Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary
National GAR Records Program - Historical Summary of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Posts by State
KANSAS
Prepared by the National Organization
SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR
INCORPORATED BY ACT OF CONGRESS
No.
Alt.
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
KS
001
Lincoln
Topeka
Shawnee
KS
002
003
003
004
005
D. M. Vance
Jewell
McPherson
McPherson
Kearney
Hays
Pleasanton
Girard
Independence
Washington
Ellis
Linn
Crawford
Montgomery
Washington
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
006
Custer
Leavenworth
Leavenworth
KS
007
008
009
010
Wadsworth
B. F. Larned
Lyon
Sumner
Council Grove
Larned
Marysville
Kansas City
Morris
Pawnee
Marshall
Wyandotte
KS
KS
KS
KS
011
012
013
(Camden) Canby
Washington
Elsmore
Osage City
Osage
Lawrence
Douglas
(Savonsburg) Elsmore Allen
KS
KS
KS
013
014
015
016
017
Osterhause
Meade
John W. Geary
Allison
Joe Hooker
Prescott
Sterling
Cottonwood Falls
Burlington
Hutchinson
Linn
Rice
Chase
Coffey
Reno
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
018
George H. Thomas
Ottawa
Franklin
KS
019
020
Lyndon
Kit Carson
Lyndon
Lyons
Osage
Rice
KS
KS
021
021
Mound
Fort Donelson
Gridley
St. Mary’s
Coffey
Pottawatomie
KS
KS
021
022
Hanover / Johnson
Ellsworth
Hanover
Ellsworth
Washington
Ellsworth
KS
KS
023
E. M. Stanton
Howard
Elk
KS
024
Sedgwick
Clifton
Washington
KS
025
026
Garfield
Rawlins
Wichita
Elk Falls
Sedgwick
Elk
KS
KS
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Org. 7 Dec. 1866;
Disbanded 1868;
Re-org. 16 March
1880
Department organized 7 December 1866. Disbanded 1868.
Provisional Department organized February 1872, becoming a
Permanent Department 16 March 1880.
Beath, 1889; Carnahan, 1893
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865),
16th President of the United
States.
Org. 1 Feb. 1878
Hays Daily News, 6 Oct. 1933
MG Philip Kearny, Jr. (18151862), KIA at Chantilly, VA, on 1
Sept. 1862. Famous Civil War
leader.
MG George Armstrong Custer
(1839-1876). KIA at Little
Bighorn, MT, on 25 June 1876.
Famous Civil War (and Indian
Wars) leader.
Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause
(Gannon, 2011).
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
MG Joseph Hooker (1814-1879),
famous Civil War leader.
MG George Henry Thomas (18161870), famous Civil War leader.
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.
Fort Donelson, TN, site of major
Civil War battle in Feb. 1862.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Edwin McMasters Stanton (18141869), Secretary of War under
President Lincoln.
MG John Sedgwick (1813-1864),
famous Civil War leader, KIA
Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May
1864.
Kansas
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Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary
No.
Alt.
No.
Post Name
Location
County
Dept.
027
028
Upton
Burnside
Caldwell
Kansas City
Sumner
Wyandotte
KS
KS
029
030
Ed Lines
Sherman
Alma
Ness City
Wabaunsee
Ness
KS
KS
031
032
033
034
035
036
James G. Blunt
William H. Lytle
Montgomery
Jim Lane
E. P. Sheldon
Judson Kilpatrick
Linn
Fort Scott
Mound City
Mankato
Burlingame
Newton
Washington
Bourbon
Linn
Jewell
Osage
Harvey
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
037
Farragut
Burrton
Harvey
KS
038
O. P. Morton
Wamego
Pottawatomie
KS
039
040
Custard
E. D. Baker
Onaga
Baldwin City
Pottawatomie
Douglas
KS
KS
041
Winfield Scott / Hill City
Millbrook / Hill City
Graham
KS
042
043
044
Pollock
Reynolds
John Brown
Marion
Cawker City
Belleville
Marion
Mitchell
Republic
KS
KS
KS
045
046
047
048
Robert Anderson
Will Wendel
Kennesaw
S. A. Hurlbut
Smith Center
Holton
Minneapolis
Ellinwood
Smith
Jackson
Ottawa
Barton
KS
KS
KS
KS
049
050
GEN Bailey
Dick Yates
Girard
Eureka
Crawford
Greenwood
KS
KS
051
052
McCook
Pap Thomas
Iola
Great Bend
Allen
Barton
KS
KS
053
054
055
056
Henderson
F. P. Blair
(Emporia) Preston B. Plumb
Shiloh
Frankfort
Galena
Emporia
Cherokee
Marshall
Cherokee
Lyon
Crawford
KS
KS
KS
KS
057
058
059
060
060
060
James Shields
S. R. Deach
John A. Dix
A. M. Kirkpatrick
Dahlgren
Alta Vista
Wellington
Jewell City
Columbus
La Harpe
Ness City
Alta Vista
Sumner
Jewell
Cherokee
Allen
Ness
Wabaunsee
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
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Meeting Place(s)
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Source(s)
MG Ambrose Everett Burnside
(1824-1881), famous Civil War
leader.
