Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary

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1 National GAR Records Program - Historical Summary of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Posts by State OHIO Prepared by the National Organization SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR INCORPORATED BY ACT OF CONGRESS Alt. 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 OH Org.30 January Post 1 Fremont Sandusky OH No namesake. Known only by its number. 001 Post 1 Carrollton Carroll OH No namesake. Known only by its number. 001 Memorial Cleveland Cuyahoga OH Named "to perpetuate the memory and history of the dead." 001 J. C. McCoy Columbus Franklin OH MAJ James Culbertson McCoy (c ), Aide-de-Camp, US Volunteers. 002 Post 2 Zanesville Muskingam OH No namesake. Known only by its number. GAR Hall, Buckland's block (1867) Org Chart'd 7 Jan. Ended 1949 Permanent Department organized 30 January 1867 with 135 Posts. Posts were being mustered in what may have been a Provisional Department as early as May The Department came to an end with the death of its last member in Carnahan, 1893; National Encampment Proceedings, 1949 In existence as early as 1 February Fremont Weekly Journal, 1 Feb. 1867, 19 Apr Listed as one of the original Posts in a roster published in Beath, 1889 December The earliest known GAR Post in Cleveland was organized by COL Summit County Beacon Childs on 6 July It may have been a forerunner to Memorial (Akron), 11 July 1867; Dept. Post 1. Proceedings, 1875 Listed as one of the original Posts in a roster published in Beath, 1889 December Hart Massillon Stark OH Sur Surrendered charter with thirteen members. Dept. Proceedings, 1871, Brooks Bristolville Trumbull OH 002 GEN Barnett / Farragut Lorain Lorain OH Chart'd 7 Apr Mulharen & O'Cain Eaton Preble OH Chart'd 3 Apr. Forty-three charter members. National Tribune, 12 Apr. ; 003 Post 3 Dayton Montgomery OH No namesake. Known only by its In existence in number. 003 E. H. Phelps Edgerton OH 004 Post 4 Troy Miami OH No namesake. Known only by its In existence in number. 004 Paulus Ashtabula Ashtabula OH LT Henry W. Paulus (c Chart'd 10 Apr. Twelve charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1878, ), Battery C, 1st OH Light Art., KIA at Rolling Fork, KY, on 30 Dec Veteran Ashtabula Ashtabula OH Named in honor of the Civil War Veteran. 005 Veteran National Military Home Montgomery OH Named in honor of the Civil War Chart'd 30 Mar. / Dayton Veteran Andrew Crawford New Philadelphia Tuscarawas OH Chart'd 7 Sept Gilbert Maumee Lucas OH Suspended 12 Suspended and ordered to surrender its charter under General Dept. Proceedings, 1874 Dec Order #8, dated 12 December Shiloh Ironton Lawrence OH Org. 6 Jan Seventeen charter members. Dept. Proceedings, Giddings Jefferson Ashtabula OH Org. 16 Dec. Twelve charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1878, ; Chart'd 26 Dec Webster Kingsville Ashtabula OH 009 Custer Conneaut Ashtabula OH MG George Armstrong Custer Chart'd 16 Oct. ( ). KIA at Little Bighorn, MT, on 25 June Famous Civil War (and Indian Wars) leader Trescott Salem Columbiana OH Chart'd 14 Dec Charles E. Austin Austinburg Ashtabula OH Chart'd 14 Jan Sur Twelve charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1878, 1913, Buckley Akron Summit OH Chart'd 1868 The last surviving member of the Post was Philo B. Upson, who died in Tallmadge, Summit County, on 6 April George H. Thomas Cincinnati Hamilton OH MG George Henry Thomas ( ), famous Civil War leader. Chart'd 25 June 1878 Thirty-six charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1879, 1913 SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( Ohio Page 1 of 29

2 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 014 Ford Toledo Lucas OH Chart'd 21 Jan. Eleven charter members in Dept. Proceedings, 1879, ; re-org. Aug Forsyth Toledo Lucas OH Chart'd 19 Nov McPherson Niles Trumbull OH BG James Birdseye McPherson Chart'd 24 Dec. Thirty-five charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1879, 1913 ( ), famous Civil War leader, KIA at the Battle of Atlanta, GA, 22 July Dyer Painesville Lake OH Chart'd 20 Jan Twenty-two charter members. Dept. Proceedings, 1879, Lincoln Pierpoint Ashtabula OH Abraham Lincoln ( ), 16th President of the United States. Chart'd 15 Apr Dennison Tuscarawas OH Org. June 1879 Sur. Jan Dept. Proceedings, McMeens Sandusky Erie OH Dr. Robert R. McMeens, Surgeon Grand Army Hall, Cooke's Block, Chart'd 9 Feb. The Post's name is also frequently spelled McMeans. Sandusky Library; Dept. (F&S), 3rd OH Inf., died of disease 30 Oct Sandusky resident (also Mex. War veteran), local hero. Columbus Ave. (1892) 1880 Proceedings, King Dayton Montgomery OH Org. Oct Sur Also known as "King Encampment." The Post later reorganized as Old Guard Post, 23 in Dept. Proceedings, 1874; History of the City of Dayton and Montgomery County, Neibling Weston Wood OH COL James M. Neibling ( ), 21st OH Inf. Chart'd 18 June 1879 Associated with Neibling Corps, 190, WRC. 021 Webster Steubenville Jefferson OH Sur Dept. Proceedings, Lytle Wilmington Clinton OH Org. June 1879 Dept. Proceedings, Joe Hooker Mt. Vernon Knox OH MG Joseph Hooker ( ), famous Civil War leader. Chart'd 25 Oct Garfield Kelloggsville Ashtabula OH Suspended 12 Suspended and ordered to surrender its charter under General Dept. Proceedings, 1874 Dec Order #8, dated 12 December Bishop Defiance Defiance OH CPT William Bishop (c ), Co. D, 100th OH Inf., died at Atlanta, GA, on 13 June 1864, from wounds received at Pumpkin Vine Creek, GA, on 28 May A former resident of Defiance. Chart'd 15 July 1879 Twenty-two charter members. ; Defiance County Genealogical Society 023 Hampton OH Sur. Dec Dept. Proceedings, Old Guard Dayton Montgomery OH Chart'd 25 Sept. Probably the same Post as E. A. King Post, 23, organized in Dept. Proceedings, 1880, Dayton in November The Post appears under this name in the 1880 Department Proceedings. 024 Bond Grand Rapids Wood OH Chart'd 22 Mar Sur Noted as being organized in December 1879 in the 1880 Department Proceedings., Canton / William McKinley Canton Stark OH CPT (Bvt. MAJ) William McKinley ( ), soldier, 23rd Ohio Infantry, later US President, assassinated 14 September Knights of Pythias Hall (1880) Chart'd 15 Dec Changed its namesake from Canton to William McKinley (to honor the assassinated president), per Department Order 6, issued 8 Nov William McKinley became a membef of Canton Post on 7 July Dept. Proceedings, 1902, Benedict Pemberville Wood OH 027 Steadman Kent Portage OH Filed no report in Dept. Proceedings, Norris Fostoria Seneca OH Chart'd 5 May Bowers Geneva Ashtabula OH Chart'd 23 July Tod Youngstown Mahoning OH David Tod ( ), native of Youngstown. Governor of Ohio during the Civil War, known as the "soldier's friend." Post Rooms, Mahoning County Court House Org. March 1880; Chart'd 9 Feb Associated with Tod Corps, 2, WRC, and MAJ Woodworth Circle, 15, LGAR. History of Youngston and the Mahoning Valley, 1921; Mahoning Valley Historical Society; Dept. Proceedings, R. L. McCook Carthage Hamilton OH BG Robert Latimer McCook ( ), died of wounds at Huntsville, AL, on 6 August Famous Civil War leader. One of the "fighting McCooks." 030 Noyes - McCook Cincinnati Hamilton OH Chart'd 29 Sept Leander Stem / Starr Tiffin Seneca OH 031 William H Gibson Tiffin Seneca OH Chart'd 16 Jan SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( Ohio Page 2 of 29

