

150 Henry Dillon Emmetsburg Palo Alto IA CPT Henry Dillon ( ? - ? ), 6th

Batt., WI Light Arty.

Chart'd 20 Mar.

1883


cards)

151 Hayden Forest City Winnebago IA Chart'd 21 Mar.

1883

Dis. 12 Jan.

1927


cards)

152 H. O. Johnson Grand Junction Greene IA MAJ Henry O. Johnson (? -1862),

10th WI Inf., KIA at Perryville, KY,

on 8 Oct. 1862.

Chart'd 24 Mar.

1883

Dis. 15 July

1921

Thirty-four charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)



No. Alt.

No.


153 A. M. Taylor Wapello Louisa IA CPT Andrew M. Taylor (1822-

1863), Co. G, 19th IA Inf., died at

New Orleans, LA, on 4 Nov. 1863,

from wounds received at

Atchafalaya, LA, on 29 Sept.

1863. Resident of Wapello, local

hero.

Chart'd 28 Mar.

1883


cards)

154 Buckner Eldora Hardin IA PVT Edward C. Buckner (1841-



1862. Resident of Eldora, local

hero.

Chart'd 29 Mar.

1883

Forty-one charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

155 Andersonville Beaman Grundy IA Andersonville, GA, notorious

Confederate prison.

Chart'd 30 Mar.

1883


cards)

156 Lander Lake City Calhoun IA BG Frederick E. Lander (1821-

1862), died of pneumonia at

Camp Chase, Paw Paw, VA, on 2

March 1862. Famous Civil War

leader.

Chart'd 9 June

1883

Dis. 3 Dec.

1933


cards)

157 Sheppard Mediapolis Des Moines IA PVT John E. Sheppard (c.1842-



Chart'd 30 Mar.

1883

Dis. 2 Feb.

1922


cards)

158 John Miller St. Charles Madison IA SGT John Miller (1840-1863), Co.

H, 23rd IA Inf., died at Black River

Bridge, MS, on 19 May 1863, from

wounds received there on 17 May

1863. Resident of St. Charles,

local hero.

Chart'd 15 Mar.

1883

Dis. 31 Mar.

1927


cards)

159 GEN Reynolds / Mansfield Calliope Sioux IA MG Joseph King Fenno Mansfield


leader, mortally wounded at

Antietam, MD, on 17 Sept. 1862,

died the following morning.

Chart'd 7 May

1883

Twelve charter members. Name changed to Mansfield Post. National Tribune, 9 Aug. 1883;


cards)

160 Washburn Winthrop Buchanan IA CPT Frederick S. Washburn

(c.1823-1863), Co. G, 9th IA Inf.,

died 16 June 1863 at Vicksburg,

MS, from wounds received in the

face and neck at Vicksburg on 22

May 1863.

Chart'd 7 May

1883

Dis. 7 Apr. 1886 Eighteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

161 Updegraff Macedonia Pottawattamie IA Chart'd 21 Apr.

1883


cards)

162 Wilsey Hamilton / Russey IA PVT Peter M. Wilsey (c.1846- ? ),

Co. D, 36th IA Inf.

Chart'd 23 Apr.

1883

Dis. 26 Dec.

1893


cards)

163 C. Lawrence Sabula Jackson IA 1LT Chauncey Lawrence (1825-


Champion's Hill, MS, on 16 May

1863. Resident of Sabula, local

hero.

Chart'd 26 Apr.

1883

Dis. 1 July 1914 Twenty-four charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

164 A. Schofield Miles Jackson IA Alf Schofield (no other

information)

Chart'd 28 Apr.

1883

Dis. 30 May

1929


cards)

165 J. C. Taylor Algona Kossuth IA PVT James C. Taylor (c.1842-

1862), Co. F, 2nd IA Cav., died at

Regimental Hospital, St. Louis,

MO, on 22 Jan. 1862.

Chart'd 4 May

1883


cards)

166 Schuyler Brandon Buchanan IA Chart'd 8 May

1883

Dis. Jan. 1918 Fifteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

167 Lowe Sigourney Keokuk IA 1SGT Robert F. Lowe (c.1842-

1864), Co. D, 13th IA Inf., died of

wounds at Big Shanty, GA, on 30

June 1864. Resident of

Sigourney, local hero.

Chart'd 7 May

1883

Dis. 19 Mar.

1935

Sixty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

168 COL Hughes Decorah Winneshiek IA COL D. Henry Hughes (1830-

1863), 38th IA Inf., died of

disease aboard the steamer

"Lebanon" at Port Hudson, LA, on

7 Aug. 1863.

Chart'd 8 May

1883

Dis. 11 Oct.

1923


cards)



No. Alt.

No.


169 Lewin Hartford Warren IA PVT Oliver P. Lewin/Lewis

(c.1836-1862), Co. G. 10th IA Inf.,

KIA at Charleston, MO, on 8 Jan.

1862. Resident of Hartford, local

hero.

Chart'd 12 May

1883

Dis. 1 July 1912 Thirty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

170 James B. Sample Fort Madison Lee IA 1LT James Blaine Sample (1834-

1868), Co. D, 7th IA Inf., bur. at

City Cem., Fort Madison.

Chart'd 2 Oct.

1885


cards)

171 Sutherland Waucoma Fayette IA PVT Sherman Sutherland (c.1838-

1863), Co. F, 38th IA Inf., died of

disease at New Orleans, LA, on

19 Aug. 1863.

Chart'd 5 May

1883

Dis. 30 June

1915


cards)

172 Janesville Janesville Bremer IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 16 May

1883

Dis. Nov. 1917 Twenty-nine charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

173 Osceola Osceola Clarke IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 9 May

1883

Dis. 1 June

1928

Thirty-three charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

174 Virtue Polk City Polk IA PVT John Virtue (c.1832-1863),

Co. B, 23rd IA Inf., died on

hospital steamer "City of

Memphis" on 10 July 1863, from

wounds received at Milliken's

Bend, LA, on 7 June 1863.

Resident of Polk City, local hero.

Chart'd 19 May

1883

Dis. 12 Jan.

1895

Twenty charter members. Post voted to surrender charter on 22

Sept. 1894.


cards)

175 Whinery De Soto Dallas IA PVT Columbus Whinery (1840-

1895), Co. E, 16th OH Inf., bur.

Oakland Cem., De Soto, IA

Chart'd 23 May

1883


cards)

176 J. O. Duer Monticello Jones IA

177 Shriver Vernon Van Buren IA PVT George B. Shriver (1842-

1862), Co. F, 2nd IA Inf., KIA at


1862. Resident of Van Buren

County, local hero.


cards)

178 Sisco Elma Howard IA PVT John G. Sisco (c.1833-1865),

Co. K, 13th IA Inf., died at

Nashville, TN, on 19 June 1865.

Chart'd 22 May

1883


cards)

179 Howe Britt Hancock IA SGT Mortimer Howe (1834-1886),

Co. K, 30th WI Inf.

Chart'd 23 May

1883; re-inst. 27

May 1890

Abandoned

Mar. 1886; Dis.

1 Jan. 1928


cards)

180 Sully Lake Mills Winnebago IA COL (Brevet MG Alfred Sully

(1821-1879), 1st MN Inf.

Chart'd 24 May

1883

Dis. Mar. 1907 Twenty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

181 C. G. Francis Walker Linn IA Chart'd 12 Jan.

1883

Dis. 27 Jan.

1929


cards)

182 CPT Folks Plainfield Bremer IA CPT Charles Folks (1821-1879),

Co. H, 7th WI Inf., bur. Willow

Lawn Cem., Plainfield.

Chart'd 4 June

1883


cards)

183 George A. Remley Oxford Johnson IA SMA George A. Remley (c.1840-

1864), Co. F, 22nd IA Infantry,

KIA Battle of Winchester, VA, 19

Sept. 1864. Resident of Oxford,

local hero.

Chart'd 5 June

1883

Dis. 2 Mar.

1901

National Tribune, 9 Aug. 1883;


cards)

184 Boardman Elkader Clayton IA MAJ Elisha Boardman, Jr. (1827-

1866), 21st IA Inf., bur. East Side

Cem., Elkader.

Chart'd 5 June

1883

Dis. July 1916 Twenty-one charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

185 Rippey Rippey Greene IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 7 June

1883

Dis. 1890 Twenty-four charter members. Disbanded on either 30 Aug. or 30

Sept. 1890.


cards)

186 William Kellogg Seymour Wayne IA CPL William Kellogg (c.1833-


Missionary Ridge, TN, on 25 Nov.

1863.

Chart'd 7 June

1883

Dis. 31 Dec.

1931


cards)

187 F. M. Thompson La Porte Black Hawk IA 1LT Francis M. Thompson (1828-

1880), Co. D, 31st IA Inf., bur.

Westview Cem., La Porte.

Chart'd 8 June

1883

Thirty-one charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

188 Wright Coon Rapids Carroll IA CPT Perry Wright (c.1833-1864),

aka, Newton Perry Wright, Co. E,

39th IA Inf., KIA at Allatoona, GA,

on 5 Oct. 1864.

Chart'd June

1883

Dis. 20 Oct.

1917


cards)

189 Knox Center La Celle Clarke IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 25 June

1883

Dis. 23 Aug.

1899


cards)



No. Alt.

No.


190 W. A. Morse Manchester Delaware IA CPT William A. Morse (1832-

1868), Co. F, 12th IA Inf., assisted

in raising the first company in

Manchester.

Org. 23 May

1883; Chart'd 25

May 1883

Forty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

191 D. A. Carpenter Olin Jones IA MAJ Don A. Carpenter (c.1830-

1864), 9th IA Inf., died of

consumption at Rome, IA, on 8

Jan. 1864.

Chart'd 26 May

1883

Dis. 2 Feb.

1922


cards)

192 Robert Jackson Corydon Wayne IA 2LT Robert S. Jackson (c.1834-

1862), Co. I, 4th IA Inf., KIA at

Pea Ridge, AR, on 7 Mar. 1862.

Resident of Corydon, local hero.

Chart'd 19 June

1883

Dis. 4 Mar.

1939


cards)

193 A. Rowley Humboldt Humboldt IA Albert Rowley, a respected citizen

of Rutland Twp., whose remains

were left at Pleasant Hill, LA.

Chart'd 28 June

1883

Dis. 1 Jan. 1919 Fifty charter members. The National Tribune of 14 June 1883

reported fifty-two charter members, the largest roll of charter

members in the state.

National Tribune, 14 June


(index cards)

194 J. J. Stillman Waukon Allamakee IA PVT John J. Stillman (1830-



1862, buried Oakland Cem.,

Waukon.

Chart'd 23 June

1883

Dis. 21 Dec.

1931


cards)

195 Adams Cromwell Union IA PVT John A. Adams (? -1865),

Co. F, 124th IL Inf., died at

Spanish Fort, in front of Mobile,

AL, on 7 Apr. 1865.

Chart'd 23 June

1883

Dis. June 1917 Thirty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

196 R. Henderson Bayard Guthrie IA

197 Harlan Harlan Shelby IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 30 June

1883

Dis. 31 Dec.

1934


cards)

198 J. D. Craven Macksburg Madison IA SGT John D. Craven (1830-

1876), Co. H, 23rd IA Inf. Buried

Moon Cem., Macksburg.