MG William Tecumseh Sherman
(1820-1891), famous Civil War
leader.
MG Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (18361881), famous Civil War leader.
The post was mustered in on 7
Dec. 1881, just three days after
Kilpatrick died.
ADM David Glasgow Farragut
(1801-1870), famous Civil War
leader and former Commandant
of Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck
Morton (1823-1877), Governor of
Indiana during the Civil War.
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.
MG Winfield Scott (1786-1866),
famous Mexican War leader, and
early leader in the Civil War.
John Brown (1800-1859), famous
abolitionist. He was the leader of
a raid on the arsenal at Harpers
Ferry, VA, in Oct. 1859. He was
captured, tried for treason, and
hanged on 2 Dec. 1859, making
him a martyr for the abolitionist
cause.
Must'd 25 Mar.
1882
The GAR Hall and all of its contents were destroyed in a fire on 4
November 1890.
Savage, 1901, A History of
Republic County, Kansas
MG Stephen Augustus Hurlbut
(1815-1882), one of the founding
fathers of the GAR.
Richard "Dick" Yates (1815-1874),
governor of Illinois during the Civil
War.
MG George Henry "Pap" Thomas
(1816-1870), famous Civil War
leader.
Shiloh, TN, site of major Civil War
battle, 1862.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Kansas
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No.
Alt.
No.
Post Name
Location
County
Dept.
061
062
063
(Benton) W. H. Lawton
Jesse Nelson
Abilene
Anthony
Tecumseh
Abilene
Harper
Shawnee
Dickinson
KS
KS
KS
064
Antietam
Parsons
Labette
KS
065
066
GEN Russell
W. H. L. Wallace
Pittsburg
El Dorado
Crawford
Butler
KS
KS
067
Chickamauga
Scranton
Osage
KS
068
069
Franklin
O. M. Mitchell
Olathe
Osborne
Johnson
Osborne
KS
KS
070
Labette
Labette
Labette
KS
070
Gettysburg
Hollenberg
Washington
KS
071
072
(GEN Rice) Topeka
Vicksburg
Topeka
Humboldt
Shawnee
Allen
KS
KS
073
074
(Neosho Falls) B. F. Goss
Stone River
Neosho Falls
Sedan
Woodson
Chautauqua
KS
KS
075
076
(Eskridge) W. H. Earle
Stockton
Eskridge
Stockton
Wabaunsee
Rooks
KS
KS
077
Phillipsburg
Phillipsburg
Phillips
KS
078
Ionia
Ionia
Jewell
KS
079
080
081
Brownlow
(Williamsburg) Reseca
Parsons
Severy
Williamsburg
Parsons
Greenwood
Franklin
Labette
KS
KS
KS
081
081
082
083
084
085
086
Ness
Haddam / Kirby
GEN Strong
Reno
Silas Miller
(Winfield) Siverd
Pomona
Bazine
Haddam
Jetmore
Nickerson
Canton
Winfield
Pomona
Ness
Washington
Hodgeman
Reno
McPherson
Cowley
Franklin
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
086
087
L. P. Wilkes
James B. McPherson
Dwight
McPherson
Morris
McPherson
KS
KS
088
(Clay Center) Phil Sheridan
Clay Center
Clay
KS
089
Peabody
Peabody
Marion
KS
090
090
091
092
093
094
095
Sheridan
John Goldy (until 1908)
Mulligan
George Graham
(Atchison) John A. Martin
COL J. Hays
GEN Mower
Coffeyville
Milan
Longton
Seneca
Atchison
Carbondale
Galatia / Millard
Montgomery
Sumner
Elk
Nemaha
Atchison
Osage
Barton
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
096
097
Lookout
Douglass
Wellsville
Douglass
Franklin
Butler
KS
KS
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Meeting Place(s)
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Source(s)
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Antietam, MD, site of major Civil
War battle.