3 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 032 Eugene A. Rawson Fremont Sandusky OH MAJ Eugene Allen Rawson (1840- Chart'd 11 Apr. 1864), 72nd OH Inf., died 22 July 1864 at Memphis, TN, from wounds received at Old Town Creek, MS, on 15 July Resident of Sandusky County, local hero. 033 Post 33 Perrysburg Wood OH No namesake. Known only by its number. Perrysburg Journal, 22 Mar C. B. Gambee Bellevue Huron OH Chart'd 2 Aug. 034 M. F. Wooster - Boalt Norwalk Huron OH Chart'd 1 July Losure Wauseon Fulton OH Chart'd 10 June 1880 Twenty-nine charter members. ; Standard History of Fulton County, Bell - Harmon Warren Trumbull OH Chart'd 24 June Eadie Cuyahoga Falls Summit OH Chart'd 17 Mar Phil Kearney Nelsonville Athens OH MG Philip Kearny, Jr. ( ), KIA at Chantilly, VA, on 1 Sept Famous Civil War leader. 039 Elliott Wyman Genoa Ottawa OH Orderly SGT Charles Elliott Wyman (c ), Co. G, 100th OH Inf., KIA at Utoy Creek, GA, on 6 Aug GAR Hall, corner Washington St. and Sixth St. Chart'd 16 July 1880 Chart'd 20 July Speakman Marysville Union OH Re-instated 1874 Suspended 12 Dec N. L. Norris Chagrin Falls Cuyahoga OH Chart'd 28 July Sur. Jan. 1919; 1880; Re-inst. 24 Sur. Apr May 1919 An earlier Post in Cuyahoga Falls was reportedly organized in mid Its number isn't known. A Post was established in Genoa in July 1867 with twenty charter members. Its number isn't known. The GAR Hall in Genoa is located on Washington Street, behind City Hall. The building still stands, and has been the subject of efforts to restore it. Suspended and ordered to surrender its charter under General Order #8, dated 12 December 1873 (later re-instated). Summit County Beacon (Akron), 11 July 1867; Dept. Proceedings, 1910 Fremont Weekly Journal, 13 July 1867; Dept. Proceedings, 1913; Village of Genoa (website) Dept. Proceedings, 1874 Original charter; Dept. Proceedings, Kyle Wapakoneta Auglaize OH Chart'd 7 Oct SGT McKell Bainbridge Ross OH Chart'd 14 May 043 Weller Sandusky Erie OH Filed no report in Ordered to surrender their charter in 1874, per General Order #9. Dept. Proceedings, 1874, SGT Holt Rutland Meigs OH Chart'd Nov Sur. 1918, GEN Lyon East Liverpool Columbiana OH BG Nathaniel Lyon ( ), KIA at Wilson's Creek, MO, 10 August Chart'd 21 Jan. 045 Scott Xenia Greene OH Org. 14 Sept. 1869; Re-instated 1874 Suspended 12 Suspended and ordered to surrender its charter under General Dec. 1873; Dis. Order #8, dated 12 December 1873 (later re-instated). "Some of the old soldiers also recall a post known as the Steele post, but no definite data seems to have been preserved concerning it." Dept. Proceedings, 1874; History of Greene County, Ohio, Mitchell Springfield Clark OH Chart'd 15 Feb. 046 Enoch B. Wiley Bowling Green Wood OH 1LT Enoch B. Wiley (c Chart'd 8 Apr. 1863), Co. C, 21st OH Inf., died at Murfreesboro (Stones River), TN, on 5 June 1863, from wounds received there on 31 Dec William H. Lytle Cincinnati Hamilton OH Chart'd 17 Mar. 048 Walter Wood Tontogany Wood OH 049 Post 49 Tiffin Seneca OH No namesake. Known only by its number. 049 L. S. Holmes Deshler Henry OH 049 Elijah Hayden Elyria Lorain OH Chart'd 9 Mar John W. Yates West Millgrove Wood OH 050 James Price Westerville Franklin OH Chart'd 26 June 051 Wolford Perrysburg Wood OH Chart'd 31 Mar. The Post was in existence by 17 January 1868, when it held officer elections. Tiffin Tribune, 23 Jan SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( Ohio Page 3 of 29

4 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 052 I. Donafin Hicksville Defiance OH Chart'd 1 Apr. 053 Randall Prairie Depot / Wayne Wood OH Chart'd 20 Apr. 054 Stoker Findlay Hancock OH Chart'd 7 Apr. 055 GEN Charles G. Eaton Clyde Sandusky OH Chart'd 12 Apr. 056 Keifer Delaware Delaware OH Sur Dept. Proceedings, Harry Carter Haskins Wood OH 057 Sill North Baltimore Wood OH Chart'd 18 Apr. 058 Ferguson Jackson Jackson OH 058 Morris McMillin Wilmington Clinton OH Chart'd 18 Jan. 059 Custar Tontogany Wood OH 059 Charles A. Slack Galena Delaware OH 059 Adair Cambridge Guernsey OH 060 George B. Torrence Delaware Delaware OH Chart'd 20 Apr. 061 Smith Jackson Center Shelby OH 061 Caldwell Elmore Ottawa OH An early Post was established in Elmore in July Its number isn't known. Fremont Weekly Journal, 12 July D. J. Roop Celina Mercer OH Chart'd 3 Oct Parrot Alliance Stark OH 062 Neal Sidney Shelby OH Chart'd 26 Apr. 063 William Riddle Bellefontaine Logan OH 063 John Bell Proctorsville Lawrence OH Chart'd 16 June 064 Ogelvie Columbus Grove Putnam OH Chart'd 5 May 065 Richard Allen Elyria Lorain OH Chart'd 7 May 066 William A. Choate Napoleon Henry OH Chart'd 10 May 066? Lynchburg Highland / Clinton OH 067 Dister Dayton Montgomery OH Suspended 12 Suspended and ordered to surrender its charter under General Dept. Proceedings, 1874 Dec Order #8, dated 12 December Lorenz Kaufman Holgate Henry OH 067 Coleman Long Bottom Meigs OH Must'd Twenty-two charter members. National Tribune, 28 June 067 Cincinnati Cincinnati Hamilton OH Named for the community in Chart'd 2 Aug Fred VanDerveer Middletown Butler OH Chart'd 10 Apr GEN William T. Sherman Hudson Summit OH MG William Tecumseh Sherman ( ), famous Civil War leader. In existence in Creighton Cleveland Cuyahoga OH Ordered to surrender its charter in 1874, per General Order #9. Dept. Proceedings, Richard Lanning Coshocton Coshocton OH Chart'd April 070 Jacob Baker Middletown Butler OH 070 J. S. McCready Cadiz Harrison OH 070 CPT D. R. Shriver Manchester Adams OH Chart'd 20 Apr Lemert Newark Licking OH CPT Thaddeus Lemert ( ), Co. A, 76th OH Inf. KIA at Arkansas Post, AR, on 11 Jan Member of the pioneer Lemert family in Licking County (several of whom served in the Civil War), local hero. Chart'd 14 May 072 Thoburn Martin's Ferry Belmont OH Chart'd 21 May 073 Arthur Cranston Milan Erie OH Chart'd 11 May 074 Irwin Greensburgh Summit OH Suspended 12 Dec Andrew Y. Austin Willoughby Lake OH Nineteen charter members. Suspended and ordered to surrender its charter under General Order #8, dated 12 December Centennial History of the City of Newark and Licking County, 1909; Dept. Proceedings, 1913; Newark Advocate, 25 Sept Dept. Proceedings, 1874 SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( Ohio Page 4 of 29