Chart'd 28 May

1883

Dis. 1 Jan. 1904 Thirty-three charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

199 H. C. Leighton New Sharon Mahaska IA 1LT Henry C. Leighton (1842-

1878), Co. D, 33rd IA Inf.

Org. 2 July 1883;

Re-org. 8 July

1899

Dis. 31 Dec.

1893

Thirty-five charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1900; Iowa


200 Greene Greene Butler IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 7 July

1883

Dis. 1 June

1928

Forty-two charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

201 C. A. Abbott Lewis Cass IA Chart'd 7 July

1883

Dis. 20 Dec.

1922


cards)

202 Bedsaul Magnolia Harrison IA SGT Oliver M. Bedsaul (c.1836-

1871), Co. H, 15th IA Inf., bur.

Magnolia Cem., Magnolia.

Chart'd 12 July

1883; Re-org. 6

July 1889

Dis. 18 Jan.

1925



203 R. L. Clingan Minburn Dallas IA Re-org. 29 June

1889

Dis. 28 Jan.

1926



204 Summers Malvern Mills IA 1LT Milton S. Summers (c.1829-

1862), Co. B, 5th IA Cav., died 28

Aug. 1862, from wounds received

at Cumberland Iron Works, TN, on

27 Aug. 1862.

Chart'd 26 Jan.

1889


cards)

205 Van Wert Van Wert Decatur IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 29 Aug.

1883

Dis. July 1917 Twenty-two charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

206 Van Dorn Bonaparte Van Buren IA Chart'd 9 July

1883

Dis. Before

June 1884


cards)

206 Mitchell Marion Linn IA SGT Robert Mitchell (c.1841-



1863. Resident of Marion, local

hero.

Chart'd 19 June

1884

Dis. 31 Dec.

1933

Forty-six charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

207 Bud Hazen Lucky Valley Woodbury IA Chart'd 24 July

1883

Dis. 1888 Ten charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

208 George Gibson Dows Wright IA Chart'd 30 Aug.

1883

Dis. 1 Oct. 1885 Twelve charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

208 F. Nolan Russell Lucas IA 1LT Francis M. Nolan (1827-

1867), Co. E, 34th IA Inf.

Chart'd 17 Mar.

1886

Dis. 18 Feb.

1920


cards)

209 Joe Ross Sidney Fremont IA PVT Joseph M. Ross (c.1844-


Terre Noir Creek, AR, on 2 Apr.

1864.

Chart'd 18 July

1883


cards)

210 M. S. Holtzinger Hamburg Fremont IA CPT Milton S. Holtzinger, Co. A,

4th IA Cav. Died 1879, buried at

Hamburg.

Must'd and

Chart'd 19 July

1883

Dis. 1919 Sixteen charter members. National Tribune, 9 Aug. 1883;


cards)



No. Alt.

No.


211 H. Keating Afton Union IA SGT Henry Keating (1834-1881),

Co. H, 29th IA Inf., buried Green

Lawn Cem., Afton.

Chart'd 18 July

1883


cards)

212 M. Mills Central City Linn IA PVT Marvin Mills (c.1837-1862),

Co. K, 9th IA Inf., died 25 Mar.

1862, at Springfield, MO, from

wounds received at Pea Ridge,

AR, on 7 Mar. 1862. Resident of

Central City, local hero.

Chart'd 21 July

1883

Dis. 8 Feb.

1930


cards)

213 McKinnie Crawfordsville Washington IA SGT Nathan L. McKinnie (c.1834-

1862), Co. F, 11th IA Inf., died of

typhoid pneumonia at La Grange,

TN, on 29 Nov. 1862. Resident of

Crawfordsville, local hero.

Chart'd 5 May

1883

Dis. 1899 Twenty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

214 H. Robinson Oxford Junction Jones IA CPL Henry Robinson (c.1838-


Kennesaw Mountain, GA, on 23

June 1864.

Chart'd 20 July

1883


cards)

215 Launtz Ireton Sioux IA Chart'd 23 July

1883


cards)

216 Memorial Cresco Howard IA Chart'd 6 Aug.

1883


cards)

217 Lauman Lime Springs Howard IA COL Jacob Gartner Lauman

(1812-1867), 7th IA Inf.

Chart'd 8 Aug.

1883

Eighteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

218 McCullough Henderson Mills IA Chart'd 18 Jan.

1884

Dis. 13 Mar.

1886


cards)

219 E. O. C. Ord Sutherland O'Brien IA MG Edward Otho Cresap Ord


leader.

Chart'd 17 Aug.

1883; Must'd and

re-org. 28 Jan.

1898

Dis. 24 Dec.

1893

Eighteen charter members. Dept. Encampment

Proceedings; Iowa GAR


220 James Butler Clarksville Butler IA SGT James Butler (1837-1880),

Co. G, 32nd IA Inf., resident of

Clarksville, bur. Lynwood Cem.,

Clarksville.

Chart'd 21 Aug.

1883

Dis. 18 Oct.

1930

Sixteen charter members. Disbanded on the death of its last

member.


cards)

221 Lee Smithland Woodbury IA Chart'd 21 Aug.

1883


cards)

222 James Brownell Cedar Falls Black Hawk IA PVT James H. Brownell (c.1831-

1861), Co. K, 3rd IA Inf., KIA at

Blue Mills, MO, on 17 Sept. 1861.

Resident of Cedar Falls, local

hero.

Chart'd 29 Aug.

1883

Dis. 1 Jan. 1935 Forty-six charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

223 Waller Milford Dickinson IA Chart'd 13 Sept.

1883

Dis. 31 Dec.

1922


cards)

224 Emerson Emerson Mills IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 30 Aug.

1883

Dis. 3 Jan. 1900 Twenty-seven charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

225 J. I. Gilbert Neola Pottawattamie IA COL (Brevet MG) James I. Gilbert

(1823-1884), 27th IA Inf.


cards)

226 Winget Spirit Lake Dickinson IA SGT Isaac L. Winget (c.1835-

1864), Co. E, 6th IA Cav.,

accidentally killed at Tahkahokuty

Mtn., Dakota Terr., on 30 July

1864.

Chart'd 14 Sept.

1883

Dis. 31 Dec.

1914


cards)

227 William Griffith Eagle Grove Wright IA PVT William H. Griffith (c.1825-

1864), Co. A, 32nd IA Inf., died of


May 1864. Resident of Eagle

Grove, local hero.

Chart'd 15 Sept.

1883


cards)

227 A. R. Pierce Glasgow Jefferson IA MAJ Abial R. Pierce (1820-1880),

1st Battalion IA Cav.

Chart'd 19 Mar.

1885


cards)

228 Comstock Mechanicsville Cedar IA PVT George S. Comstock (c.1844-

1864), Co. H, 35th IA Inf., KIA at

Bayou de'Glaize, LA, on 18 May

1864. Resident of Mechanicsville,

local hero.

Chart'd 7 Sept.

1883

Dis. 29 June

1925


cards)

229 Simmons Gowrie Webster IA Chart'd 18 Sept.

1883

Dis. 22 Apr.

1885


cards)

229 Robert Crawford Pleasant Point Jefferson IA CPL Robert Crawford (1842-

1862), Co. K, 6th IA Inf., died in

Mound City, IL, on 24 Apr. 1862,

from wounds received at Shiloh,

TN, on 6 Apr. 1862.

Org. 21 May

1885; Chart'd 19

Jan. 1886

Dis. 3 Jan.1887 Fourteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)



No. Alt.

No.


230 Richmond Dallas Center Dallas IA PVT Cassius M. C. Richmond

(c.1844-1863), Co. G, 23rd IA Inf.,

died 23 Aug. 1863 at Keokuk, IA.

Chart'd 17 Aug.

1883

Dis. 8 Jan. 1929 Thirty-three charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

231 S. Norman Muscatine Muscatine IA PVT Shelby Norman (c.1843-

1861), Co. A, 1st IA Inf., KIA at

Wilson's Creek, MO, on 10 Aug.

1861, first from Iowa to die in

battle. Resident of Muscatine,

local hero.

Chart'd 29 Aug.

1883


cards)

232 P. A. Newell Birmingham Van Buren IA QMS Perry A. Newell (1840-

1864), Co. H, 3rd IA Cav., killed in

explosion of steamer "Maria" at

Carondelet, MO, on 11 Dec. 1864.

Resident of Birmingham, local

hero.

Chart'd 24 Sept.

1883

Dis. 1 Jan. 1902 Twenty-nine charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

233 John Dillon Marengo Iowa IA PVT John Dillon (c.1833-1862),

Co. G, 7th IA Inf., KIA at Shiloh,

TN, on 6 Apr. 1862. Resident of

Marengo, local hero.

Chart'd 7 Nov.

1883

Dis. 10 Dec.

1935

Sixty-two charter members. Post disbanded with death of its last

member I 1935.


cards)

234 Ersland Cambridge Story IA PVT Elias Ersland (c.1844-1863),

Co. E, 23rd IA Inf., died of


July 1863. Resident of

Cambridge, local hero.

Chart'd 30 Sept.

1883

Dis. 18 Jan.

1925


cards)

235 T. Z. Cook Cedar Rapids Linn IA

236 Ft. Donelson Fort Dodge Webster IA Fort Donelson, TN, site of major

Civil War battle in Feb. 1862.

Chart'd 26 Sept.

1883

Dis. 1 Jan. 1936 Twenty-eight charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

237 Rogers Lineville Wayne IA PVT James H. Rodgers (c.1837-

1864), Co. M, 3rd IA Cav., died of

disease in Wayne County, IA, on

10 Mar. 1864.

Chart'd 8 Oct.

1883; Chart'd 19

Feb. 1884


cards)

238 Steadman Colo Story IA MG James Blair Steedman (1817-


Chart'd 3 Nov.

1883

Dis. 30 June

1913


cards)

239 Andrew Patton Zearing Story IA Andrew Patton (1881-1883),

Surgeon, 60th U.S. Colored Inf.

Chart'd 16 Oct.

1883

Dis. 1920 Eleven charter members. United with Post 31 in 1920. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

240 O'Brien Tripoli Bremer IA MAJ (Brevet BG) George Morgan

O'Brien (1828-1887), 7th IA Cav.

Chart'd 20 Oct.

1883

Dis. 1 Jan. 1932 Thirteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

241 Gettysburg Northboro Page IA Gettysburg, PA, site of major Civil

War battle, 1863.

Chart'd 24 Oct.

1883


cards)

242 John Braden Parkersburg Butler IA 1LT John Braden (1830-1864),

Co. C, 14th IA Inf., died 31 Oct.

1864 at Rolla, MO, from wounds

received at Leesburg, MO, on 29

Sept. 1864. Resident of Butler

County, local hero.

Chart'd 20 Oct.

1883; re-org. 28

Nov. 1894.

Dis. 20 Feb.

1894; Dis. 31

Dec. 1931

Disbanded with 13 members briefly in 1894, due the Post being

burned by a fire. Reinstated in 1894.



243 Olmstead New Hartford Butler IA PVT Robert L. Olmstead (c.1829-

1864), Co. E, 32nd IA Inf., died 20

Apr. 1864 as a POW at Pleasant

Hill, LA, from wounds received at

Pleasant Hill on 9 Apr. 1864.

Chart'd 26 Oct.

1883

Dis. 31 Dec.

1932


cards)

244 Denison Center Point Linn IA PVT Charles H. Denison (c.1844-

1863), Co. E, 28th IA Inf., died of

disease at Vicksburg, MS, on 24

June 1863.