BG William Hervey Lamme
Wallace (1821-1862), mortally
wounded at Shiloh, died 19 Apr.
1862.
Chickamauga, GA, site of a series
of major Civil War battles in 1863.
MG Ormsby McKnight Michel
(1809-1862), died of yellow fever
at Beaufort, SC. Famous Civil
War leader.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Gettysburg, PA, site of major Civil
War battle, 1863.
Vicksburg, MS, site of major Civil
War battle (siege and campaign).
Stones River (Murfreesboro), TN,
site of major Civil War battle,
1862.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
BG James Birdseye McPherson
(1828-1864), famous Civil War
leader, KIA at the Battle of
Atlanta, GA, 22 July 1864.
MG Philip Henry Sheridan (18311888), famous Civil War leader.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Must'd 13 July
1882
National Tribune, 24 May 1883
MG Joseph Anthony Mower (18271870), famous Civil War leader.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Kansas
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No.
Alt.
No.
Post Name
Location
County
Dept.
098
099
Phil Harvey
Cedarvale
Fredonia
Cedarvale
Wilson
Chautauqua
KS
KS
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
Lew Gove
Chase
A. J. Smith
DeLong / C. F. Smith
GEN Curtis
L. E. King
GEN H. C. Bull
Collyer
Manhattan
Beattie
Fontana
St. John
Spring Hill
Augusta
Alton
Collyer
Riley
Marshall
Miami
Stafford
Johnson
Butler
Osborne
Trego
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
108
A. J. Knowlton
Ottumwa
Coffey
KS
109
110
L. B. Richardson
E. O. C. Ord
Miltonvale
Moline
Cloud
Elk
KS
KS
111
Princeton
Princeton
Franklin
KS
112
Fall River
Fall River
Greenwood
KS
113
(Concordia) W. T. Sherman
Concordia
Cloud
KS
114
GEN G. K. Warren
Osage Mission (St.
Paul)
Neosho
KS
115
Wilson
Wilson
Ellsworth
KS
116
117
118
119
Wilderness
McCaslin
Pea Ridge
New Albany
Delphos
Paola
Chetopa
New Albany
Ottawa
Miami
Labette
Wilson
KS
KS
KS
KS
120
Newton
Newton
Harvey
KS
120
Leavenworth
Leavenworth
Leavenworth
KS
121
121
122
G. W. Harrison
Cumberland
Kirwin
Andover
Salem
Kirwin
Butler
Jewell
Phillips
KS
KS
KS
123
Baxter Springs
Baxter Springs
Cherokee
KS
124
Prairie Grove
Rice
KS
125
Leon
Kansas Centre /
Frederick
Leon
Butler
KS
126
127
Sackett
John A. Logan
Irving
Salina
Marshall
Saline
KS
KS
128
Elk City
Elk City
Montgomery
KS
129
Neosho
Chanute
Neosho
KS
130
Hiawatha
Hiawatha
Brown
KS
131
132
Bridge
Junction City
(Chico) Gypsum
Junction City
Saline
Geary
KS
KS
133
133
134
Dexter / H. C. McDorman
Wabaunsee / McKinley
Greenleaf
Dexter
Wabaunsee
Greenleaf
Cowley
Wabaunsee
Washington
KS
KS
KS
135
136
O. R. Powers
Medicine
Netawaka
Raceburgh / Highhill
Jackson
Rooks
KS
KS
261
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Post Namesake
Meeting Place(s)
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Source(s)
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
MG Edward Otho Cresap Ord
(1818-1883), famous Civil War
leader.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
MG William Tecumseh Sherman
(1820-1891), famous Civil War
leader.
MG Gouverneur Kemble Warren
(1830-1882), famous Civil War
leader.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Chart'd 29 July
1882; Must'd 12
Aug. 1882
Thirty-five charter members.