5 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 075 Lindsey Gilboa Putnam OH Chart'd 19 May 076 Israel Ludlow Cincinnati Hamilton OH Chart'd 19 May 077 Crane Mogadore Summit OH Filed no report in Dept. Proceedings, John S Snook Antwerp Paulding OH 077 Ben Butterfield Lancaster Fairfield OH Chart'd 10 Aug. 078 Grant Trumbull Ashtabula OH Suspended 12 Suspended and ordered to surrender its charter under General Dept. Proceedings, 1874 Dec Order #8, dated 12 December Daniel Miller Leipsic Putnam OH Chart'd 23 May 079 Guy Pomeroy Ottawa Putnam OH 079 Hiram Strong Dayton (Miami City) Montgomery OH COL Hiram Strong (c ), Must'd 10 Oct. Sixty charter members. The Post had essentially disbanded by History of Dayton, 1889; 93rd OH Inf., died 7 Oct. 1863, 1909, although it was still described as "surviving as a Picket only" History of the City of Dayton from wounds received at Chickamauga, GA, on 19 Sept under Old Guard Post, 23. and Montgomery County, Sullivan Cleveland Cuyahoga OH Re-instated 1874 Suspended 12 Suspended and ordered to surrender its charter under General Dept. Proceedings, 1874 Dec Order #8, dated 12 December 1873 (later re-instated). 080? Uhrichsville Tuscarawas OH 080 Hiram Kile Andover Ashtabula OH Chart'd 21 May 081 Pool Welchfield Geauga OH Suspended 12 Suspended and ordered to surrender its charter under General Dept. Proceedings, 1874 Dec Order #8, dated 12 December Hazlett Zanesville Muskingam OH GAR Hall, Memorial Building, N. Fifth St. (1892) Chart'd 1 June Seventy-one charter members. The History of Muskingam County notes that the Post was chartered 1 June. Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Muskingam County, 1892; 082 Marion Waynesburgh Stark OH Suspended 12 Suspended and ordered to surrender its charter under General Dept. Proceedings, 1874 Dec Order #8, dated 12 December James St. John Cardington Morrow OH Chart'd 25 June 083 Norris Chagrin Falls Cuyahoga OH Sur Dept. Proceedings, LT W. S. Kishler St. Mary Auglaize OH 1LT William S. Kishler (1834- Chart'd 31 May 1863), Co. K, 99th OH Inf., died 23 Jan. 1863, from wounds received at Stones River, TN. 084 Charles B. Mitchell Maumee Lucas OH Chart'd 9 June 084 Charles Mitchell South Toledo Lucas OH 085 Dyer Painesville Lake OH Suspended 12 Suspended and ordered to surrender its charter under General Dept. Proceedings, 1874 Dec Order #8, dated 12 December Bronson Jerry City Wood OH Chart'd 6 June 086 Thurston Lebanon Warren OH Suspended 12 Suspended and ordered to surrender its charter under General Dept. Proceedings, 1874 Dec Order #8, dated 12 December C. F. Chamberlain Palestine Columbiana OH Chart'd 24 June 086 Chamberlain / East Palestine East Palestine Columbiana OH 087 McPherson Cleveland Cuyahoga OH Filed no report in Ordered to surrender its charter in 1874, per General Order # Reno Lowellsville Mahoning OH MG Jesse Lee Reno ( ), KIA at Battle of South Mountain, MD, on 14 Sept Famous Civil War leader. 087 Hampson Cleveland Cuyahoga OH 088 George H. Thomas Ravenna Portage OH Suspended 12 Suspended and ordered to surrender its charter under General Dec Order #8, dated 12 December George H Thomas Cleveland Cuyahoga OH MG George Henry Thomas ( ), famous Civil War leader. Dept. Proceedings, 1874, 1875 Dept. Proceedings, Stephen Baxter Mechanicsburg Champaign OH 1SGT Stephen Baxter (c ), Co. I, 66th OH Inf., KIA at Port Republic, VA, on 9 June Knights of the Maccabees Hall Chart'd 23 June Seventeen charter members. History of Champaign County, OH, 1917; Dept. Proceedings, East Palestine East Palestine Columbiana OH Named for the community in 089 Putnam Canton Stark OH Ordered to surrender its charter in 1874, per General Order #9. Dept. Proceedings, 1875 SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( Ohio Page 5 of 29

6 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 089 Columbus Golden Athens Athens OH Columbus Golden, first man from Athens County to die in the Civil Chart'd 24 June Twenty-five charter members. History of the Hocking Valley, ; War. 090 Virgil Newburgh Cuyahoga OH Org. May 1874 Dept. Proceedings, Hamilton Bradner Wood OH Chart'd 15 June 091 R. Robbins Upper Sandusky Wyandot OH MAJ Rodolphus Robbins (c ), 55th OH Inf., KIA at Resaca, GA, on 15 May Chart'd 17 June Thirteen charter members. ; A Brief History of Wyandot County, OH, Cook Belmore Putnam OH 092 R. B. Hayes Washington Court House Fayette OH BG Rutherford Birchard Hayes ( ), famous Civil War leader, 19th President of the United States. Fayette OH Chart'd 7 Mar B. H. Milliken Washington Court House 093 Weiser Dupont Putnam OH Chart'd 24 June 094 Currie Cedarville Greene OH Chart'd 18 July 095 Reul Delphos Allen OH Chart'd 12 July 096 Wetzel - Compton Hamilton Butler OH Chart'd 14 July 097 Cantwell Kenton Hardin OH Chart'd 24 Apr. 098 William A. Brand Urbana Champaign OH QM SGT William A. Brand (1837- Anderson Hall, 12-1/2 Monument Chart'd 8 July 1879), 66th OH Inf. (originally Square PVT, Co. G). Postmaster in Urbana at the time of his death. 099 Spangler Bellaire Belmont OH Chart'd 9 July 100 Isaac Willis Limerick Jackson OH 100 WIlliam C. Scott Van Wert Van Wert OH CPT William C. Scott (c Org. 1866; Rechart'd 1863), Co. A, 99th OH Inf., died at 13 July Murfreesboro (Stones River), TN, on 4 Jan. 1863, from wounds received there on 31 Dec Carman Ada Hardin OH Chart'd 7 July 102 Edgar Dunkirk Hardin OH Chart'd 12 July 103 Paysell West Liberty Logan OH Chart'd 28 July 104 Irwin De Graff Logan OH 104 A. N. Goldwood West Richfield Summit OH Chart'd 20 Apr. 105 Potter Green Springs Seneca OH Chart'd 19 July 106 Post 106 / Camp Skeels Wauseon Fulton OH Org. 18 Mar Minerva Minerva Stark OH Named for the community in Chart'd 24 Aug. 107 James Archbold Fulton OH 107 Toledo Toledo Lucas OH Named for the community in Chart'd 11 Jan. 108 Stout Fayette Fulton OH Chart'd 7 Sept. 109 Engle Benton Ridge Hancock OH Chart'd 27 June 109 John Royer West Unity Williams OH 110 Urie Bloomdale Wood OH Chart'd 9 Sept. 111 E. P. Fyffe St. Paris Champaign OH 111 H. C. Scott St. Paris Champaign OH Chart'd 31 Dec. 112 Rice & Craglow Attica Seneca OH Eighteen charter members. An early Post was established in Urbana in December Its number isn't known. Thirty-five charter members. History of Champaign County, OH, 1917; Dept. Proceedings, 1913 History of Van Wert County, 1906; Sur. 1920, 1921 Dis Name changed to Camp Skeels Post in September "Some irregularity in its organization brought about its disbandment in 1869." Fifty-one charter members. Standard History of Fulton County, 1920 History of Champaign County, OH, 1917; Dept. Proceedings, 1913 SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( Ohio Page 6 of 29

