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1 National GAR Records Program - Historical Summary of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Posts by State SOUTH DAKOTA 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 SD Org. 27 February 002 Jos. Mower La Moure SD MG Joseph Anthony Mower ( ), famous Civil War Dis. 31 Jan Department of Dakota organized 27 February. Name changed to Department of South Dakota on 11 April 1890, after North Dakota formed its own Department. The Department became inactive (businees being conducted by the WRC) on 6 June 1939, and stopped filing reports from that time forward. The Department terminated with the death of its last Commander, Levi Van Voorhis, on 31 January Carnahan, Kilpatrick Huron Beadle SD MG Hugh Judson Kilpatrick ( ), famous Civil War 005 George H. Thomas Redfield Spink SD MG George Henry Thomas ( ), famous Civil War Chart'd 25 Mar. ; Re-org. 21 July National Tribune, 2 Aug. ; Must'd April 006 Ransom Mitchell Davison SD 007 Phil Kearney Yankton Yankton SD MG Philip Kearny, Jr. ( ), KIA at Chantilly, VA, on 1 Sept Famous Civil War Chart'd 9 May 008 Miner Vermillion Clay SD Must'd 6 May 009 Stephen A. Hurlburt Elk Point Union SD MG Stephen Augustus Hurlbut Must'd 12 May (1815-), one of the founding fathers of the GAR. 010 Joe Hooker Sioux Falls Minnehaha SD MG Joseph Hooker ( ), Chart'd 2 May famous Civil War 011 GEN Lyon Canton Lincoln SD BG Nathaniel Lyon ( ), KIA at Wilson's Creek, MO, 10 August Canby Miller Hand SD MG Edward Richard Sprigg Canby ( ), famous Civil War leader, KIA in the Modoc Indian Wars, CA, 11 April May Org. 28 Nov. Jamestown Weekly Alert (ND), 15 Dec. 013 Sully Pierre Hughes SD Chart'd 23 Dec. 014 Brad Waller Athol Spink SD Chart'd 19 June 015 C. C. Washburn Egan Moody SD Org. 15 Feb. 017 J. H. Carleton Parker Turner SD Dis. December Schaffer Montrose McCook SD Must'd 13 Mar. Sur. 019 Robert Anderson Aberdeen Brown SD MAJ (Bvt. MG) Robert Anderson Chart'd 12 Jan. ( ), commander of the, Must'd 12 garrison at Fort Sumter when it Jan was bombarded at the outset of the Civil War. 020 Dahlgren Dell Rapids Minnehaha SD The Post hall burned in the fall of. National Tribune, 27 Nov. ; Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR Nat'l Encampment Proceedings, 1898 SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( South Dakota Page 1 of 6