Chart'd 10 Nov.

1883


cards)

245 A. Kimple Salem Henry IA 1LT Adam Kimple (c.1826-1864),

Co. C, 25th IA Inf., died 17 Sept.


Jonesborough, GA, on 31 Aug.

1864. Resident of Salem, local

hero.

Chart'd 9 Nov.

1883

Dis. 23 Jan.

1904

Twenty-five charter members. The Post had thirteen members

when it disbanded in 1904.


cards)

246 J. L. Jordan Hillsboro Henry IA CPL John L. Jordan (1836-1875),

Co. C, 25th IA Inf., bur. at

Hillsboro Cem., Hillsboro.

Chart'd 24 Oct.

1883

Dis. 1 Jan. 1929 Nineteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)



No. Alt.

No.


247 Whited Belmond Wright IA PVT William Whited (c.1827-


disease at Vicksburg, MS, on 5

Dec. 1864. Resident of Wright

County, local hero.

Chart'd 9 Nov.

1883

Dis. 1 Jan. 1927 Thirty-seven charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

248 Upton New Market Taylor IA MG Emory Upton (1839-1881),


Chart'd 16 Nov.

1883

Dis. 16 Oct.

1925

Forty-four charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

249 Nolan Morrison West Branch Cedar IA PVT Nolan Morrison (c.1843-

1864), Co. A, 22nd IA Inf., died at


1864, from wound received on 19

Sept. 1864.

Chart'd 12 Oct.

1883; re-org. 20

June 1889

Dis. 3 Jan.

1887; Dis. 31

Dec. 1930

Forty-four charter members. Aka, Noel Morrison Post. Dept. Proceedings, 1890; Iowa


250 H. Seibert Wilton Junction Muscatine IA SGT Henry Seibert (c.1842-1862),

Co. D, 11th IA Inf., KIA at Shiloh,

TN, on 6 Apr. 1862. Resident of

Wilton, local hero.

Chart'd 16 Oct.

1883

Dis. 1921 Thirty-six charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

251 Leon Leon Decatur IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 22 Nov.

1883


cards)

252 Guthrie Woodward Dallas IA PVT John W. Guthrie (c.1842-

1862), Co. B, 15th IA Inf., died 21

May 1862 at Keokuk, IA.

Chart'd 18 Nov.

1882

Dis. 15 June

1930


cards)

253 Duncan Colfax Jasper IA 2LT Erasmus D. Duncan (c.1828-



Resident of Jasper County, local

hero.

Chart'd 28 Nov.

1883

Dis. 1 Jan. 1928 Thirty-nine charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

254 M. King Farmington Union IA CPL Miles King (c.1841-1865),

Co. B, 3rd IA Cav., died at

Columbus, GA, on 19 Apr. 1865,


Apr. 1865. Resident of

Farmington, local hero.

Chart'd 28 Nov.

1883


cards)

255 S. Jackson West Liberty Muscatine IA PVT Silas Jackson (c.1819- ? ),

Co. G, 28th IA Inf.

Chart'd 16 Nov.

1883


cards)

256 MAJ Lightfoot Buffalo Scott IA Chart'd 10 Nov.

1883


cards)

257 James P. Milliken Drakesville Davis IA MAJ James P. Milliken (c.1803-

1863), 30th IA Inf., died 23 May

1863 at Walnut Hills, MS, from


at Vicksburg, MS. Resident of

Drakesville, local hero.

Chart'd 4 Dec.

1883


cards)

258 Brush Creek Brush Creek

(Arlington)

Fayette IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 16 Nov.

1883

Dis. 1 Jan. 1918 Fourteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

259 Henry Howard Strawberry Point Clayton IA 2LT Henry H. Howard (c.1839-

1863), Co. B, 21st IA Inf., died 18

May 1863 from wounds received

at Black Bear Ridge, MS, on 17

May 1863. Resident of

Strawberry Point, local hero.

Chart'd 5 Dec.

1883

Fifty-eight charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

260 Burke Frederica Bremer IA PVT James W. Burke (c.1839-

1864), Co. B, 31st IA Inf., died of

wounds at Chattanooga, TN, on 1

Aug. 1864.

Chart'd 17 Mar.

1884


cards)

261 H. M. Miller Dysart Tama IA PVT Henry M. Miller (c.1843-

1863), Co. F, 28th IA Inf., died at

Champion's Hill, MS, on 7 June

1863, from wounds received there

on 16 May 1863. Resident of

Tama County, local hero.

Chart'd 6 Dec.

1883

Dis. 16 Feb.

1931

Twenty-two charter members. Two members joined "at-large" in

1931 when the Post disbanded.


cards)

262 Shell Rock Shell Rock Butler IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 27 Nov.

1883

Dis. 1894 Thirty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

263 John Allen Tabor Fremont / Mills IA PVT John W. Allen (1819-1862),

Co. A, 4th IA Cav., KIA at Helena,

AR, on 11 Oct. 1862. Resident of

Fremont County, local hero.

Chart'd 12 Jan.

1884; Re-org. 15

June 1889

Dis. 1 July 1924 Eighteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1890; Iowa


264 Mays Bagley Guthrie IA Chart'd 22 Dec.

1883


cards)



No. Alt.

No.


265 Van Meter Van Horne Benton IA CPT Joseph Van Meter (c.1840-

1863), Co. H, 18th IA Inf., died 14

Jan. 1863 from wounds received

at Springfield, MO, on 8 Jan.

1863.

Chart'd 9 Jan.

1884

Dis. 15 Dec.

1896


cards)

266 O. G. Hunt State Center Marshall IA Oliver G. Hunt (1837-1880),

Surgeon, 11th IL Inf., buried State

Center, IA.

Chart'd 13 Dec.

1883


cards)

267 Robbins Waverly Bremer IA CPL Barney W. Robbins (c.1844-

1863), Co. C, 14th IA Inf.

Resident of Waverly, local hero.

Chart'd 11 Jan.

1884

Dis. 31 Jan.

1933

Twenty-seven charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

268 G. H. Emerson Vincennes Lee IA PVT George H. Emerson (1833-

1862), Co. C, 7th MO Cav., KIA at

Randolph, MO, on 9 Apr. 1862.

Resident of Vincennes, local hero.

Chart'd 16 Jan.

1884

Dis. 1920 Fourteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

269 R. M. Smith Andrew Jackson IA SGT Radcliff Monroe Smith (1840-

1873), Co. M, 2nd IA Cav., bur.

Dow City, IA.

Chart'd 21 Jan.

1884

Dis. May 1929 Twelve charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

270 William Carbee Springville Linn IA CPT William Carbee (c.1825-



1863. Resident of Springville,

local hero.

Chart'd 25 Jan.

1884; Must'd 28

Jan. 1884

Dis. 9 Dec.

1930


cards)

271 W. Lundy / Villisca Villisca Montgomery IA PVT William Lundy (c.1833-

1863), Co. B, 34th IA Inf., died of

disease at Chicago, IL, on 4 Feb.

1863.

Chart'd 28 Jan.

1884; Re-chart'd

Jan. 1900; Re-

org. 1936-1938

Dis. 8 May 1900 Twenty-six charter members. Post renamed in January 1900 and

re-chartered as Villisca Post. Re-instated 31 Dec. 1936 - 1938.


cards)

272 E. S. Collins South English Keokuk IA Chart'd 10 Jan.

1884

Dis. 30 Jan.

1891

Twenty-one charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1892; Iowa


273 Trego Laurens Pocahontas IA Chart'd 25 Jan.

1884

Dis. 7 Apr. 1886 Nineteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

274 Marne Marne Cass IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 2 Feb.

1884


cards)

275 Milo Milo Warren IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 2 Feb.

1884

Dis. 18 Jan.

1925


cards)

276 Center Randalia Fayette IA Chart'd 16 Jan.

1884

Dis. 27 Feb.

1908


cards)

277 A. P. Morton New Hampton Chickasaw IA PVT Alvin P. Morton (c.1836-



Resident of New Hampton, local

hero.

Chart'd 30 Jan.

1884

Dis. 1 Jan. 1929 Forty-nine charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

278 Bent Sumner Bremer IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 10 Feb.

1884

Dis. 27 Aug.

1885

Eighteen charter members. Named after Bent, the original name

for the town of Sumner.


cards)

278 J. P. Jones Earlham Madison IA 2LT John P. Jones (c.1838-1864),

Co. A, 39th IA Inf., KIA at

Allatoona, GA, on 5 Oct. 1864.

Chart'd 20 Mar.

1886

Dis. 1 Jan. 1892 Eighteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1892; Iowa


279 Balding Libertyville Jefferson IA SGT Lewis F. Balding (c.1839-

1864), Co. F, 3rd IA Cav., died 28

Oct. 1864 from wounds received

near Independence, MO, on 22

Oct. 1864. Resident of

Libertyville, local hero.

Chart'd 12 Feb.

1884


cards)

280 Hobart Winfield Henry IA PVT Mortimer Hobart (c.1841-

1862), Co. G, 11th IA Inf., KIA at


Chart'd 14 Feb.

1884


cards)

281 Bevins Volga Clayton IA CPT Alva Bevins (c.1807-1862),

Co. E, 9th IA Inf., KIA at Pea

Ridge, AR, on 7 Mar. 1862.

Resident of Volga City, local hero.

Chart'd 13 Feb.

1884


cards)

282 Washburn Grant City Montgomery IA MG Cadwallader Colden

Washburn (1818-1882), famous

Civil War leader.

Chart'd 9 Feb.

1884


cards)

283 Rice Conway Taylor IA BG Elliott Warren Rice (1835-


Chart'd 8 Feb.

1884; Re-org. 27

July 1901

Dis. 7 Jan.

1895; Dis. 1

Jan. 1928


cards)

284 William T. Sherman Sac City Sac IA MG William Tecumseh Sherman


leader.

Chart'd 11 Feb.

1884

Dis. 1 Jan. 1935 Twenty-five charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)



No. Alt.

No.


285 Conley Goshen / Diagonal Ringgold IA PVT James Conley (c.1840-


Helena, AR, on 4 July 1863.

Chart'd 15 Feb.

1884

Dis. 25 July

1925

Twenty-eight charter members. Post headquarters moved from

Goshen to Diagonal in August 1889. Post disbanded in 1925 due

to its being "too feeble."


cards)

286 Talbot Tingley Ringgold IA 2LT Benjamin W. Talbot (c.1842-

1882), Co. G, 4th IA Inf.

Chart'd 16 Feb.

1884

Dis. 1 Jan. 1919 Thirty-four charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

287 Campbell Quincy Adams IA Three men by the name of

Campbell who were residents of

Quincy died during the war,

George W., Horace B. and Rufus

E., all were members of Co. H,

4th Iowa Inf. This Post was

probably named in honor of these

men.

Chart'd 19 Feb.

1884


cards)

288 Messenger New York Wayne IA Probably named for four boys with

surname Messenger who enlisted

in IA regiments from Wayne

County: Dennis B., Royal,

Samuel J., and Virgil.

Chart'd 9 Feb.

1884


cards)

289 Hawkeye Hawkeye Fayette IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 23 Feb.

1884


cards)

290 Ed Otis Clearfield Taylor IA PVT Edward Otis (c.1818- ? ), Co.

G, 4th MO State Militia Cav.,

buried Ladoga, Taylor County, IA.

