National GAR Records Program - Historical Summary of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Posts by State WASHINGTON 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 WA/AK Org. 20 June 1883 001 (Isaac) Stevens Seattle King WA/AK MG Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862), KIA at Battle of Chantilly, VA, on 1 September 1862. First territorial governor of the Washington Territory. Famous Civil War leader and local hero. 002 Ellsworth Vancouver Clark WA/AK COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (1837-1861), 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 1861. Civil War hero and martyr. Org. 27 June 1878 Provisional Department of Washington Territory organized 10 July 1878. The permanent Department of Washington was organized 20 June 1883 with 7 Posts. The name was changed to Department of Washington and Alaska by General Order 11, issued by CinC William Warner on 13 August. Beath, ; National Proceedings, ; Carnahan, 1893 Beath, Veterans' Hall (1927) Org. 1 Jan. 1881 Thirty-three charter members. 1900; Seattle Daily Times, 20 Nov. 1927; Vancouver Area Chronology 1784-1958, by Carl Landerholm, 1960 003 Alfred Sully Dayton Columbia WA/AK BG Alfred Sully (1820-1879), famous military leader (Civil War an otherwise). Died at Vancouver Barracks, Washington Territory 27 Apr. 1879. 004 Abraham Lincoln Walla Walla Walla Walla WA/AK Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States. Must'd 27 Jan. 1881; Re-org. 15 Nov. 1882 Masonic Hall (1882) Org. 8 Feb. 1881; Chart'd 18 Feb. 1881 Sur. 1881 Twelve charter members (1881). It surrendered it first charter after about 5 months. Twenty-five charter members (1882). Gilbert, 1882, Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Counties; National Tribune, 7 Dec. 1882, 21 Dec. ; 1900 Gilbert, 1882, Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Counties; Washington Historian, April 1900 005 George H. Thomas Olympia Thurston WA/AK MG George Henry Thomas (1816-1870), famous Civil War Org. 13 Apr. 1881 1900 006 Custer New Tacoma / Tacoma Pierce WA/AK MG George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876). KIA at Little Bighorn, MT, on 25 June 1876. Famous Civil War (and Indian Wars) 007 Phil Kearney Toledo Lewis WA/AK MG Philip Kearny, Jr. (1815-1862), KIA at Chantilly, VA, on 1 Sept. 1862. Famous Civil War 008 Sedgwick Spokane Spokane WA/AK MG John Sedgwick (1813-1864), famous Civil War leader, KIA Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May 1864. 009 Meade Yakima Yakima WA/AK 010 O. P. Morton Snohomish Snohomish WA/AK Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (1823-1877), Governor of Indiana during the Civil War. 011 James A. Parsons / David Ford Ellensburg Kittitas WA/AK 1) James A. Parsons (no details). 2) PVT David Ford (1837-1887), Co. A, 84th IN Inf., died 30 Mar. 1887, and buried in IOOF Cem., Ellensburg. Org. 24 May 1879; Chart'd 2 June 1881 Org. 1881 Sur. Mar. 1929 The last two members of the Post were R. L. Cavlin and John A. Shultz, who reportedly surrendered the Post charter about 18 Mar. 1929, and turned the Post equipment over to the local American Legion Post. Must'd 25 Apr. 1884 Originally James A. Parsons Post. The membership changed its namesake in 1898 to honor Post Quartermaster David Ford, who died in March of that year. 1900; Loran Bures, SUVCW, May 2017 1900; Chehalis Bee-Nugget, 22 Mar. 1929 An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas Counties, 1904 SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Washington Page 1 of 6
Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 012 McPherson Kalama Cowlitz WA/AK Must'd 14 Apr. 1884 Twenty-two charter members. National Tribune, 1 May 1884 013 James A. Garfield Montesano Grays Harbor WA/AK MG James Abram Garfield (1831-1881), Civil War leader and later US President (assassinated). 014 Philo Buckman Sprague Lincoln WA/AK 015 Farragut Port Townsend Jefferson WA/AK ADM David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870), famous Civil War leader and former Commandant of Mare Island Naval Shipyard. 016 John A. Logan Garfield Whitman WA/AK MG John Alexander Logan (1826-1886), famous Civil War 016 John H. Henslee La Center Clark WA/AK 017 Luther C. Ladd Puyallup Pierce WA/AK PVT Luther C. Ladd (1843-1861), Pullman Herald, 18 Apr. Co. D, 6th MA Inf., KIA during an attack by a mob at Baltimore, MD, on 19 Apr. 1861. 018 Larabee La Conner Skagit WA/AK 019 Nathaniel Lyon Colfax Whitman WA/AK BG Nathaniel Lyon (1818-1861), KIA at Wilson's Creek, MO, 10 August 1861. 020 Baker Goldendale Klickitat WA/AK 021 Thomas Drury Fort Spokane Spokane WA/AK 022 McDowell Pomeroy Garfield WA/AK 023 GEN George Wright Cheney Spokane WA/AK BG George Wright (1803-1865), famous Civil War leader, lost at sea off California, 30 July 1865, aboard the SS Brother Jonathan. 024 J. B. Steadman Bellingham Whatcom WA/AK MG James Blair Steedman (1817-1883), famous Civil War 025 Joe Hooker Chehalis Lewis WA/AK MG Joseph Hooker (1814-1879), famous Civil War 026 U. S. Grant Seattle King WA/AK GEN Ulysses Simpson Grant 1822-1885), famous Civil War leader, later US President. 027 Canby Ilwaco Pacific WA/AK MG Edward Richard Sprigg Canby (1817-1873), famous Civil War leader, KIA in the Modoc Indian Wars, CA, 11 April 1873. Must'd 19 June 1886; Re-org. 18 May 1894 Sur. 11 Apr. 028 GEN Warren Walla Walla Walla Walla WA/AK 029 MAJ Anderson Palouse Whitman WA/AK 030 O. M. Mitchell Lacamas Clark WA/AK MG Ormsby McKnight Michel (1809-1862), died of yellow fever at Beaufort, SC. Famous Civil War 031 John F. Miller Seattle King WA/AK GEN John F. Miller, U.S. Senator from California Org. Dec. 1886 032 Reynolds Blaine Whatcom WA/AK 033 E. N. / E. M. Baker Walla Walla Walla Walla WA/AK Sur. 1 Jan. 034 Lindsay Rosalia / Pine City Whitman WA/AK 035 D.A. Russell Mt. Vernon Skagit WA/AK 037 J. J. Lewis Asotin Asotin WA/AK Must'd 7 Oct. 1887 038 Frank P. Blair Spangle Spokane WA/AK MG Franklin Preston Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), famous Civil War 039 R. L. McCook Wilbur / Sherman Lincoln WA/AK BG Robert Latimer McCook (1827-1862), died of wounds at Huntsville, AL, on 6 August 1862. Famous Civil War One of the "fighting McCooks." 040 Burnside Waitsburg Walla Walla WA/AK MG Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824-1881), famous Civil War 041 J. B. Wyman Rockford Spokane WA/AK (presumably) COL John Baker Wyman (1817-1862), 13th IL Inf., KIA at Chickasaw Bayou, MS, on 28 Dec. 1862. Sur. Feb. Surrendered charter with 15 members on the roll. Dept. Proceedings) Sur. 1 Jan. Surrendered charter with 16 members. Morning Oregonian, 20 Dec. 1886 Mustered at Astoria. National Tribune, 3 Nov. 1887 Surrendered charter with 13 members. Must'd Apr. 1888 The Enterprise (Rockford, IL), 7 Apr. 1888; National Tribune, 19 April 1888 SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Washington Page 2 of 6
Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 042 Lynch Lynden Whatcom WA/AK 043 W. S. Hancock Cosmopolis Grays Harbor WA/AK BG Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886), famous Civil War and Mexican War 044 Phil H. Sheridan Tacoma Pierce WA/AK MG Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888), famous Civil War Must'd 19 June Thirteen charter members. 045 H. A. Miles Waterville Douglas WA/AK Must'd 046 William B. Hazen Ritzville Adams WA/AK MG William Babcock Hazen (1830-1887), famous Civil War 047 GEN J. L. Reno Spokane Spokane WA/AK MG Jesse Lee Reno (1823-1862), Civil War leader, KIA at South Mountain, MD, 14 September 1862. 