7 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 113 Ransom Reed Marysville Union OH PVT Ransom Reed, 13th Ohio Inf., KIA at Battle of Carnifax Chart'd 25 Aug. ; Org. 25 Marysville Journal-Tribune, 16 April 1891, pg. 3 Ferry, VA, 10 Sept First soldier from Union County killed in battle in the Civil War. Oct. 114 Hurd / Heard Mt. Gilead Morrow OH Chart'd 19 Aug. 115 Post 115 Lancaster Fairfield OH No namesake. Known only by its number. Jan Organized "about three weeks" prior to 7 Feb Lancaster Gazette, 7 Feb Burkholder Yellow Springs Greene OH Chart'd 16 Aug. 116 P. A. Swigart Lucas Richland OH Chart'd 5 Apr. 116 Beem Richwood Union OH 117 Cooper Marion Marion OH Chart'd 11 Aug. 118 Clinton Strong Jamestown Greene OH Chart'd 8 Aug. 119 Post 119 Woodsfield Monroe OH No namesake. Known only by its number. Feb The Spirit of Democracy (Woodsfield, OH), 19 Feb John M. Bell Washington Court House Fayette OH CPT John M. Bell (c ), Co. K, 44th OH Inf., run over by a steamer and drowned in Kanawha River, VA, while attempting to rescue members of his company. Chart'd 4 Aug. Thirty-three charter members. 120 Leroy Baker Danville Knox OH Chart'd 17 Apr. 120 Wadsworth Castalia Erie OH 121 Lyon / Lyman London Madison OH Chart'd 9 Aug. 122 McMillen South Charleston Clark OH Chart'd 28 July 123? Pomeroy Meigs OH 123 Lindley M. Tullis Rogers Columbiana OH Chart'd 25 May McCall Buena Vista Scioto OH Named for two members of the Must'd 30 Mar. McCall family, both of Co. F, 81st OH Inf.: 1) Color SGT David W. McCall, died at Corinth, MS, on 4 Oct. 1862, from wounds received there on the same date. 2) CPL Abner McCall (c ), KIA at Corinth, MS, on 3 Oct Canfield Gibsonburg Sandusky OH Chart'd 11 Aug. 125 Middleport Middleport Meigs OH Named for the community in Chart'd 10 Aug. 126 Blessing / Cadot Gallipolis Gallia OH 1) Blessing, origin uncertain; 2) Knights of Pythias Rooms, cor. Org. Aug. ; LTC Lemuel Zenus Cadot (1838- Second & State Streets () Re-chart'd 4 Feb. ), 91st OH Inf., a member (year?) and Past Commander of Blessing Post. 127 Leith Nevada Wyandot OH The Leith Brothers: SGT Owen (Joseph?) W. Leith (? ), Co. E, 11th IL Inf., KIA at Ft. Donelson, TN, on 15 Feb. 1862; PVT Francis M. Leith (c ), Co. K, 5th OH Inf., KIA at Magnolia Station, SC, on 2 Apr. 1865; PVT Isaac Lowery Leith (? ), Co. I, 15th OH Inf., KIA near Dallas, GA, on 28 May Chart'd 24 Aug. 128 Keller Bucyrus Crawford OH Chart'd 25 Aug. 129 Snyder Crestline Crawford OH Chart'd 30 Aug. 130 Dick Morris Galion Crawford OH Chart'd 1 Sept. Twenty-nine charter members. National Tribune, 12 Apr. Originally known as Blessing Post, it was probably renamed shortly after the death of Lemuel Cadot in. Twenty-five charter members. Twenty-one charter members. History of Gallia County, ; ; A Brief History of Wyandot County, OH, 2015 SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( Ohio Page 7 of 29

8 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 131 McLaughlin Mansfield Richland OH Chart'd 6 Sept. A Post was organized in Mansfield as early as 30 January Its number isn't known. Source: "The State and Union" newspaper, Ashland, 30 Jan Andrews Ashland Ashland OH Chart'd 10 Sept. 133 Given Wooster Wayne OH Chart'd 12 Sept. 134 Hart Massillon Stark OH Chart'd 15 Sept. 135 Horace Robinson Republic Seneca OH Chart'd 10 Sept. 136 James A. Garfield Columbiana Columbiana OH MG James Abram Garfield (1831- ), Civil War leader and later US President (assassinated). Chart'd 17 Oct O. M. Mitchell Piqua Miami OH MG Ormsby McKnight Michel ( ), died of yellow fever at Beaufort, SC. Famous Civil War leader. 137 Burnside Leetonia Columbiana OH MG Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824-), famous Civil War leader. 138 Starr New Lisbon Columbiana OH Two brothers: 1) 1LT Calvin L. Starr (c ), Co. K, 3rd OH Inf., KIA at Perryville, KY, on 8 Oct 1862; 2) SGT Thomas Clinton Starr (c ), Co. I, 78th OH Inf., KIA at Big Shanty, GA, on 14 June Chart'd 24 Sept. Chart'd 26 Sept. 139 G. B. Whitcom Cincinnati Hamilton OH 139 George Harlin Cincinnati Hamilton OH 139 George Harlan Alliance Stark OH 139? Alliance Stark OH 139 Whitcom Cincinnati Hamilton OH 140 James K. Rochester Logan Hocking OH Chart'd 5 Oct. 141 Memorial Cleveland Cuyahoga OH Memorial Hall, 170 Superior (1889) Chart'd 14 Oct. Historical Sketch of the Old Village of New Lisbon, c.1903; The Cleveland Directory, 1889; 142 Post 142 Eaton Preble OH No namesake. Known only by its number. 142 Charles G. Hacker Centerburg Knox OH 142 GEN M. F. Force Marietta Erie OH BG Manning Ferguson Force ( ), U.S. Vols., originally an officer in the 20th OH Infantry. Chart'd 28 Jan Chart'd 23 Apr Nine charter members. Original Post charter. 142 David Reed Malvern Carroll OH 143 Thomas Talbot Somerset Perry OH Chart'd 27 Oct. 144 Swartz Rawson Hancock OH 145 W. Wirt Leggett Ripley Brown OH CPT William Wirt Liggett ( ), Co. H, 12th OH Inf, died 20 Sept at Middletown, MD, from wounds received at South Mountain, MD, on 14 Sept Buried Maplewood Cem., Ripley. Chart'd 22 Sept. 146 Harker Shelby Richland OH Chart'd 29 Sept. 147 Runyan New London Huron OH Chart'd 12 Oct. 148 Rice North Amherst Lorain OH 149 Edwin J. Evans Bryan Williams OH Chart'd 17 Oct. 150 Kinsman Kinsman Trumbull OH Named for the community in Chart'd 19 Oct. 151 Addison Clark Liberty Center Henry OH Chart'd 1 Nov. 152 John F. Joy Pioneer Williams OH 153 George L. Fowler Berlin Heights Erie OH Chart'd 11 Nov. History of Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland Counties,. SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( Ohio Page 8 of 29