Copy of charter; Burlington
Republican newspaper
(Burlington, KS), 16 Aug. 1882
Chart'd 10 Aug.
1882
Forty charter members.
Original charter.
The original charter was destroyed in a fire. A new one was
issued 9 December 1893. Fourteen charter members.
Consolidated with Ad Astra Post, No. 136 in July 1902 under a
new charter.
Information on charter.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
MG John Alexander Logan (18261886), famous Civil War leader.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the county in which the
Post was based.
Chart'd 10 Sept.
1882; rechart'd 10
July 1902
Sur. 10 July
1902
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Kansas
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No.
Alt.
No.
Post Name
Location
County
Dept.
136
136
Henry Dunn
Ad Astra
Woodston
Chanute
Rooks
Neosho
KS
KS
137
Lew Wallace
Scandia
Republic
KS
Sandy Valley
N. B. Page
Mound Valley
N. Middleton
Whiting
Mound Valley
Woodson
Jackson
Labette
KS
KS
KS
140
141
Jayhawker
Galesburg
Admire
Galesburg
Lyon
Neosho
KS
KS
141
142
143
Pawnee
Hackleman
Hepler
Cora
Cherryvale
Hepler
Smith
Montgomery
Crawford
KS
KS
KS
143
143
W. D. Conn
Natoma
Alanthus
Natoma
Gove
Osborne
KS
KS
144
Havensville
Havensville
Pottawatomie
KS
145
146
Humphrey
Circleville
Neodesha
Circleville
Wilson
Jackson
KS
KS
147
Beloit
Beloit
Mitchell
KS
148
148
149
C. C. Myser
G. W. Smith
Tonganoxie
Toledo
Fort Riley
Tonganoxie
Chase
Geary
Leavenworth
KS
KS
KS
149
150
S. S. Perry
Oswego
Wallace
Oswego
Wallace
Labette
KS
KS
151
Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Pottawatomie
KS
152
Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill
Russell
KS
153
Coffeyville
Coffeyville
Montgomery
KS
154
155
156
157
James Montgomery
(Oskaloosa) Jules Williams
Osage
Corinth
Uniontown
Oskaloosa
McCune
Monmouth
Bourbon
Jefferson
Crawford
Crawford
KS
KS
KS
KS
157
158
John Anderson
Arkansas City
Wilder
Arkansas City
Johnson
Cowley
KS
KS
159
Cornforth
Clyde
Cloud
KS
160
Meriden
Meriden
Jefferson
KS
161
GEN Slocum
Tonganoxie
Leavenworth
KS
161
162
162
Winchester
James Fear
Gaylord
Crystal Plains
Brownell
Gaylord
Smith
Ness
Smith
KS
KS
KS
163
Oneida
Oneida
Nemaha
KS
164
165
166
167
168
Larrabee
H. Z. Curtis
Soldier / James B. Kyle
John L. Graham
Sumter
Russell
Keelville / Melrose
Soldier
Wetmore
Winchester
Russell
Cherokee
Jackson
Nemaha
Jefferson
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
137
138
139
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Meeting Place(s)
Presumably derived from the
Kansas state motto: "Ad astra
per aspera "
MG Lewis "Lew" Wallace (18271905), famous Civil War leader.
Organized
Must'd 30 Dec.
1893; Chart'd 6
Jan. 1894
Chart'd & Must'd
9 Nov. 1882
Last Mentioned Notes
Sur. 10 July
1902
Consolidated with Neosho Post, No. 129, in July 1902 under a
new charter.
Source(s)
Post Chart.
Dis. Feb. 1896 Most members joined Courtland Post, No. 344, after Wallace Post Post Charter; Scandia Journal
disbanded.
10 Nov. 1882, 21 Feb. 1896
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Corinth, MS, site of major Civil
War battle (siege), 1862.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Chart'd and
Must'd 13 Mar.
1883
Twenty-six charter members. This Post replaced an previouslyestablished one that was organized in 1879 or 1880.
Post reports.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
MG Henry Warner Slocum (18271894), famous Civil War leader,
later congressman from NY.
Named for the town in which the
Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Fort Sumter, coastal fortification in
Charleston harbor, SC, where the
opening battle of the Civil War
took place (12 April 1861).
Kansas
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No.
Alt.
No.
Post Name
Location
County
Dept.