Chart'd 26 Feb.

1884


cards)

291 Wright Glidden Carroll IA 1LT Newton Perry Wright (c.1833-


Allatoona, GA, on 5 Oct. 1864.

Chart'd 3 Mar.

1884


cards)

292 James Cross Millersburg Iowa IA PVT James Cross (c.1839-1861),

Co. G, 7th IA Inf., died of disease

at La Salle, IL, on 3 Oct. 1861.

Resident of Millersburg, local

hero.

Chart'd 22 Feb.

1884

Dis. 11 Feb.

1930


cards)

293 Thomas Henderson Postville Allamakee IA CLP Thomas Henderson (1821-


the Battle of Shiloh, TN, on 6 Apr.

1862.

Chart'd 25 Feb.

1884

Dis. 31 Dec.

1888

Twenty-one or twenty-two charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

294 Channer Bassett Chickasaw IA CPL John Charles Channer

(c.1842-1862), Co. B, 7th IA Inf.,

KIA on 4 Oct. 1862. Resident of

Chickasaw County, local hero.

Chart'd 26 Feb.

1884


cards)

295 John Knight Castalia Winneshiek IA SGT John F. Knight (c.1834-

1864), Co. I, 9th IA Inf., died a

POW at Andersonville, GA, on 22

Oct. 1864. Resident of Castalia,

local hero.

Chart'd 17 Mar.

1884

Dis. 7 Apr. 1886 Twelve charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

296 Summers Shellsburg Benton IA 1LT John C. Summers (1841-

1880), Co. D, 28th IA Inf.

Chart'd 26 Mar.

1884

Dis. July 1913 Twenty-seven charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

297 William Dufer Murray Clarke IA Chart'd 28 Mar.

1884

Dis. 2 Dec.

1931


cards)

298 William Baker Correctionville Woodbury IA Chart'd 19 Mar.

1884

Dis. 9 Feb.

1920

Forty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

299 H. Steele Edgewood Clayton IA CPL Hiram E. Steele (c.1842-

1872), Co. C, 13th U.S. Inf.

Chart'd 15 Mar.

1884


cards)

300 Buford Ogden Boone IA BG Napoleon Bonaparte Buford


leader.

Chart'd 20 Mar.

1884

Dis. 31 Dec.

1930


cards)

301 T. J. Nutt Douds Van Buren IA PVT Thomas J. Nutt (c.1833-


Iuka, MS, on 19 Sept. 1862.

Chart'd 20 Mar.

1884

Dis. 30 June

1915


cards)

302 McCook New Virginia Warren IA Chart'd 17 Mar.

1884

Dis. 26 Dec.

1885

Sixteen (?) charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

302 C. D. Murray Massena Cass IA COL Charles Dennis Murray (? -

1873), 89th IN Inf. Died 3 Aug.

1873.

Chart'd 25 Mar.

1884


cards)

303 Thornton Waukee Dallas IA PVT Nathaniel Thornton (c.1842-

1863), Co. A, 23rd IA Inf., died of

disease at St. Louis, MO, on 5

July 1863.

Chart'd 10 Mar.

1884

Dis. 31 Dec.

1888


cards)

304 Defiance Defiance Shelby IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 17 Dec.

1883; Re-org. 9

Dec. 1893

Dis. 15 Dec.

1896

Twenty-six charter members (1883). Organized where a former

Post had used this number.





No. Alt.

No.


305 Ewing Maxwell Story IA PVT James H. Ewing (c.1838-

1862), Co. E, 3rd IA Inf., KIA at


Chart'd 20 Mar.

1884

Dis. 25 July

1924

Twenty-eight charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

306 Davis Davis City Decatur IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 31 Mar.

1884

Dis. 1 July 1910 Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

307 Packard Renwick Humboldt IA SGT Syrenus Packard (c.1820-


disease at Little Rock, AR, on 26

Sept. 1863.

Chart'd 20 Mar.

1884

Dis. 1 Jan. 1917 Eleven charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

308 Marble Rock Marble Rock Floyd IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 4 Apr.

1884


cards)

309 Lacona Lacona Warren IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 4 Apr.

1884

Dis. Dec. 1930 Twenty-four charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

310 I. Shenkle Collins Story IA PVT Isaac Nelson Shenkle (1845-

1863), Co. K, 23rd IA Inf., died of

disease at Young's Point, LA, on

28 June 1863.

Chart'd 9 Apr.

1884

Dis. 26 Mar.

1886


cards)

311 E. H. Mix Ackley Hardin IA LTC Edward H. Mix (c.1820-

1864), 32nd IA Inf., KIA at

Pleasant Hill, LA, on 9 Apr. 1864.

Chart'd 16 Apr.

1884


cards)

312 H. Walton Garden Grove Decatur IA LT Henry Walton (c.1831- ?), Co.

A, 34th IA Inf.


cards)

313 J. R. Castle Avery Monroe IA PVT James R. Castle (1831-

1884), Co. H, 1st IA Cav., buried

Seceder Cem., Pleasant Twp.,

Monroe County.

Chart'd 16 Apr.

1884

Dis. 14 July

1913


cards)

314 J. B. Hancox Belle Plaine Benton IA SGT John B. Hancox (c.1839-


Champion Hill, MS, on 16 May

1863.

Chart'd 21 Apr.

1884

Dis. 1 Jan. 1930 Twenty charter members. Although listed as Hancock Post in later

Department Proceedings, the correct spelling is Hancox.


cards)

315 Randolph Burt Keokuk IA Chart'd April 1884 Sur. 20 Mar.

1886


cards)

316 Lenox Lenox Taylor IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 21 Apr.

1884

Dis. 31 Dec.

1931

Twenty-seven charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

317 G. R. Taylor Columbia Marion IA PVT George R. Taylor (c.1843-

1863), Co. B, 3rd IA Inf., KIA at

Jackson, MS, on 12 July 1863.

Resident of Columbia, local hero.

Chart'd 5 Apr.

1884


cards)

318 E. Harlin Runnells Polk IA PVT Enoch Harlin (c.1844-1863),

Co. G, 23rd IA Inf., KIA at

Milliken's Bend, LA, on 7 June

1863.

Chart'd 22 Apr.

1884

Dis. 18 Aug.

1887


cards)

319 Clough Sioux Rapids Buena Vista IA CPL Gardner Clough (1820-

1877), Co. I, 27th IA Inf., bur.

Lone Tree Cem., Sioux Rapids.

14 May 1884 Dis. 1897 Eighteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

320 G. Foster Lucas Lucas IA PVT Grigsby Foster (c.1817- ? ),

Co. E, 9th WV Inf. Discharged as

a ferrier in 1865.

Chart'd 15 May

1884

Dis. 8 Aug.

1894


cards)

321 Drake Brooklyn Poweshiek IA CPL John Tupper Drake (c.1838-

1863), Co. H, 28th IA Inf., died of

disease at Helena, AR, on 14 Jan.

1863. Resident of Brooklyn, local

hero.

Chart'd 19 May

1884

Dis. 1 Jan. 1929 Thirty-five charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

322 Opdyke Rockwell City Calhoun IA Chart'd 20 may

1884


cards)

323 Wilson Hopeville Clarke IA Possibly George W. Wilson, a

Civil War veteran said to be

buried in the cemetery at

Hopeville.

Chart'd 24 May

1884

Dis. 1893 Thirteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

324 Llewellyn Corning Adams IA PVT James Llewellyn (c.1828-


Pea Ridge, AR, on 7 March 1862.

Chart'd 26 May

1884

Dis. 1935 Thirty-nine charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

325 H. Jaquiss Cincinnati Appanoose IA SGT Henry Jaquiss (c.1836- ? ),

Co. I, 36th IA Inf.

Chart'd 27 May

1884

Dis. 12 Nov.

1918


cards)

326 Thomas Canady Swan Marion IA SGT Thomas Canady (c.1836-


Jenkin's Ferry, AR, on 30 Apr.

1864. Resident of Marion County,

local hero.


cards)



No. Alt.

No.


327 A. Winchell Lyons Clinton IA CPL Albert E. Winchell (c.1841-

1861), Co. l, 2nd IA Inf., died 22

June 1861 near St. Joseph, MO,

from wounds received by friendly

fire during a false alarm on 11

June 1861. Resident of Lyons,

local hero.

Chart'd 28 May

1884


cards)

328 A. W. Miller Unionville Appanoose IA CPT Allen W. Miller (c.1838-


disease at Unionville, IA, on 17

Sept. 1864. Resident of

Unionville, local hero.

Chart'd 2 June

1884

Dis. 1899 Eighteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

329 Crooks Boone Boone IA SGT William C. Crooks (c.1830-

1862), Co. D, 16th IA Inf., died 6

April 1862 at Shiloh, TN, from

wounds received at Shiloh on 9

April 1862. Resident of Boone

County, local hero.

Chart'd 6 June

1884


cards)

330 Ruckman Pleasantville Marion IA Either CPT John S. Ruckman

(c.1839-1863), Co. B, 3rd IA Inf.,

died at Jackson, MS, on 13 July

1863 from wounds received there

on 12 July 1863; or 2LT Joseph

Ruckman (c.1840-1863), same

regiment, died at Jackson, MS,

on17 July 1863 from wounds

received there on 12 July 1863.

Chart'd 24 May

1884


cards)

331 Charles H. Wheeler Malcolm Poweshiek IA SGT Charles H. Wheeler (1845-

1882), Co. I, 64th IL Inf., buried at

Ivy Hill Cem., Malcolm.

Chart'd 10 June

1884

Dis. 16 Dec.

1885

Six charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

332 GEN Bell Kingsley Plymouth IA Chart'd 9 June

1884

Dis. 31 Dec.

1931


cards)

333 Ed. Carris Keota Keokuk IA PVT Edward Carris (1835-1862),

Co. C, 8th IA Inf., died of typhoid

fever at Post Hospital, Sedalia,

MO, on 28 Feb. 1862. Bur. In

Keota Cem., Keota.

Chart'd 17 May

1884; Re-org. 30

May 1889

Dis. 1 Jan. 1929 Twenty-nine charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1890; Iowa


334 Prather Mount Ely (Etna) IA PVT William H. Prather (c.1843-

1864), Co. H, 4th IA Inf., KIA on

22 July 1864.

Chart'd 14 June

1884


cards)

335 Wagner Prescott Adams IA J. H. Wagner Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

336 Ellsworth West Bend Palo Alto IA Henry Ellsworth ( ? - ? ), no other

details.

Chart'd 24 June

1884

Dis. July 1913 Twenty-five charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

337 Orman Albia Monroe IA 2LT John Henry Orman (1839-

1866), Co. E, 6th IA Inf., buried

Oak View Cem., Albia.

Chart'd 27 May

1884

Twenty-nine charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

338 B. Kersey / John Lockard (aft.

1891)

Union Hardin IA 2SGT Benjamin V. Kersey

(c.1830- ?), Co. B, 11th IA Inf.;

SGT John Lockard (c.1837-1862),

Co. C, 6th IA Inf., died 22 May

1862 at Waterloo, IA (on his way

home), from wounds received at

Shiloh, TN, on 6 Apr. 1862, bur.

Hauser Cem., Hardin County, IA.