048 Pacific Port Angeles Clallam WA/AK Must'd 21 Feb. 049 Kit Carson Kelso Cowlitz WA/AK 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. 050 Centralia / T. P. Price Centralia Lewis WA/AK Must'd 28 May 051 GEN Grover Slaughter (Auburn) King WA/AK BG (Bvt. MG) Cuvier Grover (1828-1885), famous Civil War Must'd 16 Nov. 052 Washington Hoquiam Grays Harbor WA/AK Must'd 5 Dec. 053 Whitman Pullman Whitman WA/AK Must'd 27 Dec. 054 C. M. Reed Orting Pierce WA/AK 055 T. T. Minor Winlock Lewis WA/AK Thomas Taylor Minor, M.D. (1844- ), Assistant Surgeon, 33rd US Colored Troops. A member of John F. Miller Post, 31, of Seattle, he died in a canoe accident and the body was never recovered. 056 LT Cushing Ballard King WA/AK 057 H. G. Sickles Vashon King WA/AK COL (Bvt. MG) Horatio Gates Sickles / Sickel (1817-), 198th PA Inf. Originally chartered as Centralia Post, 50. It changed its named by. Twenty charter members. Twelve charter members. National Tribune, 14 March Must'd The Post is also reported to have been based in Napavine. Must'd 14 Jun. Associated with H. G. Sickles Corps, 37, WRC. Vashon Island History (website); Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, 13 Nov. 2013; Dept. Proceedings) 058 C. M. Kellogg Ferndale Whatcom WA/AK Must'd 14 Jun. Dept. Proceedings) 059 C. R. Apperson Fairhaven Whatcom WA/AK Must'd June Thirty-one charter members. Mustered on the 21st or 24th of June (there is conflicting information in the Department Dept. Proceedings) Proceedings of ). 060 C. W. H. Bentley Reardan Lincoln WA/AK SGT Calvin William Howe Bentley (1832-1888), Co. E, 42nd MO Inf., came to WA in 1882 and became prominent and influential in the area. Buried at Spring Creek Cem., Reardan. Must'd 24 June Noted in an GAR publication as being based in Crescent, Washington. This appears to have been an error. All other sources indicate the Post was based in Reardan. Thirteen charter members. An Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, 1904; Loran Bures, SUVCW (from Dept. Proceedings) 061 James J. Andrews Oakesdale Whitman WA/AK Must'd 9 Aug. 062 GEN Milroy Latah / Tekoa Whitman WA/AK BG Robert Huston Milroy (1816- Must'd 16 Aug. ), famous Civil War Superintendant of Indiana Affairs in Washington Territory post-war. Died in Olympia and buried in Tumwater. 063 GEN George Crook Aberdeen Grays Harbor WA/AK MG George R. Crook (1830- Must'd 1 Nov. ), famous Civil War 064 Wallace Springdale Stevens WA/AK Must'd 24 Jan. Ten charter members. Fourteen charter members. Ten charter members. Dept. Proceedings) Dept. Proceedings) Dept. Proceedings) Dept. Proceedings) SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Washington Page 3 of 6
Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 065 W. T. Sherman Medical Lake Spokane WA/AK MG William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-), famous Civil War Must'd 12 Mar. Dept. Proceedings) 066 Admiral Porter Mossyrock Lewis WA/AK Rear ADM David Dixon Porter (1813-), famous Civil War Must'd 31 Mar. Seventeen charter members. Reportedly mustered at Ferry, Washington (county unknown). Dept. Proceedings) 067 B. F. Stevenson Sumas Whatcom WA/AK Dr. (Surgeon) Benjamin Franklin Stephenson (1822-1871), 14th IL Inf., founder of the Grand Army of the Republic. 068 GEN Emory Anacortes Skagit WA/AK MG William Hemsley Emory (1811-1887), famous Civil War 069 J. C. Fremont South Bend Pacific WA/AK MG John Charles Frémont (1813- ), famous Civil War and Mexican War leader, California pioneer. Must'd 10 Apr. Must'd 11 Apr. Must'd 25 May ; Re-org. 1897; Re-org. 1915 Fifteen charter members. Nineteen charter members. The last surviving member was Timonthy Bailey of Willapa Valley, who died in July 1936. 