Post Namesake
169
Dunlap
Dunlap
Morris
KS
Named for the town in which the
Post was based.
170
Robert B. Mitchell
LaCygne
Linn
KS
171
172
George Ellis
Burden
Ellis
Burden
Ellis
Cowley
KS
KS
173
Scottsville
Scottsville
Mitchell
KS
174
175
Eldred
Sabetha
Medicine Lodge
Sabetha
Barber
Nemaha
KS
KS
176
176
Cloud
R. B. Hayes
Central City
Pratt
Anderson
Pratt
KS
KS
177
Logan
Logan
Phillips
KS
178
Sylvan Grove
Sylvan Grove
Lincoln
KS
178
178
179
180
181
Ohio Grove
Steadman Hatch
Meacham
Rufus Kilpatrick
Long Island
Minneapolis
Partridge
Colony
Garnett
Long Island
Ottawa
Reno
Anderson
Anderson
Phillips
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
J. B. Milroy
(Mulberry Grove) Mulberry
Charley Aldrich
Woodson
H. H. Free
Madison / R. F. Tobin
Centralia
Lenora
Mulberry
Cedarville
Yates Center
Burr Oak
Madison
Centralia
Norton
Crawford
Smith
Woodson
Jewell
Greenwood
Nemaha
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
189
190
191
(Halstead) Buford
Orloff Norton
Severance
Halstead
Le Roy
Severance
Harvey
Coffey
Doniphan
KS
KS
KS
192
Rousseau
Shady Bend
Lincoln
KS
192
193
Bies
Russell Springs
Brewster
Russell Springs
Thomas
Logan
KS
KS
193
193
Sargent
Little River
Little River
Little River
Rice
Rice
KS
KS
194
194
195
196
197
198
W. M. Richardson
SGT R. Mercer
Wier
(Hartford) J. A. Taylor
CPT Trego
T. E. G. Ransom
Admire
Leonardville
Pardee
Hartford
Wakeeney
Oberlin
Lyon
Riley
Atchison
Lyon
Trego
Decatur
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
199
200
201
Toronto
COL Givens
U. S. Grant
Toronto
Hallowell
Elmdale
Woodson
Cherokee
Chase
KS
KS
KS
202
(Marion) GEN George Francis Florence
Marion
Mulvane
Mulvane
Marion
KS
203
Sumner
KS
204
Ulysses
Ulysses
Grant
KS
204
205
COL H. P. Johnson
Westphalia
Urbana
Westphalia
Neosho
Anderson
KS
KS
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Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Source(s)
History of Dearborn, Ohio and
Switzerland Counties, 1885.
Named for the town in which the
Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
BG Rutherford Birchard Hayes
(1822-1893), famous Civil War
leader, 19th President of the
United States.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
IOOF Hall (1883)
Must'd 25 Apr.
1883
Twenty-six charter members.
National Tribune, 24 May 1883
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
BG Thomas Edward Greenfield
Ransom (1834-1864), U.S.
Volunteers, died of disease at
Rome, GA, 29 Oct. 1864.
GEN Ulysses Simpson Grant
1822-1885), famous Civil War
leader, later US President.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Kansas
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No.
Post Name
Location
County
Dept.