Chart'd 26 June

1884

Dis. 1 Jan. 1920 Chartered as Ben Kersey Post, renamed John Lockard Post in

1891.


cards)

339 Kenyon Sanborn O'Brien IA PVT William Kenyon (1844-1863),

Co. H, 21st IA Inf., KIA at Black

River Bridge, MS, on 17 May

1863.

Chart'd 26 June

1884

Dis. 18 Feb.

1920

Fifty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

340 John Talbott Elliott Montgomery IA PVT John H. Talbott (1841-1862),

Co. H, 3rd IA Inf., died at St.

Louis, MO, on 20 Apr. 1862, from

wounds received at Shiloh, TN, on

7 Apr. 1862.

Chart'd 2 July

1884

Dis. 16 Mar.

1885


cards)

341 J. Nauman Blairstown Benton IA CPL Jacob Nauman (1832-1883),

Co. G, 120th IA Inf., bur. Pleasant

Hill Cem., Blairstown. Local hero.

Chart'd 11 July

1884


cards)

342 Holbrook Delhi Delaware IA CPT Joseph M. Holbrook (c.1831-

1884), Co. F, 27th IA Inf.

Chart'd 18 July

1884


cards)



No. Alt.

No.


343 Dillman Toledo Tama IA 1LT Sylvester S. Dillman (c.1828-



1864. Resident of Toledo, local

hero.

Chart'd 9 July

1884

Dis. 12 Feb.

1930


cards)

344 Hemenway Lansing Allamakee IA CPT Samuel W. Hemenway

(c.1839- ?), Co. B, 27th IA Inf.

Resident of Lansing, local hero.

Chart'd 6 Aug.

1844


cards)

345 Abbott West Point Lee IA COL Charles Henry Abbott (1819-

1863), 30th IA Inf., KIA at


Chart'd 29 July

1884

Dis. 1 Jan. 1891 Sixteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

346 Whitman Lamont Buchanan IA CPL Omar R. Whitman (c.1839-

1864), Co. E, 5th IA Inf., died of

disease as a POW at

Andersonville, GA, on 6 June

1864.

Chart'd 1 Aug.

1884

Dis. 31 Dec.

1932


cards)

347 J. Filmer Madrid Boone IA PVT John Filmer (c.1844-1863),

Co. B, 23rd IA Inf., KIA at

Milliken's Bend, LA, on 7 June

1863.

Chart'd 30 July

1884


cards)

348 Floyd Floyd Floyd IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 15 Aug.

1884

Dis. 1 July 1910 Twenty charter members. Voted to disband on 19 Jan. 1910. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

349 Lohr / Howland Lohrville Calhoun IA Chart'd 23 July

1884

Dis. 31 Dec.

1915

Ten charter members. Originally named Lohr Post, later changed

to Howland.


cards)

350 Van Pelt Rhodes Marshall IA PVT Voorhies Van Pelt (1820-

1884), Co. F, 13th IA Inf., buried

Eden Cem., Rhodes.

Chart'd 2 Aug.

1884

Dis. 31 Dec.

1893

Twenty-five charter members. Twelve transfers issued 10 Apr.

1894.


cards)

351 COL Job Stout Radcliff Hardin IA LTC Job Stout (1817-1884), 69th

IN Inf.

Chart'd 4 Aug.

1884


cards)

352 Buckner Ruthven Palo Alto IA W. A. Buckner ( ? - ? ), no other

details.

Chart'd 2 Aug.

1884

Dis. 31 Dec.

1910


cards)

353 Webb Persia Harrison IA Chart'd 23 Aug.

1884

Dis. 1 Jan. 1906 Ten charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

355 James Bell Norwalk Warren IA PVT James C. Bell (c.1842-1865),

Co. E, 34th IA Inf., died at New

Orleans, LA, on 23 Apr. 1865,

from wounds received at Fort

Blakely, AL, on 6 Apr. 1865.

Resident of Warren County, local

hero.

Chart'd 25 Aug.

1884

Dis. Before

1888

Eighteen charter members. No report in 1888, listed as

"abandoned."


cards)

356 Braden Allison Butler IA

357 A. Mills Rolfe Pocahontas IA Andrew Mills ( ? - ? ), no other

details.

Chart'd 6 Sept.

1884

Dis. 31 Dec.

1915


cards)

358 Layton Oakland Pottawattamie IA PVT William Layton (c.1843-

1862), Co. B, 4th IA Inf., died at

Rolla, MO, on 8 Jan. 1862 (date

of discharge), buried Center Twp.

Cem., Pottawattamie County, IA.

Local hero.

Chart'd 11 Sept.

1884

Dis. 18 Feb.

1930


cards)

359 Stanfield Casey Guthrie IA CPL John Stanfield (1838-1868),

Co. K, 29th IA Inf., bur. In Casey.

Chart'd 20 Sept.

1884


cards)

360 Caldwell Letts Louisa IA CPL Samuel Caldwell (c.1831-


disease at Mound City, IL, on 15

May 1865.


cards)

361 James Buttercase Riverton Fremont IA PVT James Buttercase (c.1840-

1863), Co. A, 4th IA Cav., KIA at

Bear Creek, MS, on 22 June

1863.

Chart'd 20 Sept.

1884

Dis. 7 Apr. 1886 Twenty-six charter members. Disbanded by order of the

Department.


cards)

362 Michner Atalissa Muscatine IA PVT Charles C. Michener (c.1836-

1861), Co. C, 1st IA Inf., KIA at

Wilson's Creek, MO, on 10 Aug.

1861. Resident of Atalissa, local

hero.

Chart'd 27 Sept.

1884

Dis. 1 Jan. 1900 Twenty-six charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

363 George Logan Brighton Washington IA PVT George A. Logan (c.1841-



Resident of Brighton, local hero.

Chart'd 20 Sept.

1884

Dis. 12 Mar.

1913


cards)



No. Alt.

No.


364 D. Yates Shelby Shelby IA Richard "Dick" Yates (1815-1874),

governor of Illinois during the Civil

War.

Chart'd 1 Oct.

1884

Dis. 11 June

1927


cards)

365 Mattson / M. A. Vandenburg

(aft. 1891)

Estherville Emmet IA PVT Minard Alexander

Vandenburg (1841-1887), Co. M,

2nd WI Cav., local politician, bur.

Swan Lake Cem., Emmet Co.

The name of the Post was

renamed in honor of PVT Isaac

Mattson (1822-1884), Co. A, 53rd

WI Inf.

Chart'd 3 Oct.

1884

Dis. 1 Jan. 1919 Fourteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

366 Geary Peterson Clay IA BG John White Geary (1819-


Chart'd 16 Oct.

1884

Dis. 22 Mar.

1886

Fifteen charter members. Post reorganized in 1889 as Van Davis

Post, No. 456.


cards)

367 Fairbank Fairbank Buchanan IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 25 Oct.

1884


cards)

368 Clayton Van Meter Dallas IA PVT Hardy Clayton (? -1862), Co.

F, 12th IA Inf., died of typhoid

fever at St. Louis, MO, on 27 May

1862.

Chart'd 24 Oct.

1884

Dis. 1 May 1886 Twenty-nine charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

369 Cascade Cascade Dubuque IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 6 Oct.

1884

Dis. 26 Apr.

1930


cards)

370 Hutchinson Livermore Humboldt IA MAJ Jonathan Hutchinson

(c.1820- ?), Co. I, 32nd IA Inf.

Chart'd 24 Oct.

1884

Dis.11 July

1903


cards)

371 Hervey Dix McGregor Clayton IA CPL Hervey Dix (c.1840-1861),

Co. C, 3rd IA Inf., KIA while

leading scouting party at

Kirksville, MO, on 20 Aug. 1861.

Chart'd 13 Nov.

1884


cards)

372 D. Hill Stratford Hamilton IA PVT Daniel Hill (c.1842-1861),

Co. E, 3rd IA Inf., died of typhoid

fever at Gothic Hospital, Paducah,

KY, on 21 Mar. 1861.

Chart'd 14 Nov.

1884


cards)

373 Kit Carson Ashton Osceola IA COL (Bvt. BG) Christopher

Huston "Kit" Carson (1809-1868),

famous guide with J. C. Frémont,

later colonel in the New Mexico

Volunteer Infantry during the Civil

War.

Chart'd 11 Nov.

1884


cards)

374 C. R. Weaver Randolph Fremont IA

374 S. S. Perry Randolph Fremont IA SGT Samuel S. Perry (c.1830-

1863), Co. C. 30th IA Inf., KIA at


Chart'd 3 Dec.

1884

Dis. July 1913 Twenty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

375 Dayton / CPT Alexander Dowd

(aft. 1891)

Dayton Webster IA CPT Alexander Dowd (1829-

1867), Co. I, 32nd IA Inf., resident

of Dayton, buried Dayton Twp.

Cem., Dayton.

Chart'd 8 Dec.

1884

Dis. 30 June

1917


cards)

376 Andrews Westerville Decatur IA 1LT John R. Andrews (1828-

1878), Co. I, 34th IA Inf. Decatur

County resident, local hero.

Chart'd 28 Nov.

1884

Dis. 28 Feb.

1903


cards)

377 C. J. Pixley Rockford Floyd IA SGT Charles J. Pixley (c.1835-

1861), 3rd IA Light Arty., died of

disease at Benton Barracks, MO,

on 12 Nov. 1861.

Chart'd 27 Dec.

1884

Dis. 6 Dec.

1929


cards)

378 F. M. Paul Plum Hollow Fremont IA PVT Francis M. Paul (1840-1865),

Co. A, 4th IA Cav., died of

disease at Macon, GA, on 14 May

1865.

Chart'd 6 Oct.

1884

Dis. 7 Apr. 1886 Disbanded by order of the Department. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

379 Ransom Farragut Fremont IA BG Thomas Edward Greenfield

Ransom (1834-1864), U.S.

Volunteers, died of disease at

Rome, GA, 29 Oct. 1864.

Chart'd 28 Jan.

1885


cards)

380 Hagler Cantrill Van Buren IA PVT William Hagler (c.1845-

1865), Co. A, 3rd IA Cav., KIA at

Columbus, GA, on 16 Apr. 1865.

Resident of Van Buren County,

local hero.

Chart'd 19 Feb.

1885


cards)

381 A. Waldron Quasqueton Buchanan IA CPL Abraham Waldron (c.1825-

1864), Co. L, 1st IA Cav., died 3

Feb. 1864, bur. Quasqueton

Cem., Quasqueton.

5 Mar. 1885 Dis. 20 Mar.

1895


cards)



No. Alt.

No.


382 John R. Buckman Le Claire Scott IA PVT John R. Buckman (c.1842-

1862), KIA at Shiloh, TN, on 6

Apr. 1862. Resident of Le Claire,

local hero.

Chart'd 5 Mar.

1885


cards)

383 Fonda Fonda Pocahontas IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 6 Mar.

1885

Dis. 1 Jan. 1927 Nineteen charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

384 W. Hardin New London Henry IA CPL John Wesley Hardin (c.1839-

?), Co. E, 1st IA Cav., bur. at

Ferrel Cem., near New London.

Chart'd 25 Mar.

1885

Dis. 23 Jan.

1918


cards)

385 Davenport Woodburn Clarke IA CPL John Davenport (c.1843-

1864), Co. I, 15th IA Inf., died at

Rome, GA, on 12 Aug. 1864, from

a severe head wound received at

Atlanta on 23 July 1864.

Chart'd 28 Mar.