070 Union Chewelah Stevens WA/AK Must'd June Seventeen charter members. Mustered on either 10 June (per General Order) or 20 June (per Deparrtment Proceedings). 071 J. A. Reynolds Buckley Pierce WA/AK Must'd 10 July Thirteen charter members. 072 A. J. Smith Yakima Yakima WA/AK Must'd July Mustered on either 17 July (per General Order) or 23 July (per Department Proceedings). The Post was reported as being mustered at Half Moon Prairie or Mayer, county unknown in both cases. 073 Everett Sumner Pierce WA/AK Must'd 25 July 074 Silas Casey Friday Harbor San Juan WA/AK Must'd 8 Sept. 075 E. J. Houghton Kettle Falls Stevens WA/AK Edward J. Houghton Must'd 25 Oct. 076 COL Hiram Burnham Kent King WA/AK Must'd 31 Oct. 077 G. R. Pyle Castle Rock Cowlitz WA/AK George R. Pyle Must'd 11 Nov. 078 CPT E. Nichols Quilcene Jefferson WA/AK CPT Edwin Nichols Must'd 21 Nov. 079 GEN Hovey Snoqualmie King WA/AK MG Alvin Peterson Hovey (1821- Must'd 28 Nov. ), famous Civil War leader and post-war Indiana politician. 080 H. R. Loomis Gig Harbor Pierce WA/AK Must'd 25 Dec. 081 Worthington Elma Grays Harbor WA/AK Must'd 5 Jan. 082 U.S. Grant / T. P. Price Centralia Lewis WA/AK Must'd 5 Feb. 083 GEN Saunders Kelso Cowlitz WA/AK Must'd 21 Mar. 084 Commodore Foote Port Orchard Kitsap WA/AK Must'd 23 Mar. 085 GEN Kilpatrick Allyn Mason WA/AK MG Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836-1881), famous Civil War Must'd 26 Apr. Thirteen charter members. Fourteen charter members. Seventeen charter members. Mustered on either 5 December (General Orders) or 25 December (Department Proceedings). Twelve charter members. Twenty-one charter members. Mustered as U.S. Grant Post. Nineteen charter members. Nineteen charter members. Mustered at Sidney (county unknown). Fourteen charter members. Dept. Proceedings) Dept. Proceedings) The Sou'wester (newsletter), Pacific County Hist. Soc., Spring 1987; Loran Bures, SUVCW (from Dept. Proceedings) 086 E. M. Stanton Haller City Snohomish WA/AK Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869), Secretary of War under President Lincoln. 087 J. A. Winslow Tacoma Pierce WA/AK 088 GEN Fred Lander Farmington Whitman WA/AK BG Frederick William Lander (1821-1862), famous Civil War leader, died of pneumonia at Paw Paw, WV, on 2 March 1862. Must'd 28 Apr. Ten charter members. 089 John Buford Everett Snohomish WA/AK MG John Buford, Jr. (1826-1863), famous Civil War leader, died of disease at Washington, D.C., on 16 Dec. 1863. 090 COL E. E. Cross Shelton Mason WA/AK 091 U. S. Grant Orting Pierce WA/AK GEN Ulysses Simpson Grant 1822-1885), famous Civil War leader, later US President. SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Washington Page 4 of 6
Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 092 D. Chaplain Coupeville Island WA/AK 093 GEN Rusk Davenport Lincoln WA/AK LTC (BVT BG) Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1830-1893), 25th WI Inf. Famous Civil War leader and postwar politician. 094 N. B. Page Mission (Cashmere) Chelan WA/AK 095 L. P. Plummer New Whatcom Whatcom WA/AK 096 GEN Ewing North Bend King WA/AK 097 W. T. Sherman Sedro-Woolley Skagit WA/AK MG William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-), famous Civil War 098 GEN John M. Corse Colville Stevens WA/AK BG John Murray Corse (1835-1893), famous Civil War 099 Henry W. Lawton Orting Pierce WA/AK LTC (post-war MG) Henry Ware Lawton (1843-1899), 30th IN Inf., KIA in the Battle of Paye (Span- Am War, Philippines) 19 Dec. 1899. Medal of Honor recipient. 100 Speagle Mead Spokane WA/AK 101 J. A. Mower Bossburg Stevens WA/AK MG Joseph Anthony Mower (1827-1870), famous Civil War 102 GEN John M. Palmer Clarkston Asotin WA/AK MG John McAuley Palmer (1817-1900), famous Civil War leader and post-war politician in Illinois. Chart'd 8 Nov. 1900 Twelve charter members. Loran Bures, SUVCW, May 2017 103 James A. Sexton Seattle King WA/AK Chart'd 9 Jan. Original Post charter. 