9 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 154 John Howard McComb Hancock OH Chart'd 14 Nov. 155 Hiram Loudon Montpelier Williams OH Chart'd 22 Nov. Eighteen charter members. Associated with Hiram Loudon Corps, National Tribune, 6 May ; 210, WRC. 156 Groce Circleville Pickaway OH Chart'd 4 Nov. 157 Jobes Greenville Darke OH Chart'd 7 Nov. 157 Jahe Greenville Darke OH 158 Alexander Piqua Miami OH Father and son, both buried in Org. 9 Nov. Merged 27 Dec. Consolidated on 27 Dec with O. M. Mitchell Post, 736, to Piqua Public Library (website) Piqua: 1) Ensign Adam C. Alexander ( ), USS Vanderbilt, died of disease on 24 Feb ) John E. Alexander ( ), Adjutant, 11th OH Inf., died at Alexandria, VA, on 20 Oct. 1862, from wounds received at Bull Run Bridge, VA, on 27 Aug become Alexander - Mitchell Post, Alexander - Mitchell Piqua Miami OH Combination of the original Post Chart'd 27 Dec. Dis Formed from the consolidation of Alexander Post, 158, and O. ; namesakes M. Mitchell Post, 736. Piqua Public Library (website) 159 August H. Coleman Troy Miami OH Chart'd 25 Oct. 160 Sidney Brewster LeMoyne Wood OH 160 General Ben Terry Millersport Fairfield OH 160 Isaac Willis Limerick Jackson OH Sur Dept. Proceedings, Arnold Bradford Miami OH 162 Allison L. Brown Chillicothe Ross OH Chart'd 18 Nov. 163 Martin Jackson Jackson OH 163 Penn Pennsville Morgan OH 163? Millersport Fairfield OH 163 Arnold Bedford Cuyahoga OH 163 J. M. Scott Findlay Hancock OH 163 Ben Terry Millers 164 Bailey Portsmouth Scioto OH CPT (Dr.) George Bailey (c.1823-? ), organized and commanded Co. G, 1st OH Inf. (Kinney Light Guards). Chart'd 28 Nov. 165 Dick Lambert Ironton Lawrence OH Chart'd 29 Nov. 166 E. M. Stanton Steubenville Jefferson OH Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814- Chart'd 9 Nov. 1869), Secretary of War under President Lincoln. 167 W. H. Morrison / Morral? Ashville Pickaway OH Chart'd 2 Dec. 167 McQuillin Delta Fulton OH 168 Troutman Oak Harbor Ottawa OH Org. 30 Nov. Twenty charter members. Original charter; Dept. Proceedings, 1913 Sur. 1918, George Fields Oak Harbor Ottawa OH Re-org Sur. 1904; Sur H. G. Blake Medina Medina OH Chart'd 8 Dec. 170 Arthur Strong Creston Wayne OH SGT Arthur Strong No organization date listed in the 1913 Department Proceedings. The Ottawa County Exponent newspaper, 23 Dec (courtesy Carole Morton, DUVCW) Dept. Proceedings, McQuillan Delta Fulton OH Chart'd 23 Nov. 172 Lewis Baker Lindsey Sandusky OH 173 COL Crawford / Carey Carey Wyandot OH COL William Crawford (1732- Org. 16 Dec. 1782), tortured and burned at the ; Re-chart'd stake by the Delaware Nation on 6 July June Stewart Bettsville Seneca OH 174 Francis M. Lutz Bettsville Seneca OH 175 LeBlond Celina Mercer OH 175 Truesdell Vienna Trumbull OH 176 Maxwell Kingston Ross OH Chart'd 1 Dec. 177 Joe Vance Frederickstown Knox OH Sixteen charter members (). ; A Brief History of Wyandot County, OH, 2015 Sur. 1920, 1921 SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( Ohio Page 9 of 29

10 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 177 Royal L. Dunham Bedford Cuyahoga OH Chart'd 23 Feb. 178 Buell Marietta Washington OH Chart'd 14 Dec. Incorporated in Ohio 28 July, one of several GAR Posts in the state to do so. Associated with Buell Corps, 70, WRC. 179 Fearing Wilkesville Vinton OH 179 John Stabler Payne Paulding OH Chart'd 22 May 180 Gibson Greenfield Highland OH Chart'd 20 Dec. 181 Mansfield Ayersville Defiance OH 181 Harrod - McDaniel Fort Recovery Mercer OH Chart'd 26 Dec. 181 McCarty Millbury Wood OH Chart'd 27 Dec. 182 McCarty Polk Ashland OH Chart'd 27 Dec. 183 George Douglas Millbury Wood OH 184 Warner Brown West Salem Wayne OH Chart'd 31 Dec. 185 A. H. Day Kent Portage OH Chart'd 30 Dec. 186 William Nelson Cincinnati Hamilton OH Chart'd 15 Feb. 187 SGT McKenzie Harrisonville Meigs OH 187 Army & Navy Cleveland Cuyahoga OH Chart'd 12 Nov Channell Utica Licking OH 189 Kilpatrick Goshen Clermont OH Chart'd 10 Jan. 190 Moses J. Patterson Winchester Adams OH Chart'd 14 June 190 Putnam Risingsun Wood OH 191 W. T. Brown Bloomsville Seneca OH Chart'd 31 Dec. 192 Joe Collar Vaughnsville Putnam OH Chart'd 29 Dec. 192 William T. Brown Bloomsville Seneca OH 193 Gribbon Kalida Putnam OH LT Fellers Rays Jackson OH Chart'd 26 Jan. 194 Gribbon Kalida Putnam OH 195 August Willich Cincinnati Hamilton OH BG August Willich, aka, Johann August Ernst von Willich ( ), famous Civil War leader. Chart'd 3 Feb LT Fellars Rays Vinton OH 196 Jacqueth / Jacqueath Sycamore Wyandot OH CPL Henry P. Jaquith (c ), Co. K, 49th OH Inf., KIA at Pickett's Mill, GA, on 27 May Org. 31 Jan. ; Chart'd 14 Feb. ; Reorg. 26 June Dis. 10 July Thirteen charter members (). There were twenty members when the Post re-organized in. ; A Brief History of Wyandot County, OH, Hill New Straitsville Perry OH Chart'd 18 Jan. 198 H. B. Banning Madisonville Hamilton OH Chart'd 16 Dec. 199 R. M. Moore Cincinnati Hamilton OH 200 Commodore Foote Cincinnati Hamilton OH Chart'd 4 Jan. 201 Phil Hendrix Colton Henry OH Chart'd 5 Apr. 202 Mart Armstrong Lima Allen OH Chart'd April 203 Drummond St. Clairsville Belmont OH Chart'd 25 Apr. 204 John Campbell Harrison Hamilton OH Chart'd 18 Apr. 205 John M. Barrere Hillsboro Highland OH Chart'd March 206 Bishop Williams Shade Athens OH 206 Dexter Gilbert Lafayette Allen OH 207 Hasting La Grange Lorain OH 208 COL Spiegel Shiloh Richland OH Shiloh, TN, site of major Civil War Chart'd 2 May battle, SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( Ohio Page 10 of 29