1885

Dis. Dec. 1893 Twenty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

386 Thompson Reinbeck Grundy IA Chart'd 2 Apr.

1885


cards)

387 Jones / Jerry Rusk Rock Valley Sioux IA PVT Henry Jones (c.1827-

c.1872), Co. F, 3rd IA Inf.

Severely wounded at Shiloh, TN,

and discharged on account of the

wounds on 30 Sept. 1862. Came

to Sioux County after war.

Second name: BG Jeremiah

McLean Rusk (1830-1893),


School house (1885) Chart'd 3 Apr.

1885; Re-chart'd

23 Jan. 1894

Dis. 1 Jan.

1888; Dis. 1917

Fifteen charter members (1894). Original members considered the

following namesakes: Jones, Saunders and Drury. Selected

Jones. The membership voted to surrender the charter on 21 Jan.

1888. Re-organized in 1894 as Jerry Rusk Post.



388 Lehigh Lehigh Webster IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 14 Apr.

1885

Twenty-one charter members. The Post number was reportedly

changed on 1 Feb. 1887.


cards)

389 Atlanta Rockwell Cerro Gordo IA Atlanta, GA, site of major Civil

War battle, 22 July 1864.

Chart'd 5 Ma

1885

Dis. 1885 (?);

dis. 1927


cards)

390 William Lock Mount Sterling Van Buren IA PVT William Lock/Loch (1807-

1863), Co. G, 37th IA Inf., died of

disease at Alton, IL, on 23 Nov.

1863.

Chart'd 28 May

1885

Dis. 7 Apr. 1887 Ten charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

391 McDowell Early Sac IA MG Irvin McDowell (1818-1885),


Chart'd 22 June

1885


cards)

392 Price Schaller Sac IA William D. Price. No other details. Chart'd 17 July

1885


cards)

393 Brooks Batavia Jefferson IA W. S. Brooks (no other

information)

Chart'd 11 July

1885

Dis. Dec. 1889 Twenty charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

394 Huston Victor Iowa IA Isaac M. Huston (c.1825- ?),

Assistant Surgeon, 8th IA Inf.

Chart'd 3 Aug.

1885

Dis. 1 Jan. 1917 Twenty-six charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

395 Jesse (or John) C. Brown Cumberland Cass IA Chart'd 15 Aug.

1885

Dis. 1903 Thirty-six charter members. Iowa GAR Records index cards note

that this Post was named for CPT John C. Brown, Co. I, 23rd IA

Inf., KIA at Milliken's Bend, LA, on 7 June 1863. The namesakes

John vs. Jesse need further research.


cards)

396 Hancock Sioux City Woodbury IA Consolidated in 1892 with Sioux City Post, No. 22, to become

Hancock Post, No. 22.

Dept. Proceedings, 1893

397 Boyd Modale Harrison IA PVT William P. Boyd (1832-

1879), Co. C, 29th IA Inf.

Chart'd 12 Aug.

1885

Dis. July 1910 Twenty-three charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

398 Samuel Sumner Moravia Appanoose IA PVT Samuel Sumner (c.1840-


Atlanta, GA, on 21 Aug. 1864.

Resident of Moravia, local hero.

Chart'd 21 Aug.

1885


cards)

399 Tom Connor Rose Hill Mahaska IA 1LT Thomas R. Connor (1824-

1864), Co. K, 33rd IA Inf., died 5

July 1864, from wounds received

at Saline River, AR, on 30 Apr.

1864. Resident of Mahaska

County, local hero. Buried in

Wymore Cem., Rose Hill.

Chart'd 1 Aug.

1885

Dis. 26 Jan.

1928


cards)

400 Dimmitt Mount Vernon Linn IA CPT Wilbur C. Dimmitt (c.1840-

1864), Co. F, 24th IA Inf., died a

POW on 4 May 1864, from

wounds received at Sabine Cross

Roads, LA, on 6 Apr. 1864.

Resident of Mount Vernon, local

hero.

Chart'd 19 Aug.

1885

Dis. 1935 Twenty-nine charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

401 William Cady Comanche Clinton IA Chart'd 30 Sept.

1885

Dis. 14 Nov.

1887


cards)



No. Alt.

No.


402 George Lickey Martinsburg Keokuk IA PVT George Lickey (c.1820-



Resident of Martinsburg, local

hero.

Chart'd 30 Sept.

1885

Dis. 7 Nov.

1887


cards)

403 Lloyd Williamsburg Iowa IA PVT Reese Lloyd (c.1843- ?), Co.

G, 28th IA Inf., resident of Iowa

County.

Chart'd 28 Sept.

1885


cards)

404 Hobbs Pella Marion IA CPT Alber Hobbs (c.1835-1862),

Co. B, 3rd IA Inf., died 8 Apr.



Resident of Pella, local hero.

Chart'd 24 Sept.

1885


cards)

405 J. W. May Confidence Wayne IA 1LT John W. May (c.1836-1864),

Co. F, 36th IA Inf., died a POW at

Mark's Mills, AR, on 28 April 1864,

from wounds received there (leg

amputated) on 25 Apr. 1864.

Resident of Confidence, local

hero.

Chart'd 26 Sept.

1885


cards)

406 Hamilton Scott Fremont Mahaska IA PVT Hamilton Scott (c.1836-

1865), Co. L, 3rd IA Cav., died of

disease at Atlanta, GA, on 11

Aug. 1865.

Chart'd 7 Nov.

1885

Dis. 12 Dec.

1886 or 1888

Adjutant noted on 1 Jan. 1889 that this Post had "fizzled." Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

407 H. Osborne Council Bluffs Pottawattamie IA Henry Osborne ( ? - ? ), no other

information.

Chart'd 21 Oct.

1885

Dis. 18 Mar.

1886

Fourteen charter members. Disbanded due to lack of a quorum. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

408 J. A. Dix Walnut Pottawattamie IA MG John Adams Dix (1798-1879),


Chart'd 31 Oct.

1885


cards)

409 W. A. Roberts Hopkinton Delaware IA 1LT William A. Roberts (c.1835-

1863), Co. K, 21st IA Inf., died 14

June 1863 at St. Louis, MO, from


at Vicksburg, MS. Resident of

Hopkinton, local hero.

Chart'd 9 Nov.

1885; re-org. 3

June 1899

Seventeen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1899; Iowa


410 Decatur Decatur Decatur IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 9 Dec.

1885

Dis. 1 Jan. 1920 Ten charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

411 Bayer / Boyer Sloan Woodbury IA Chart'd 25 Dec.

1885

Dis. 8 Mar.

1889


cards)

412 A. Bevan Deep River Poweshiek IA PVT Aaron Bevan (c.1842-1863),

Co. I, 10th IA Inf., died at

Champion Hills, MS, on 4 June

1863, from a chest wound

received there on 16 May 1863.

Chart'd 17 Oct.

1885


cards)

413 Pratt Keokuk Lee IA 1LT Theodore W. Pratt (c.1839-

1864), Adjutant, 60th U.S.

Colored Inf., KIA at Big Creek,

AR, on 26 July 1861. Resident of

Keokuk, local hero.

Chart'd 4 Jan.

1886

Dis. 1 Jan. 1901 Twelve charter members. Noted as an African American GAR

Post in The Won Cause (Gannon, 2011).


cards)

414 Provard Carson Pottawattamie IA PVT Robert Provard (1819-1885),

Co. I, 51st IL Inf.

Chart'd 21 Dec.

1885

Dis. 31 Dec.

1918


cards)

415 Kilpatrick Westside Crawford IA Chart'd 8 May

1886

Dis. 1 Jan. 1892 Fifteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1892

416 Newell Newell Buena Vista IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 27 May

1886


cards)

417 S. F. Jordan Primghar O'Brien IA CPL Stephen F. Jordan (1841-

1885), Co. F, 67th OH Inf. Settled

in O'Brien County in 1873.

Chart'd 28 May

1886


cards)

418 Filloon Garwin Tama IA PVT Abingdon J. Filloon (c.1841-


typhoid fever and wounds at

Milliken's Bend, LA, on 25 July

1863.

Chart'd 7 June

1886

Dis. 22 Feb.

1922


cards)

419 Houston Gilmore City Humboldt IA Chart'd 22 Dec.

1886

Dis. 30 Dec.

1908


cards)

420 E. Springer Norway Benton IA PVT Eugene B. Springer (1846-

1865), Co. A, 2nd IA Cav., died of

disease at East Port, MS, on 11

July 1865. Resident of Benton

County, local hero.

Chart'd 21 Jan.

1887


cards)



No. Alt.

No.


421 Shively Kent Union IA PVT John P. Shively ( ? - ? ), Co.

F, 6th WV Cav., buried in

Harmony Cem., Grant Twp.,

Union County.

Chart'd 28 Jan.

1887

Dis. 19 Nov.

1924


cards)

422 Elrod Floris Davis IA Jackson Elrod (no other details) Chart'd 16 Feb.

1887


cards)

423 Geddes Holstein Ida IA COL (Brevet BG) James Loraine

Geddes (1827-1887), 8th IA Inf.

Chart'd 1 Mar.

1887


cards)

424 Hedrick Hedrick Keokuk IA COL (Brevet BG) John M. Hedrick

(1831-1886), 15th IA Inf. General

Hedrick was the namesake for

both the Post and the town in

which it was based.

Chart'd 28 Feb.

1887

Dis. 31 Dec.

1914

Twenty-nine charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

425 Sexton Carlisle Warren IA 1LT Isaac B. Sexton (c.1828-



1863. Resident of Carlisle, local

hero.

Chart'd 31 Mar.

1887


cards)

426 Weldon Weldon Decatur IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 17 Apr.

1887

Dis. 1 July 1912 Twenty-two charter members. Iowa GAR Records (index

cards)

427 Simmons Gowrie Webster IA

428 Foster Harveyville / Tracy Marion IA SGT Samuel B. Foster (1837-

1862), Co. E, 8th IA Inf., died a

POW at Macon, GA, on 23 Dec.

1862.

Chart'd 15 Mar.

1887


cards)

429 Silver City Silver City Mills IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 16 Apr.

1886


cards)

430 McMillen Menlo Guthrie IA James McMillen, bur. at Menlo

Cem. (no other details)

Chart'd 17 May

1887

Dis. 1899 Twenty-two charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1888; Iowa


431 Fairchild Williams Hamilton IA COL Cassius Fairchild (1829-

1868), 16th WI Inf., died of

wounds received at the Battle of

Shiloh.

Chart'd 17 May

1887

Dis. 1918 Twenty-six charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1888; Iowa


432 GEN Wilson Kellogg Jasper IA COL (Brevet BG) James Wilson

(1820-1888), 13th IA Inf.

Chart'd 26 May

1887; Must'd 27

May 1887

Twenty-seven charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1888; Iowa


433 Charles W. Fisher Milton Union IA PVT Charles W. Fisher (c.1838-


Prairie Grove, AR, on 7 Dec.

1862. Resident of Milton, local

hero.

Chart'd 7 June

1887

Dis. 1 Jan. 1926 Twelve charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1888; Iowa


434 W. A. Clark Moulton Appanoose IA PVT William A. Clark (c.1830- ?),

Co. C, 34th IA Inf.

Chart'd 23 June

1887



435 W. McDonald Kellerton Ringgold IA PVT William McDonald (c.1838-

1863), Co. I, 34th IA Inf., died of

disease at Alton, IL, on 11 Feb.