2 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 021 COL Ellsworth Lennox Lincoln SD COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth ( ), colonel in the New York Fire Zouaves (11th N.Y. Inf.), who was the first Union casualty of the Civil War, killed by a pro- Confederacy innkeeper in Alexandria, VA, on 24 May Civil War hero and martyr. Chart'd 10 June 022 GEN James Shields Madison Lake SD Chart'd 25 Sept. 023 George H. Stevens Howard Miner SD Org. 25 May Original charter was destroyed by fire, and a new one was issued on 14 December. 024 Burnside Cavour Beadle SD MG Ambrose Everett Burnside ( ), famous Civil War 20 Jan. 025 McArthur Woonsocket Sanborn SD 026 GEN John Sedgwick Salem McCook SD MG John Sedgwick ( ), famous Civil War leader, KIA Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May John A. Rawlins Plankinton Aurora SD BG John Aaron Rawlins ( ), famous Civil War 028 Harney Rapid City Pennington SD 029 E. O. C. Ord Wessington Springs Jerauld SD MG Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818-), famous Civil War IOOF Hall () Chart'd 15 Sept. Must'd 25 Aug. 030 John A. Dix Highmore Hyde SD Must'd 4 Sept. 031 Edward S. McCook Hurley Turner SD COL Edwin Stanton McCook Chart'd 5 Sept. ( ), 31st IL Inf. Famous Civil War leader and post-war politician. One of the "fighting McCooks." 032 Meade Gettysburg Potter SD 033 T. O. Howe Hitchcock / Altoona Beadle SD Must'd 25 July 034 McKenzie Chamberlain Brule SD 035 Reno Kimball Brule SD Chart'd 15 Oct. Sur Dis Twenty-four charter members. National Tribune, 6 Sept. ; Anson S. McCook Centerville Turner SD Org. Oct. Ten charter members. Department records state that the number 46 was given to this Post after Frank P. Blair Post, 46, disbanded in. 036 GEN Harrison Alexandria Hanson SD 038 GEN Steedman Springfield Bon Homme SD MG James Blair Steedman ), famous Civil War 039 Baker Lake Preston Kingsbury SD Chart'd 10 Nov. 040 GEN Haskins Gary Deuel SD Must'd 10 Nov. 041 Edward Welch White Brookings SD Must'd 12 Nov. 042 GEN A. A. Humphrey Milbank Grant SD MG Albert Atkinson Humphreys Must'd Jan. (1810-), famous Civil War 043 GEN Sheridan Geddes / Bloomington Charles Mix SD MG Philip Henry Sheridan (1831- ), famous Civil War 043 Gordon Granger Alexandria Hanson SD MG Gordon Granger ( ), famous Civil War 045 Ralph Ely Columbia Brown SD Org. 15 Mar Frank P. Blair Waterbury Jerauld SD MG Franklin Preston Blair, Jr. ( ), famous Civil War National Tribune, 18 Oct. ; Org. 17 Oct. Sixteen charter members. National Tribune, 8 Nov. Sur. 19 Mar Twenty-five charter members. Forty charter members. The National Tribune reported that the Post was mustered at George Meade Post. Org. Dis The Post originally organized at Geddes. When the railroad was extended to Bloomington in, the Post moved its headquarters to that town. Org. 28 Feb. Dis. National Tribune, 20 Sept. ; Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR National Tribune, 10 Jan. Thirteen charter members. National Tribune, 24 Apr. ; Also listed as Frank T. Blair Post. When the Post disbanded in, the members transferred to Anson S. McCook Post, 46, in Centerville. 36, and Frank P. Blair Post, Anson S. McCook Centerville Turner SD c. Took the number 46 circa. See also Anson S. McCook Post, 047 Jack G. Sturgis Fort Meade Meade SD Must'd 21 Feb. SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( South Dakota Page 2 of 6

3 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 048 Abe Lincoln Sturgis Bon Homme SD Abraham Lincoln ( ), 16th President of the United Org. 20 Oct. Existed one year. States. 048 GEN Winfield Scott Ipswich Edmunds SD MG Winfield Scott ( ), famous Mexican War leader, and early leader in the Civil War. 049 Joseph A. Mower Mellette Spink SD MG Joseph Anthony Mower ( ), famous Civil War Org. Existed for three years. 050 GEN Wadsworth Flandreau Moody SD 051 O. P. Morton Armour Douglas SD Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton ( ), Governor of Indiana during the Civil War. 052 Farragut Spearfish Lawrence SD ADM David Glasgow Farragut ( ), famous Civil War leader and former Commandant of Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Must'd 15 Mar. Must'd 7 Mar. 053 COL Ellis St. Lawrence Hand SD Must'd Mar. Thirteen charter members. National Tribune, 24 Apr. 054 Thomas Elsom Northville Spink SD PVT Thomas Elsom (c ), Co. F, 8th NY Cav., died of disease at Carlton, NY, on 11 Apr His brother, Joseph (same unit), was a member of the Post. Chart'd 29 Mar. Fifteen charter members. National Tribune, 24 Apr. ; 055 Hancock Oakwood Brookings SD Must'd 13 Mar. 058 Dumont Blunt Highmore SD Must'd 27 Mar. 059 Freeman Thayer Watertown Codington SD Must'd 16 April 060 Marion Walker Willow Lakes Clark SD Must'd 13 Oct. 061 Sol. Meredith Frankfort Spink SD BG Soloman "Sol" Meredith (1810- Must'd 18 April 1875), famous Civil War Sur. 15 May 1890 Reportedly took the number 60 from a defunct Post that had existed in Doland. 062 GEN Upton Ashton Spink SD Must'd 19 Apr. 063 Ricketts Ethan / Rome Davison SD BG (Bvt. MG) James Brewerton Must'd 24 June Ricketts (1817-), famous Civil War 064 Keogh Deadwood Lawrence SD Must'd 30 May 067 COL Kirk Andover Day SD Must'd 12 July 068 Devine Arlington Brookings / SD Kingsbury 069 GEN G. M. Dodge Beresford Union SD MG Grenville Mellen Dodge ( ), famous Civil War Died at Council Bluffs, IA, on 3 Jan Railroad man after the Civil War. 070 GEN Crocker Webster Day SD Must'd 11 June 071 Parkhurst Oelrichs Fall River SD Must'd 8 Mar. 072 Phil. H. Sheridan Faulkton Faulk SD MG Philip Henry Sheridan (1831- Must'd 15 July ), famous Civil War 074 Robert L. McCook Brookings Brookings SD BG Robert Latimer McCook ( ), died of wounds at Huntsville, AL, on 6 August Famous Civil War One of the "fighting McCooks." 075 COL Frank Haskell Artesian City Sanborn SD COL Frank Aretas Haskell ( ), 36th WI Inf., KIA at Cold Harbor, VA, on 3 June Must'd 4 Sept. 076 COL Hughes White Lake Aurora SD Chart'd 19 Apr. 077 Atlanta Olivet Hutchinson SD Atlanta, GA, site of major Civil Org. 24 April War battle (campaign). Sur. 11 Aug Sur Sur. 3 May 1893 Sur. 18 Oct Fourteen charter members. National Tribune, 6 Nov. ; SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( South Dakota Page 3 of 6