11 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 209 Shreve Shreve Wayne OH Named for the community in Chart'd 27 May 210 J. P. Fyffe Higginsport Brown OH Chart'd 20 May 211 Oscar P. Randall Napolean Henry OH W. A. McAllister Carrolton Carroll OH 212 Abram G. Wileman Marlboro Stark OH MAJ Abraham G. Wileman ( ), 18th KY Inf., murdered by guerillas in Pendleton County, KY, on 5 Oct Chart'd 5 Apr Granville - Thurston Lebanon Warren OH Chart'd 30 May 214 Henry Beemer North Creek / Putnam OH Wisterman 215 George B. Bailey Aberdeen Brown OH Chart'd 5 May 216 Cumberland Cumberland Guernsey OH Named for the community in Chart'd 28 May 216 Wellington Blair Metamora Fulton OH 217 William Rogers North Sheffield / Ashtabula OH Chart'd 1 Nov. Gageville 218 Henry L Phillips Manchester Adams OH 218 John M. Patterson Bookersville Coshocton OH 218 R. W. Hall Mogadore Summit OH Chart'd 21 May 219? Sheffield Lorain OH 219 Hamlin Wellington Lorain OH Emerson's Block (); Chart'd 11 May Sheldon's Block, 2nd floor (1889, 1890, 1897) 220 Robert Hilles Barnesville Belmont OH 1LT Robert Hilles (c ), Co. B, 126th OH Inf., died 13 May 1864 at Fredericksburg, VA, from wounds received at Wilderness, VA, on 6 May Buried in an unknown grave. Chart'd 2 May 221 M. Branum Bridgeport Belmont OH Chart'd 6 May 222 Harry Scribner Plain City Madison OH Chart'd 16 May 223 T. R. Stanley Zaleski Vinton OH W. A. McAllister Carrollton Carroll OH Chart'd 18 June Charles S. Hayes Cleves Hamilton OH MAJ Charles S. Hayes (1831- Chart'd 9 May 1863), 5th OH Cav., KIA near ; Must'd 13 Hernando, MS, on 21 Apr May 225 Brint - McBride Richfield Centre Lucas OH Chart'd 16 May 226 John W. McFerrin West Union Adams OH Chart'd 27 May 227 William S. Boon / Boone Edon Williams OH 228 Milliken Oxford Butler OH COL Minor W. Milliken (Millikin), Jr. ( ), 1st OH Cav., KIA at Stones River, TN, on 31 Dec His widow was a resident of Oxford. Chart'd 25 May 229 Patchen Burton Geauga OH Chart'd 25 May 230 W. R. Hoel Waynesville Warren OH Chart'd 17 Jan. 231? Lena OH 231? Keystone Furnace Gallia OH 231 Harris Allens OH 231 Anthony Marsh Riverton Jackson OH 232 Carr B. White Georgetown Brown OH Chart'd 22 Oct Lorain Emory Malinta Henry OH 234 Delos Northway Orwell Ashtabula OH 235 Squire Edwards Hamlin OH 235 SGT Thompson Salineville Columbiana OH Chart'd 23 Feb. Associated with Hamlin Corps, 28, WRC. The Post was still in existence in January 1931, when three members (including Commander Salonas Arthur Williams) were reported. Forty charter members. The last surviving member of the Post was Burkhardt "Barney" Schmaltz, who was still living in March Wellington Enterprise, 2 Apr., 26 Mar. 1890; Dept. Proceedings, 1913; History of North Central Ohio, 1931 Centennial History of Belmont County, OH, 1903; Dept. Proceedings, 1913 Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 May ; Listed as J. W. McFersen Post in the 1913 Proceedings. Twenty-two charter members. National Tribune, 4 Jan. ; Lised as Patchin Post in the 1913 Proceedings. SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( Ohio Page 11 of 29

12 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 236 Capper Convoy Van Wert OH Chart'd 21 June 237 Henry Cope Wellsville Columbiana OH Chart'd 21 June 238 Baxter Lyons Fulton OH Chart'd 26 June Eighteen charter members. ; Standard History of Fulton County, G. W. Shuster Toronto Jefferson OH Chart'd 2 Jan. Sur. 1918, Reuben Lampton Thornville Perry OH Re-org. December John Kell Franklin Warren OH Chart'd 9 June 242 John H. Jenkins Williamsburg Clermont OH Chart'd 8 June 243 James B. Elliott Plainsboro OH 243 W. H. Trimble Rainsboro Highland OH 244 William Anderson Washington Court Fayette OH Chart'd 28 May Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause House (Gannon, 2011). 245 Caldwell Wetmore / Wakefield Pike OH Chart'd 22 July Ezra B. Ricketts Carroll Fairfield OH Chart'd 28 July 247 W. H. Doering Antwerp Stark OH Chart'd 22 July 248 Devinney Fletcher Miami OH 249 Saylor / New Berlin New Berlin Stark OH Chart'd 19 Feb William Hayes Sardinia Brown OH 250 Pomerene Millersburgh Holmes OH (presumably) Dr. Joel Pomerene, Sr. (1825-), Surgeon, 42nd OH Inf., buried Oak Hill Cem., Millersburgh. Chart'd 29 July 251 Dennison Hanoverton Columbiana OH Chart'd 17 Aug L. A. Myers Sunbury Delaware OH 253 SGT Reed McArthur Vinton OH Chart'd 28 Aug. 254 W. C. Ferguson New Holland Pickaway OH Chart'd 15 Mar. ; Must'd 23 Mar. 255 Elliott Jeromeville / Lake Ashland OH Fork 256 J. "Kate" Ruffner Rushville Fairfield OH 1LT Jacob M. "Kate" Ruffner ( ), 17th OH Inf., KIA by enemy sharpshooter at Atlanta, GA, on 9 Aug Buried Marietta Nat'l Cem., GA. 257 Coleman Asbury Mt. Victory Hardin OH 258 Russell Chester Meigs OH Chart'd 4 Sept. 259 Corwin (later Corwin - Vinton Gallia OH Chart'd 14 Oct. Matthews) 260 Zeller Hamilton Middlepoint Van Wert OH 260 M. M. Dickson Barberton Summit OH 261 Alfred Cannon Canal Winchester Franklin OH Chart'd 3 Oct. 262 Robert Hamilton Bluffton Allen OH Chart'd 25 Sept. 263 COL Van Cupp Baltimore Fairfield OH Chart'd 2 Oct. 264 Wilkerson Wharton Wyandot OH Principal Musician Thomas Chart'd 27 Sept. Wilkerson Petty (c ), 49th OH Inf., KIA at Nashville, TN, on 16 Dec Eaton Wadsworth Medina OH Chart'd 12 Oct. 266 Welker Arlington Hancock OH Chart'd 12 Oct. 267 James P. Mann Lewisville Monroe OH Chart'd 4 Oct McPherson Amanda Fairfield OH Thirty-eight charter members. National Tribune, 29 Mar. ; The National Tribune, 2 Nov. Listed as COL Val. Culpp Post in the 1913 Proceedings. Twenty-two charter members. Listed as Wilkinson Post in the 1913 Proceedings. ; A Brief History of Wyandot County, OH, 2015 Sur. 1918, 1919 SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( Ohio Page 12 of 29