1863.

Chart'd 25 June

1887

Dis. 15 Dec.

1896

Twenty charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1888; Iowa


436 Fairbanks Alden Hardin IA PVT Whitcomb Fairbanks (c.1843-

1862), KIA at Shiloh, TN, on 6

Apr. 1862.

Chart'd 9 July

1887

Dis. 7 Mar.

1931

Twenty-one charter members. 2SGT Benjamin V. Kersey

(c.1830- ?), Co. B, 11th IA Inf.

437 Abe Flick Blockton Taylor IA PVT Abram Flick (c.1845-1864),

Co. B, 9th IA Cav., KIA at Searcy,

AR, on 6 Sept. 1864.

Chart'd 22 July

1887; Must'd 23

July 1887

Dis. 7 Oct. 1907 Sixteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1888; Iowa


438 A. T. Phelps Manilla Crawford IA QM-Sgt. Albert T. Phelps (1838-

1885), Co. G, 5th IA Cav.

Chart'd 26 July

1887

Dis. 1889 Eighteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1888; Iowa


439 Erick L. Sheldahl Story City Story IA CPL Erick L. Sheldahl (1844-

1876), Co. K, 32nd IA Inf.

Chart'd 30 July

1887

Dis. 1 Jan. 1920 Nineteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1888; Iowa


440 T. J. Potter Creston Union IA CPT Thomas Jefferson Potter

(1840-1888), Co. A, 7th IA Cav.

Org. 16 Aug.

1887; Chart'd 23

Aug. 1887

Dis. 31 Dec.

1935

Twenty-eight charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1888; Iowa


441 Union Creston Union IA Named for the county in which the

Post was based.

Org. 16 Aug.

1887; Chart'd 23

Aug. 1887

Dis. 1 Jan. 1909 Twenty-five charter members. Forty-two transfer cards were

issued when the Post disbanded.



442 Walt Truman Abingdon Jefferson IA PVT Walter C. Truman (c.1835-

1862), Co. K, 7th IA Inf., KIA at


Resident of Abingdon, local hero.

Org. 4 August

1887; Chart'd 14

Sept. 1887

Dis. 1890 Department Proceedings list the namesake as "Watt Truman." Dept. Proceedings, 1888; Iowa




No. Alt.

No.


443 Russel Barnes Hastings Mills IA Org. 19 July

1887; Chart'd 26

Oct. 1887

Dis. 15 Oct.

1895

Fourteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1888; Iowa


444 Samuel Ervin New Virginia Warren IA Chart'd 1 Nov.

1887

Sur. 8 Mar.

1893

Twenty-two charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1888,


(index cards)

445 James Welsh Orient Adair IA Org. 22 Dec.

1887

Dis. 24 Feb.

1925

Twenty-two charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1888; Iowa


446 Isaiah Dodder Grandview Louisa IA PVT Isaiah Dodder (1842-1861),

Co. A, 7th IA Inf., KIA at Belmont,

MO, on 9 Nov. 1861. Buried

Grandview Cem., Grandview.

Chart'd 17 Mar.

1888

Dis. 1 Jan. 1918 Twenty-six charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1888; Iowa


447 William Vail Fruitland Muscatine IA PVT William C. Vail (c.1845-

1865), Co. K, 8th IA Cav., died a

POW at Florence, SC, on 9 Mar.

1865.

Chart'd 29 Mar.

1888

Dis. 20 Feb.

1900

Twenty-two charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1889; Iowa


448 Joseph Cantwell Gravity Taylor IA COL James Cantwell (c.1812-

1862), 82nd OH Inf., KIA at Battle

of Groveton, VA, 29 Aug. 1862.

Chart'd 6 June

1888

Twenty-two charter members. No officers listed beyond 1896. Dept. Proceedings, 1889; Iowa


449 Jonathan Roby Truro Madison IA Jonathan Roby (1831-1880),

Principal Musician, 39th IA Inf.

Buried Young Cem., Truro.

Org. 16 June

1888; Chart'd 28

June 1888

Suspended 6

Nov. 1907



450 B. F. Kirby North English Iowa IA CPT Benjamin F. Kirby (c.1833-

1863), Co. I, 28th IA Inf., KIA at


1863. Resident of North English,

local hero.

Must'd 3 July

1888; Chart'd 22

or 30 June 1888

Dis. 1897 Twenty-six or twenty-seven charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1889; Iowa


451 Hartley Hartley O'Brien IA Named for the community in


Org. 28 June

1888; Chart'd 29

June 1888

Dis. 30 June

1917

Thirteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1889; Iowa


452 GEN Sheridan Marshalltown Marshall IA MG Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-


Chart'd 21 July

1888; Must'd 25

July 1888

Dis. 6 Apr. 1938 Forty-one charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1889; Iowa


453 E. N. Kirk Imogene Fremont IA BG Edward Needles Kirk (1828-

1863), famous Civil War leader,

died on 29 July 1863 from

wounds received at Murfreesboro,

TN, on 31 Dec. 1862.

Org. 15 Oct.

1888; Chart'd 11

Oct. 1888

Dis. 24 Aug.

1915

Ten charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1889; Iowa


454 W. S. Winnett Dedham Carroll IA CPT William Spencer Winnett

(1837-1887), Co. C, 9th OH Cav.,

bur. at Dedham Cem., Dedham.

Chart'd 30 Nov.

1888

Sur. 24 Aug.

1915

Eleven or twelve charter members. Name also spelled Wynett. Dept. Proceedings, 1889; Iowa


455 Robert Allen Riverside Washington IA PVT Robert Allen (c.1841-1862),

Co. F, 1st IA Cav., died of disease

at Boonville, MO, on 6 Feb. 1862.

Resident of Washington County,

local hero.

Chart'd 31 Jan.

1889

Dis. 31 Dec.

1910

Nineteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1889; Iowa


456 Van Davis Peterson Clay IA PVT Martin Van Buren Davis

(c.1838-1888), Co. I, 21st IA Inf.,

a former member of Geary Post,

No. 366.

Chart'd 2 Feb.

1889

Dis. 1 Jan. 1929 Twenty-three charter members. Reorganization of Geary Post,

No. 366.



457 John Kyle Coggon Linn IA PVT John Kyle (1833-1868), Co.

G, 24th IA Inf. Bur. Linn Co., IA.

Chart'd 27 Feb.

1889

Dis. 20 Sept.

1925

Fifteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1889; Iowa


458 S. Fuller Oto Woodbury IA PVT Sidney Fuller (c.1841-1885),

Co. L, 2nd IA Cav., buried Oto

Cem., Oto.

Org. 12 Mar.

1889; Chart'd 16

Mar. 189

Dis. 1901 Twelve charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1889; Iowa


459 J. B. Bonney Denmark Lee IA CPL Jones B. Bonney (c.1836-

1861), Co. D, 7th IA Inf., died 27

Nov. 1861 at Denmark, IA, from a

spinal wound received at Belmont,

MO, on 7 Nov. 1861.

Org. 13 Mar.

1889; Chart'd 18

Mar. 1889

Dis. 1 Jan. 1894 Ten charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1889; Iowa


460 Pleasonton Pleasanton Decatur IA Named for the community in


Must'd 27 June

1889





No. Alt.

No.


461 James Biddlecome Akron Plymouth IA PVT James Biddelcome (1845-

1887), Co. L, 8th MI Cav., buried

Riverside Cem., Akron. Mayor of

Akron for several terms. Spelling

variants of the name include

Biddlecome and Biddelcomb.

Chart'd 13 July

1889; Must'd 18

July 1889



462 Charles Shubert Earlville Delaware IA PVT Charles Shubert (1844-

1886), Co. F, 5th IA Cav., bur.

Fairview Cem., Earlville.

Org. 17 July

1889; Chart'd 19

July 1889

Dis. 1893 Seventeen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1890; Iowa


463 McMillen Baxter Jasper IA 2LT William H. McMillen (1841-

1864), Co. E, 14th IA Inf., died 12

Apr. 1864 from wounds received

at Pleasant Hill, LA, on 9 Apr.

1864.

Chart'd 27 July

1889

Dis. Dec. 1897 Eighteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1890; Iowa


464 Bud Smith Dow City Crawford IA Chart'd 13 Aug.

1889

Dis. 31 Dec.

1910

Twenty-one charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1890; Iowa


465 William B. Griffith Eagle Grove Wright IA Org. 26 Aug.

1889


466 Meyerhoff Nodaway Adams IA PVT John F. Meyerhoff (c.1843-

1864), Co. F, 23rd IA Inf., died of

disease at St. Charles, AR, on 29

July 1864. Resident of Adams

County, local hero.

Org. 19 Oct. 1889 Sur. 1939 Nineteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1890; Iowa


467 John F. Walden Mystic Appanoose IA MAJ John F. Walden (1832-

1869), 17th IA Inf.

Chart'd 26 Oct.

1889

Dis. 1897 Dept. Proceedings, 1890; Iowa


468 James McCullock Lorimore Union IA PVT James I. McCullock (c.1844-


disease at Helena, AR, on 8 Mar.

1863.

Chart'd 12 Nov.

1889

Dis. 1895 Eighteen charter members. New charter issued 20 Aug. 1895 to

replace one destroyed by fire on 1 May 1895.


cards)

469 Emory Larrabee Cherokee IA Reportedly named for a man by

this name buried in Cedar Cem.,

Cedar Twp., Cherokee County.

Chart'd 27 Dec.

1889

Ten charter members. Dept. Proceedings list Post namesake as

"Emery."


470 Samuel Neal Booneville Dallas IA PVT Samuel Neal (1832-1887),

Co. D, 2nd IA Cav., bur. Union

Chapel Cem., Van Meter, IA.

Chart'd 25 Jan.

1890



471 Bradford Quick Pottawattamie IA PVT Ezra Bradford (1827-1915),

Co. I, 140th OH Inf.

Chart'd 1 Feb.

1890

Sixteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1890; Iowa


472 Dick Rout Grant Montgomery IA Chart'd 8 Feb.

1890

Dis. 1 Jan. 1929 Ten charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1890; Iowa


473 Henry Damon Shannon City Union / Ringgold IA PVT John Henry Damon (1846-

1878), Co. G, 29th IA Inf., buried

Harmony Cem., Shannon City.

Chart'd 1 Mar.

1890

Dis. 4 Feb.

1928

Eighteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1890; Iowa


474 George Crook Laurens Pocahontas IA MG George Crook (1830-1890),


Chart'd 23 May

1890



475 Panama Panama Shelby IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 20 June

1890; Must'd 21

June 1890

Dis. 16 June

1894

Thirteen charter members (eleven names on charter). Dept. Proceedings, 1891; Iowa


476 Meyers Liscomb Marshall IA PVT William H. Myers (c.1844-

1864), Co. B, 11th IA Inf., KIA

near Atlanta, GA, on 22 July

1864.

Chart'd 21 June

1890

Dis. 1 Jan. 1906 Fifteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1891; Iowa


477 John C. Fremont Brayton Audubon IA MG John Charles Frémont (1813-

1890), famous Civil War and

Mexican War leader.

Chart'd 16 July

1890

Dis. 25 July

1893



478 Dorrence Bridgewater Adair IA PVT Ralph L. Dorrance (1844-

1874), Co. A, 7th MN Inf. Local

hero, bur. In Witt Cem.,

Bridgewater.