4 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 077 Heintzleman Scotland Bon Homme SD MG Samuel Peter Heintzelman ( ), famous Civil War Must'd 3 Oct. Dis. 078 GEN Sherman Clear Lake Deuel SD MG William Tecumseh Sherman ( ), famous Civil War Must'd 19 Dec. 078 Grierson Tyndall Bon Homme SD Must'd 4 Oct. 081 Edwin M. Stanton Lead Lawrence SD Edwin McMasters Stanton ( ), Secretary of War under President Lincoln. 082 Harvey DeSmet Kingsbury SD Must'd 25 Oct. 085 W. H. L. Wallace Alpena Jerauld SD BG William Hervey Lamme Org. 30 Apr. Wallace ( ), mortally wounded at Shiloh, died 19 Apr Morgan L. Smith Harrold Hughes SD Must'd 24 Mar. 089 Iroquois Iroquois Kingsbury SD Named for the community in Must'd 10 May which the Post was based. 090 William McCain Wolsey Beadle SD Chart'd 20 May 091 GEN McDowell Fort Randall Gregory SD Must'd 25 June 093 COL Grambee Bijou Hills Brule SD 094 GEN Steele Custer Custer SD MG Frederick Steele ( ), Civil War leader, died in California January U. S. Grant Onida Sully SD Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant 1822-), famous Civil War leader, later US President. Org. 15 Oct. Dis The last meeting was held on 26 Feb Sur c. The last meeting was reportedly held on 27 April. Sur. Sur. 15 Dec. 7 Dec. Chart'd 14 Nov. 096 GEN Weitzel Clark Clark SD 098 GEN Sherman / Clear Lake Clear Lake Deuel SD MG William Tecumseh Sherman ( ), famous Civil War 099 COL George Estelline Hamlin SD Must'd 24 Dec. 101 Greathouse Castalia Charles Mix SD Org. 25 Dec. 103 Thomas J. Levette Groton Brown SD Chart'd 10 Mar. 104 William F. Dawes Warner Brown SD Must'd 28 Jan. 105 GEN W. S. Hancock Elkton Brookings SD BG Winfield Scott Hancock (1824- ), famous Civil War and Mexican War 106 Abraham Lincoln Mount Vernon Davison SD Abraham Lincoln ( ), 16th President of the United States. 107 GEN J. A. Kellogg Wentworth Lake SD Brevet Brigadier General John Azor Kellogg (1828-), Major, 6th Wisconsin Infantry. 108 Fort Donelson Eden / Hudson Lincoln SD Fort Donelson, TN, site of major Civil War battle in Feb Must'd 10 Feb. Must'd 20 Feb. ; Chart'd 3 Mar. Org. 10 Mar. ; Re-org. 10 Nov COL Jones Bonilla Beadle SD Must'd 17 Mar. 110 GEN S. R. Curtis Bridgewater McCook SD MG Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805- Chart'd 7 Mar. 1866), famous Civil War Died at Council Bluffs, IA, on 26 Dec GEN Rowley Frederick Brown SD Chart'd 4 Feb. 114 George Washington Valley Springs Minnehaha SD George Washington ( ), 1st President of the United States. Sus Sur Sus. Sur. 3 Mar Seventeen charter members. Original charter was destroyed by fire. A replacement was issued on 6 July. Originally organized at Eden. It lasted only two years. It reorganized in 1899 in Hudson with the same namesake and number. Mitchell Daily Republican, 23 Feb. ; Alice B. Muller, 1932 (SD GAR 115 John B. Wyman Wessington Beadle SD Must'd 3 April ; Re-org. 27 Sept. SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( South Dakota Page 4 of 6