13 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 267 M. M. Dixon Barberton Summit OH 268 Joseph F. Trotter Mt. Washington Hamilton OH Chart'd 4 Dec. Associated with Corps, 89, WRC. The last two members of the Post were C. Dresbach and C. Sagin, who were both reported living in June Caldwell Rocky Ridge Ottawa OH 269 Bloom Iron Furnace Scioto OH Chart'd 20 Oct. 270 Miller Navarre Stark OH Chart'd 30 Oct. 271 Leonidas W. Frazier Bethel Clermont OH Chart'd 10 Nov. 272 James M. Bodine Newtown Hamilton OH 272 George L. Waterman Peninsula Summit OH 2LT George L. Waterman (c GAR Hall Chart'd 27 Feb. The Post's Hall still exists, managed by the Peninsula Foundation. 1863), Co. C, 115th OH Inf., died at Dayton, OH, on 19 Sept. 1863, from wounds received from a Copperhead assassin at Dayton on 2 Sept John H. Adams Oakwood Paulding OH Chart'd 29 Jan CPL Owen M. Gray La Rue Marion OH Chart'd 8 Nov. 275 CPL Morris Stroufe Mt. Orab Brown OH Must'd 18 Nov. ; Chart'd 20 Nov. 276 J. H. Kelley Corning Perry OH Chart'd 13 Nov. 277 John Dennie Clarington Monroe OH 277 David Giffin Sabina Clinton OH 277 Jordan Arcadia Hancock OH 277 Veterans Dayton Montgomery OH 278 Armstrong Hayesville Ashland OH Chart'd 28 Nov. 279 Greenwich Greenwich Huron OH Chart'd 6 Dec. 280 Barnes Waverly Pike OH PVT John R. T. Barnes (c Chart'd 30 Nov. 1861), Co. G, 1st OH Inf., KIA at Vienna, VA, on 17 June First Pike County man to offer up his life for his country. 281 J. E. Coomer Ashley Delaware OH Chart'd 12 Dec. 282 Hampton Lorain Lorain OH 282 LeBlond Celina Mercer OH 282 Logan Brecksville Cuyahoga OH Chart'd February ; re-org 30 Dec Stanley Forest Hardin OH Chart'd 11 Apr Ray Heller Whitehouse Lucas OH 285 Hughes Malta Morgan OH Chart'd 17 Apr. 286 Wesley Weller Deavertown Morgan OH 286 David Giffin Sabina Clinton OH Chart'd 9 Feb. 287 Scioto Scioto Scioto OH Named for the community in Chart'd 29 Dec. 288 Thomas Dew Buchtel Athens OH Chart'd 4 Jan. 289 Quiggle Swanton Fulton OH PVT Ozro F. Quiggle (c ), Co I, 14th OH Inf., KIA near Milledgeville, GA, on 22 Nov Chart'd 3 Jan Twenty-three charter members. Listed as Morris Scroufe Post in the 1913 Proceedings. National Tribune, 17 May ; Sur. 1920, 1921 About thirty charter members. National Tribune, 7 Dec. ; History of Lower Scioto Valley, OH, ; Dept. Proceedings, 1913 Sur. 1918, Axline Roseville Muskingam OH Chart'd 1 Jan. Associated with Axline Corps, 316, WRC. 291 McFarland Orangeville / Burghill Trumbull OH Org. Jan. National Tribune, 20 Sept. 292 Ellis Marseilles Wyandot OH CPL Benjamin Ellis (c ), Co. D, 81st OH Inf., died 18 Mar.. Chart'd 2 Feb. A Brief History of Wyandot County, OH, 2015 SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( Ohio Page 13 of 29

14 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 293 John Briney North Lewisburg Champaign OH PVT John K. Briney (c ), Co. A, 66th OH Inf., KIA at Port Republic, VA, on 9 June Chart'd 18 Jan. History of Champaign County, OH, 1917; Dept. Proceedings, First man from the township killed in the war. 294 Bentley Mantua Station Portage OH Chart'd 21 Jan. 295 Thomas J. Stanley Lower Salem Washington OH Chart'd 14 Feb. ; Must'd 22 Feb. (Washington's Birthday) Twenty charter members. National Tribune, 15 Mar. ; 296 Wayne Orrville Wayne OH Must'd 9 Feb. ; Chart'd 10 Feb. Listed as Swan Post in the National Tribune, 1 Mar.. National Tribune, 1 Mar. ; 297 Jerimiah Galehouse Doylestown Wayne OH Dis Disbanded with four members. Bowen, B. F., 1910, History of Wayne County 298 G. W. Hughes Nashville Holmes OH Chart'd and Must'd 20 Feb. Fifty-one charter members. National Tribune, 1 Mar. ; 299 Langston Covington Miami OH Chart'd 20 Mar Johnson & Steele South Bloomingville Hocking OH 301 COL Dove Coalton Jackson OH LTC David Dove ( ), 2nd WV Cav., resigned on 5 July 1864 due to wounds received in service. He died on 12 Jan from health issues related to his earlier wounds. Buried in Fairmont Cem., Jackson, Jackson County. Chart'd 12 Mar. 302 CPT Keyes Tupper's Plains Meigs OH Chart'd 24 Mar. ; re-org December Joe Henley Leesburg Highland OH Must'd 16 Mar. ; Chart'd 17 Mar. 304 Dick Mason Lowell Washington OH Chart'd and Must'd 24 Mar. 305 COL E. M. Mast Fredericksburg Wayne OH Chart'd 22 Mar. 306 Henry Hart Brookfield OH 306 Alliance Alliance Stark OH Named for the community in 306 William H. Ulrey Owensville Clermont OH Chart'd 25 Aug. 307 Henry McCarthy Fayetteville Brown OH 308 Harrison Frazier Dunbarton Adams OH Must'd 7 May 309 Fisher Londonville Ashland OH Chart'd 3 Apr. 310 Newton Falls Newton Falls Trumbull OH Named for the community in Chart'd 31 Aug. Sur. 1918, 1919 Forty-two charter members. National Tribune, 5 Apr. ; Twenty-three charter members. National Tribune, 5 Apr. ; Sur. 1920, 1921 Thirty-one charter members. National Tribune, 24 May 310 James H. Bradley Stryker Williams OH 311 Hamilton Brownsville / Gratiot Licking OH Chart'd April 311 Hopewell Hopewell Muskingam OH Named for the community in 312 F. F. Wildes Coolville / Sarahsville Noble OH 312 Center Coolville / Sarahsville Noble OH Chart'd 25 July Luther Devol Carbon Hill Hocking OH 314 Miller - Moody Bellville Richland OH Chart'd April 315 Mitchel - Bethel Flushing Belmont OH Chart'd 21 May 316 Fenton Hamden Junction Vinton OH Chart'd 27 Apr. SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( Ohio Page 14 of 29