1901 104 Harrison Chelan Chelan WA/AK Org. 1901 Thirteen charter members. Aberdeen Herald (Aberdeen, WA), 18 Apr. 1901 105 Daniel McCook Wenatchee Chelan WA/AK BG Daniel McCook, Jr. (1834-1864), mortally wounded at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, GA, on 27 June 1864. Died 17 July 1864. Famous Civil War leader, one of the "fighting McCooks." 106 William McKinley Deer Park Spokane WA/AK CPT (Bvt. MAJ) William McKinley (1843-1901), soldier, 23rd Ohio Infantry, later US President, assassinated 14 September 1901. Per Loran Bures (SUVCW): There is a Deer Park in both Spokane County and Clallam County; most likely it is the one in Spokane County. 107 William Hall Granite Falls Snohomish WA/AK 108 John Bothell Bothell King WA/AK 109 CPT Belden Spencer Republic Ferry WA/AK 110 Navy Yard Bremerton Kitsap WA/AK Named for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (Navy Yard), established at Bremerton in. 111 Burnside Waitsburg Walla Walla WA/AK MG Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824-1881), famous Civil War 112 Green Lake Seattle King WA/AK 113 C. S. Hamilton Kelso Cowlitz WA/AK 114 MAJ Johnson Prosser Benton WA/AK Chart'd July 1904 Twelve charter members. The charter does not indicate the day it took effect, only the month and year. 115 Lew Wallace Orchards Clark WA/AK MG Lewis "Lew" Wallace (1827-1905), famous Civil War Must'd 22 Feb. 1905 116 U. S. Grant Tacoma Pierce WA/AK GEN Ulysses Simpson Grant 1822-1885), famous Civil War leader, later US President. 117 J. R. Warren White Salmon Klickitat WA/AK 118 J. R. Hayden Orting Pierce WA/AK 118 Schofield-Hayden Port Orchard (Retsil) Kitsap WA/AK Chart'd 9 June 1914 119 W. F. Cloud Rice Stevens WA/AK Fifteen charter members. The Post appears to have been originally based in Orting, Pierce County, but relocated to Retsil about the time it re-organized in 1914. Loran Bures, SUVCW, May 2017 Aberdeen Herald (Aberdeen, WA), 2 Mar. 1905; Loran Bures, SUVCW (from 1905 Dept. Proceedings) Original Post charter SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Washington Page 5 of 6
Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 120 GEN Shafter Everson Whatcom WA/AK MG William Rufus Shafter (1835-1906), famous Civil War leader, died in Bakersfield, CA. Medal of Honor. 122 Kilpatrick Woodland Cowlitz WA/AK MG Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836-1881), famous Civil War 123 Lucius Day Monroe Snohomish WA/AK PVT Lucius Day (1838-1900), Co. D, 30th WI Inf., well known pioneer in Snohomish County, buried in Odd Fellows Cem., Monroe. 124 Veteran Sequim Clallam WA/AK Named in honor of the Civil War Veteran. 125 S. G. Cosgrove Kennewick Benton WA/AK PVT Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove (1847-1909), Co. E, 14th OH Inf. Governor of the State of Washington, died in office. 126 Schofield Port Orchard (Retsil), Veterans Home 127 Nathan P. Gregg Hillyard Spokane WA/AK CPT Nathan Preston Gregg (1840-1907), Co. M, 11th KS Cav., buried on Orcas island, San Juan County, WA. 128 E. W. Sager Grandview Yakima WA/AK 129 Webber Sunnyside Yakima WA/AK Org. April 1909 Seventeen charter members. The Kennewick Courier (Kennewick, WA), 16 Apr. 1909. Kitsap WA/AK Appears to have merged with Hayden Post, 118, in 1914 to become Schofield-Hayden Post, 118. Associated with Schofield Corps, 12, WRC. 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: 4/10/2018 GAR Records Website: www.garrecords.org Chart'd 4 Mar. 1911 Sur. 1925 Fourteen charter members. Loran Bures, SUVCW, May 2017 SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Washington Page 6 of 6