5 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 116 COL David T. Jenkins Ree Heights Hand SD COL David T. Jenkins (c ), 146th NY Inf., KIA at Chart'd 26 June Wilderness, VA, on 5 May George J. Stannard Loyalton Edmunds SD BG (Bvt. MG) George Jerrison Stannard (1820-), famous Civil War Deid in Washington, D.C., on 1 June. 119 E. H. Kennedy Volga Brookings SD Chart'd 26 Aug. 121 GEN Hendrick Britton Marshall SD Chart'd 4 Feb. 123 Thomas S. Free Canistota McCook SD 12 Mar. ; Chart'd 16 Mar. 126 Wm. L. Utley Parkston Hutchinson SD Must'd 9 June ; Chart'd 14 June 127 Silas A. Strickland Hot Springs Fall River SD Chart'd 1 July 128 Samuel T. Allen / R. B. Hayes Buffalo Gap Custer SD BG Rutherford Birchard Hayes ( ), famous Civil War leader, 19th President of the United States. 129 Mansfield Hermosa Custer SD 132 Gettysburg Roscoe Edmunds SD Gettysburg, PA, site of major Civil War battle, Chart'd 1 July Chart'd 29 July 134 W. H. Fisher Rockham Faulk SD Chart'd 14 Mar. 137 MAJ J. B. Wiley Henry Codington SD Chart'd 7 April 138 GEN D. H. Strother Hecla Brown SD COL (Bvt. BG) David Hunter Chart'd 5 June Strother (1816-), 3rd WV Cav. Sur. 30 May Sur Dis. 15 Oct Resacca Claremont / Langford Brown SD Chart'd 5 June Sur. 1 Jan. 140 COL Hawkins Bristol Day SD Chart'd 18 June Dis. C1890; Dis. ; re-chart'd 30 June Aug D. M. Evans Raymond Clark SD Chart'd 10 Aug. Sus. 143 Calvin Duke Sturgis Bon Homme SD Chart'd 30 July 146 Luther C. Ladd LaGrace / Mound City Campbell SD Chart'd 4 June Sus. 147 Simon Camron Leola McPherson SD Chart'd July Sur. 20 May GEN Mansfield / William Stanley Hermosa Custer SD Org. 1 July ; Re-chart'd 4 Sept. 150 John Mangen Bangor (Sleby) Walworth SD PVT John Mangan, Co. H, 1st US Artillery, reportedly one of the men serving at Fort Sumter when it was bombarded in April Chart'd Sus. Orginally called Samuel T. Allen Post, it changed its name in 1897 to R. B. Hayes Post. The Post was rechartered as Harvey Post in Originally called GEN Mansfield Post, 148. It was short lived. The Post was rechartered in as William Stanley Post, GEN Brooks Wilmot Roberts SD Must'd 16 Aug. 1890; Chart'd 9 Oct GEN Crook Whitewood Lawrence SD MG George R. Crook ( ), famous Civil War and Indian Wars 154 GEN John A. Logan Alcester Union SD MG John Alexander Logan (1826- ), famous Civil War Chart'd 20 May 1891 Must'd 29 May GEN Warren Shedd Hill City Pennington SD Must'd 28 Jan. 156 Custer Carthage Miner SD MG George Armstrong Custer Must'd 18 June ( ). KIA at Little Bighorn, MT, on 25 June Famous Civil War (and Indian Wars) SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( South Dakota Page 5 of 6

6 Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 157 Merritt Wakonda Clay SD Chart'd 21 July 158 McPherson Esmond Kingsbury SD Org. 19 Jan Sur. 31 Mar William M. Rogers Doland (LaDelle) Spink SD Org. 29 Aug A. J. Hamilton Belle Fourche Butte SD Chart'd 9 July GEN John Gibbon Sisseton Roberts SD MG John Gibbon ( ), famous Civil War Died at Chart'd 14 Apr Baltimore, MD, on 6 Feb McLean Letcher Sanborn SD Must'd 7 May McPherson Fairfax Gregory SD Chart'd 1908 Dis COL Campbell Sioux Falls Minnehaha SD Chart'd 1909 Sur. 30 June 1915? Hasted Blunt Hughes SD Must'd Mar. Twenty-eight charter members. National Tribune, 24 Apr. List of Abbreviations: Org. = Organized Chart'd = Chartered Must'd = Mustered In Dis. = Disbanded Sur. = Surrendered Charter Sus.= Suspended 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: 1/19/2018 SUVCW - GAR Records Program ( South Dakota Page 6 of 6

Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary

Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary National GAR Records Program - Historical Summary of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Posts by State MARYLAND Prepared by the National Organization SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR INCORPORATED