15 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 317 Dick Cheatham Beverly Washington OH SGT Richard B. "Dick" Cheatham (c ), Co. D, 63rd OH Inf., died of wounds at Memphis, TN, on 18 July First Civil War soldier whose remains were brought back to Beverly for burial. Chart'd 15 May 317 William Tanley Warrenton Jefferson OH 318 Steadman Warrenton Jefferson OH 318 Edward F. Noyes Cincinnati Hamilton OH 319 McKendrey Murlin Mendon Mercer OH Chart'd 10 May 320 Henry Hatfield Round Head Hardin OH Chart'd 25 May 321 Scott Commercial Point Pickaway OH 321 John A. Spellman Hilliard Franklin OH Chart'd 9 Sept. 322 Fair Spencerville Allen OH Chart'd 16 June ; Must'd 23 June 323 Willis C. Workman Plainfield Coshocton OH 2LT Willis C. Workman (c ), Co. H, 51st OH Inf., KIA by a sharpshooter at Kennesaw Mountain, GA, on 22 June Buried East Plainfield. 324 John S. Snook Cecil Paulding OH 325 GEN George Crook Crown City Gallia OH MG George R. Crook ( ), famous Civil War and Indian Wars leader. 326 Browley - Trone Eldorado / West Preble OH Manchester Chart'd and Must'd 15 June 326 Thomas McClure / Grover Hill Grover Hill Paulding OH Chart'd 6 May David McIntosh Ravenna Portage OH MG (militia) David McIntosh (? - Chart'd and ), old militia general of Must'd 14 June northern Ohio. A highly patriotic citizen of Portage County, he bequeethed money "to be applied to furnishing flags forever to the county." 328 William H Free Shawnee Perry OH 328 Phil H. Sheridan McConnelsville Morgan OH MG Philip Henry Sheridan (1831- Chart'd 7 June ), famous Civil War leader. 329 Musser Waynesfield Auglaize OH Chart'd 29 June 330 Conger Lexington Richland OH 331 Griffee Frazerburg Muskingam OH Chart'd 29 June 332 W. R. Creighton Caledonia Marion OH 332 J. H. Atkinson Empire Jefferson OH 333 Earl - Milliken Windham Portage OH Chart'd 29 June 334 Henry Harriman Mansfield Logan OH 335 Ruckel / Ruckle Monclova Lucas OH 336 I. N. Leggett Montville Geauga OH Chart'd 14 July 337 James Smith Wellston Jackson OH Chart'd 12 July 338 William H. Lutz Yellow Bud Ross OH 339 Plumb Hamer OH 339 C. L. Duffield Germano Harrison OH 340 U. S. Grant / Veteran Guard Cincinnati Hamilton OH GEN Ulysses Simpson Grant 1822-), famous Civil War leader, later US President. Chart'd 10 July 341 CPT Kinser Rockbridge Hocking OH 341 H. G. Frost Frost Athens OH Chart'd 16 Apr Listed as McKendree Murlin Post in the 1913 Proceedings. Twenty-nine charter members. National Tribune, 5 July ; Thirty-four charter members. Fifty-seven charter members. National Tribune, 28 June ; National Tribune, 28 June ; History of Portage County, ; Dept. Proceedings, 1913 SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( Ohio Page 15 of 29

16 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 342 Jonathan Casto Blanchester Clinton OH 2LT Jonathan Casto (c ), Co. A, 47th OH Inf., died at Vicksburg, MS, on 20 June 1863, Chart'd 21 July ; History of Franklin County, OH, 1930 from wounds received there on 19 May Cambridge Cambridge Guernsey OH Named for the community in Chart'd 18 Feb. 344 Dan McCook Smithfield Jefferson OH BG Daniel McCook, Jr. ( ), mortally wounded at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, GA, on 27 June Died 17 July Famous Civil War leader, one of the "fighting McCooks." 344 Graham Thompson New Paris Preble OH 345 Thomas Lilly Georgeville Franklin OH 345 Dr. William P. Johnson Glouster Athens OH Chart'd 10 May J. R. Dixon Gillespieville Ross OH 347 Lewis Xenia Greene OH CPT John Lewis, Co. E, 12th OH Inf., and Co. K, 128 OH Inf. Chart'd 22 Feb. Twenty-six charter members. History of Greene County, Ohio, James Mann Steuben Huron OH 349 John W. Lowe New Richmond Clermont OH 350 Commodore Perry Cleveland Cuyahoga OH Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry ( ), famous US Navy officer Broadway (1889) Chart'd 21 July The Cleveland Directory, 1889; 351 Heath Willshire Van Wert OH Chart'd 15 Aug. 352 Watkins - Andrews Trimble Athens OH 353 Sul Stevens Morrow Warren OH Chart'd 1 Aug. 354 David Van Fossen Mechanicstown / Carroll OH Wattsville 354 James A. Elder Clifton Green OH Chart'd 10 Aug A. J. Sykes Chicago Junction Huron OH Chart'd 14 Apr. 356 Fuller Smith Sullivan Ashland OH Chart'd August 357 Monroe Sedan Scioto OH 358 Burnham Madison Lake OH Chart'd 13 Sept. 359 Brough Cleveland Cuyahoga OH Chart'd 12 Oct. 360 O. G. Sherwin Westboro Clinton OH Chart'd 31 Aug. 361 Reese - Mitchell Camden Preble OH Chart'd John Archibald Stafford Monroe OH Org. 11 Sept. National Tribune, 20 Sept. 363 Oliver P. Davis Chambersburg Columbiana OH 363 D. L. Morton Eureka Gallia OH Chart'd 22 Aug. Sur. 1918, Henry Lincoln Oberlin Lorain OH Chart'd 27 Aug. 365 Francis Smith Jackson Jackson OH Chart'd 30 Aug. 366 John W. Fowler New Lexington Perry OH Chart'd 12 Sept. 367 James B. Cross Enon Clark OH 367 John Cudheor Junction OH 368 Brooklyn Brooklyn Village Cuyahoga OH Named for the community in GAR Hall (1889) Chart'd 6 Sept. The Cleveland Directory, 1889; 369 Dan W. Williams Pleasant Hill Miami OH Chart'd 17 Sept. 370 W. W. Simpson Belle Center Logan OH Chart'd 30 Aug. 371 Pryor Timmons Clarksburg Ross OH Re-org. 17 Mar Drury Neptune Mercer OH 373 LT Robert Wilson Cameron Monroe OH Sur. 1918, 1919 SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( Ohio Page 16 of 29