Chart'd 21 June

1890


cards)

479 Vanderpoel West Mitchell Mitchell IA CPT Abraham Vanderpoel (1807-

1874), Co. E, 12th WI Inf., buried

Oak Grove Cem., Mitchell.

Chart'd 23 Aug.

1890

Dis. 12 June

1918


cards)

480 Pomeroy Pomeroy Calhoun IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 23 Sept.

1890

Dis. 1920 Eleven charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1891; Iowa




No. Alt.

No.


481 L. B. Sutton Emeline Jackson IA LT Leander B. Sutton (c.1840- ?),

Co. A, 26th IA Inf.

Chart'd 6 Nov.

1890

Dis. 1 July 1906 Twenty-one charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1891,


(index cards)

482 J. W. McLean Paton Greene IA CPL Joseph W. McLean (c.1838-

1864), Co. H, 126th OH Inf., KIA

at the Battle of the Wilderness,

VA, on 6 May 1864.

Chart'd 14 Nov.

1890

Dis. Apr. 1892 Twelve charter members. Post voted to disband on 8 Feb. 1892. Dept. Proceedings, 1891,


(index cards)

483 E. R. S. Canby Gladbrook Tama IA MG Edward Richard Sprigg

Canby (1817-1873), famous Civil

War leader, KIA in the Modoc

Indian Wars, CA, 11 April 1873.

Chart'd 20 Dec.

1890

Dis. 1 Jan. 1906 Twenty charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1891; Iowa


484 Jacob Miller Briscoe Adams IA Sgt. Jacob W. Miller (c.1839-


smallpox at Young's Point, LA, on

22 Feb. 1863.

Org. 5 Jan. 1891 Dis. 6 May 1902 Eleven charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1891; Iowa


485 Parker S. Dowe Garner Hancock IA PVT Parker Spoford Dowe (1845-

1889), Co. C, 8th VT Inf., bur.

Concord Cem., Garner.

Chart'd 16 Jan.

1891

Sixteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings lists the Post

namesake as "Parker S. Dows."



486 John Rutan / Ben Kersey New Providence Hardin IA PVT John Rutan (c.1839-1864),

Co. B, 11th IA Inf., KIA near

Atlanta, GA, on 14 Aug. 1864;

2SGT Benjamin V. Kersey

(c.1830- ?), Co. B, 11th IA Inf.

Chart'd 17 Jan.

1891

Twenty-three charter members. The Post changed its namesake to

Ben Kersey Post 486 on 27 Jan. 1894, however, it was still being

called Rutan Post in 1897.



487 John R. Andrews Lamoni Decatur IA 1LT John R. Andrews (1828-

1878), Co. I, 34th IA Inf. Decatur

County resident, local hero.

Org. 12 Feb.

1891; Chart'd 19

Feb. 1891

Dis. 23 June

1924



488 A. B Wallace Dows Wright IA CPL Arnold B. Wallace (1838-

1885), Co. A, 8th IL Cav.,

reportedly buried Fairview Cem.,

Dows. Credited with helping to

organize a GAR Post in Dows.

Chart'd 21 Feb.

1891

Dis. 18 Dec.

1901

Eighteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1891; Iowa

GAR Records (index cards);

Wright County Monitor, 13 Dec.

1962.

489 Bent Sumner Bremer IA Org. 23 Mar.

1891


490 James Denbow Albion Marshall IA SGT James Denbow (c.1833-

1863), Co. B, 11th IA Inf.,

discharged 3 Mar. 1863, died 3

Nov. 1863, buried in Albion Cem.,

Albion.

Chart'd 21 Aug.

1891

Dis. 1 Jan. 1902 Eighteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings lists the Post

namesake as "James Denbow."



491 McKnight Derby Lucas IA CPL William H. McKnight (1827-

1888), Co. G, 34th IA Inf. Buried

Goshen Cem., Derby.

Chart'd 9 Oct.

1891

Dis. 1 Jan. 1917 Thirteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1892; Iowa


492 A. P. Hovey Monmouth Jackson IA BG Alvin Peterson Hovey (1821-


Chart'd 16 Dec.

1891

Dis. 31 Dec.

1920

Thirty charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1892; Iowa


493 Winthrop Winthrop Buchanan IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 20 Jan.

1892

Dis. 1 Jan.1931 Twenty charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1892; Iowa


494 COL G. W. Roberts Portsmouth Shelby IA (possibly) COL George W.

Roberts (1833-1862), 42nd IL Inf.,

KIA at Stones River, TN, on 31

Dec. 1862.

Chart'd 5 Feb.

1892

Dis. 1893 Thirteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1892; Iowa


495 Monona Monona Clayton IA Named for the community in


Org. 1891;

Chart'd 13 Apr.

1892

Dis. 31 Dec.

1922

Nineteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1892; Iowa


496 Bancroft Bancroft Keokuk IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 21 or 25

Apr., 1892


cards)

497 A. E. Lyon / GEN J. M. Tuttle South Ottumwa Wapello IA PVT Augustus E. Lyon (1841-

1887), Co. E, 37th IA Inf.; BG

James Madison Tuttle (1823-


Org. 22 Apr.

1892; Chart'd 29

Apr. 1892;

Restored 2 Aug.

1894

Annulled 14

July 1894; Dis.

1 Jan. 1932

Twenty-three charter members. Charter revoked in 1894, but

reinstated on appeal to the Commander-in-Chief. Post changed

its namesake from E. A. Lyon to Gen. J. M. Tuttle in 1895.



498 F. M. Paul Thurman Fremont IA PVT Francis M. Paul (1840-1865),

Co. A, 4th IA Cav., died of

disease at Macon, GA, on 14 May

1865.

Org. 1891 Dept. Proceedings, 1892

499 COL John Connell Marengo Iowa IA COL John Connell (1824-1891),

28th IA Inf.

Chart'd 4 July

1892

Thirty charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1893; Iowa




No. Alt.

No.


500 S. Lockridge Urbana Benton IA PVT Samuel Lockridge (1833-

1884), Co. B, 16th IA Inf., bur.

Kesling Cem., Urbana, local hero.

Chart'd 6 July

1892

Dis. 1 Jan. 1929 Sixteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1893; Iowa


501 John W. Johnson Thornburg Keokuk IA PVT John W. Johnson (1841-

1891), Co. K, 104th OH Inf. Bur.

at Sixteen Cem., Prairie Twp.,

Thornburg.

Org. 21 July

1892; Chart'd 23

or 25 July 1892

Dis. 1 Jan. 1929 Dept. Proceedings, 1893; Iowa


502 MAJ Lyman Crescent Pottawattamie IA MAJ Joseph Lyman (1840-1889),

29th IA Inf.

Org. 13 Aug.

1892; Chart'd 18

Aug. 1892

Dis. 1908 Twelve charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1893; Iowa


503 James Miller Marathon Buena Vista IA Dr. James Miller (? -1886), Asst.

Surgeon, 30th IN Inf., bur.

Marathon Cem., Marathon.

Org. 17 Aug.

1892; chart'd 22

Aug. 1892

Dis. 1 July 1894 Dept. Proceedings, 1893; Iowa


504 Tom Clark Thornton Cerro Gordo IA Org. 23 Dec.

1892; Chart'd 29

Dec. 1892

Dis. 1905 Ten charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1893; Iowa


505 Wall Lake / Horace J.

Simpson

Wall Lake Sac IA CPL Horace J. Simpson (1838-

1891), Co. H, 26th IA Inf.

Org. 8 Apr. 1892;

Chart'd 12 Apr.

1892

Dis. 20 Nov.

1918

Changed its namesake from Wall Lake to Horace J. Simpson in

1895.


506 Battle Creek Battle Creek Ida IA Named for the community in


Org. 13 May

1893; Chart'd 15

May 1893

Dis. 27 Jan.

1904



507 Jamaica Jamaica Guthrie IA Named for the community in


Chart'd 7 July

1893

Dis. 1 Jan. 1902 Fourteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1894; Iowa


508 Jerry Rusk Superior Dickinson IA BG Jeremiah McLean Rusk (1830-


Org. 24 Nov.

1893


509 Arwine Troy Mills Linn IA PVT Isaac Arwine (1834-1862),

Co. C, 9th IA Inf., died at Pea

Ridge, AR, on 15 Mar. 1862, from

severe shoulder wounds received

there on 7 Mar. 1862.

Chart'd 27 Jan.

1894

Dis. 31 Dec.

1904



510 CPT Bryant Castana Monona IA CPT Gustavus H. Bryant (1840-

1885), Co. D, 29th WI Inf.

Org. 4 Mar. 1894;

Chart'd 6 Mar.

1894

Dis. 1897 Seventeen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1894; Iowa


511 E. H. Keyes Mingo Jasper IA PVT Elias H. Keyes (1823-1892),

Co. K, 28th IA Inf., died 7 Aug.

1892 at Mingo.

Org. 9 Apr. 1894;

Chart'd 11 Apr.

1894

Dis.1 Jan. 1929 Twenty-one charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1894; Iowa


512 G. W. Young Riceville Howard / Mitchell IA Org. 30 Apr.

1894; Chart'd 2

May 1894

Dis. 31 Dec.

1934



513 J. B. Armstrong Princeton Scott IA PVT James B. Armstron (c.1832-

1862), Co. C, 2nd IA Cav., died at

Farmington, MS, on 10 May 1862,


May 1862. Resident of Princeton,

local hero.

Chart'd 20 July

1894

Dis. 20 Nov.

1900

Twenty-five charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1895

514 Will Ellis Delta Keokuk IA Either for PVT William A. Ellis

(c.1836-1863), Co. C, 33rd IA Inf.,

died of disease at Helena, AR, on

29 Apr. 1863; or for CPL William

Ellis (c.1841-1863), Co. I, 40th IA

Inf., died of disease at Devall's

Bluff, AR, on 25 Aug. 1863.

Must'd 29 Nov.

1894

Dis. 16 Jan.

1902



515 W. W. Belknap Keokuk Lee IA COL (Brevet MG) William North

Belknap (1830-1890), 15th IA Inf.

Chart'd 26 Jan.

1895

Merged 1920 Twenty-nine charter members. Joined Post #2 in 1920. Dept. Proceedings, 1895; Iowa


516 Elias M. Ware Bonaparte Van Buren IA CPL Elias M. Ware (1839-1895),

Co. K, 2nd IA Inf., buried

Bonaparte Cem., Bonaparte.

Chart'd 20 Aug.

1896

Dis. 31 Dec.

1929



517 Sam G. Knee Colesburg Delaware IA LTC Samuel G. Knee (1831-

1896), 12th IA Inf., resident of

Colesburg in the Civil War, bur.

Brown Cem., Edgewood, IA.

Chart'd 20 Aug.

1896

Dis. 12 Feb.

1930

Thirteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1897; Iowa


518 Henry Roberts Lovilia Monroe IA 2LT Henry Roberts (c.1837- ? ),

Co. E, 6th IA Inf.

Chart'd 11 Aug.

1898

Dis. 31 Dec.

1901





No. Alt.

No.


519 Peter VanNorman Moville Woodbury IA SGM Peter Van Norman (1834-

1892), 18th WI Inf., buried

Arlington Cem., Moville.

Chart'd 26 Apr.

1902

Dis. 12 Mar.

1925


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

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: 10/21/2017


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