Post Namesake
205
Liberal
Liberal
Seward
KS
206
Earlton
Earlton
Neosho
KS
206
Armourdale
Armourdale
Wyandotte
KS
207
Silver Lake
Silver Lake
Shawnee
KS
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
208
GEN R. G. Shaw
Leavenworth
Leavenworth
KS
209
210
211
211
CPT Jarvis
SGT McCoy
H. M. Dobyns
White Rock Valley
Norton
Randolph
Opolis
White Rock
Norton
Riley
Crawford
Republic
KS
KS
KS
KS
212
Harbine
Harbine, KS / Byron,
NE
Republic
KS
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
213
Floral
Floral
Cowley
KS
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
213
214
Knoxville
Atwood
Kingston
Atwood
Labette
Rawlins
KS
KS
215
Bennington
Bennington
Ottawa
KS
216
216
216
J. Y. Smith
COL McElvaine
Winfield Scott
Plum Grove / Brainard Butler
Lura
Russell
Scott City
Scott
KS
KS
KS
217
218
Roanoke
Chautauqua
Oak Valley
Chautauqua
Elk
Chautauqua
KS
KS
219
Banner City
Banner City
Dickinson
KS
219
220
220
221
222
COL Shane
Greeley
T. R. Stanley
Quenemo
LaCrosse
Holyrood
Greeley
Weir City
Quenemo
LaCrosse
Ellsworth
Anderson
Cherokee
Osage
Rush
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
223
224
225
226
227
227
228
229
Elmwood
Eagle
CPT Lewis Stafford
COL J. J. Jones
Rough and Ready
(Burdett) Tim McCarthy
Delaware
Bridgeport
(Shibboleth) Dresden
Chase
Valley Falls
Formoso
Star Valley
Burdett
Osawkie
Bridgeport
Decatur
Rice
Jefferson
Jewell
Cherokee
Pawnee
Jefferson
Saline
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
230
230
231
Belmont
J. W. Mackey
Walnut
Crestline
Pomona
Walnut
Cherokee
Franklin
Crawford
KS
KS
KS
232
233
233
233
233
234
234
235
(Downs) CPT Ben Greenman
A. W. Farr
Neosho Rapids
Magbie
McConnell
W. S. Harney
GEN Ed. Kitchen
Brookville
Downs
Empire City
Neosho Rapids
Simpson
Blakeman
Coolidge
Montana
Brookville
Osborne
Cherokee
Lyon
Mitchell
Rawlins
Hamilton
Labette
Saline
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
236
237
W. H. Grimes
Overbrook
Atchison
Overbrook
Atchison
Osage
KS
KS
237
237
238
Fitz Henry Warren
Conrad Baker
Melvern
Netherland
Voltaire
Melvern
Reno
Sherman
Osage
KS
KS
KS
320
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Meeting Place(s)
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Source(s)
Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause
(Gannon, 2011).
Named for the valley in which the
Post was based.
Chart'd and
Must'd 16 May
1883
Chart'd and
Must'd 15 May
1883
Sur. 19 June
1885
Twelve charter members.
Sur. May 1895 Eighteen charter members.
Post charter.
Post charter.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
MG Winfield Scott (1786-1866),
famous Mexican War leader, and
early leader in the Civil War.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Kansas
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No.
Post Name
Location
County
Dept.
Post Namesake
239
Glasco
Glasco
Cloud
KS
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
240
241
242
243
Lebanon
T. O. Howe
Perryville
Altoona
Lebanon
Kinsley
Arlington
Altoona
Smith
Edwards
Reno
Wilson
KS
KS
KS
KS
244
Ingalls
Ingalls
Gray
KS
244
244
245
246
247
Wm. R. Creighton
Eggleston
Equity
Thompson
Waverly
Covert
Wichita
Lone Elm
Vermillion
Waverly
Osborne
Sedgwick
Anderson
Marshall
Coffey
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
248
249
Volunteer
Americus
Coyville
Americus
Wilson
Lyon
KS
KS
250
251
252
Blue
Harper
Louisburg
North Topeka
Harper
Louisburg
Shawnee
Harper
Miami
KS
KS
KS
253
Axtell
Axtell
Marshall
KS
254
255
256
Sanders / Moran
Stephenson
Ft. Donelson
(Morantown) Moran
Sedgwick
St. Mary’s
Allen
Harvey
Pottawatomie
KS
KS
KS
256
257
258
McDaniels
James R. Fulton
GEN Hazen
Bonner Springs
Garden City
Lincoln
Wyandotte
Finney
Lincoln
KS
KS
KS
259
Corning
Corning
Nemaha
KS
260
Waterville
Waterville
Marshall
KS
261
Glen Elder
Glen Elder
Mitchell
KS
261
Galesburg
Galesburg
Neosho
KS
262
Centropolis
Centropolis
Franklin
KS
262
262
262
John Morgan
Baldwin
Dover
Rago
Derby
Dover
Sedgwick
Sedgwick
Shawnee
KS
KS
KS
263
Portis
Portis
Osborne
KS
264
265
R. B. Burleigh
Kingman
Blue Mound
Kingman
Linn
Kingman
KS
KS
266
267
267
268
269
270
271
Ada
Pratt
(Lamborn) Kanorado
Altamont
Twin Falls / Nash
(Vilas) (Rest) Buffalo
Lane
Ottawa
Pratt
Sherman
Labette
Greenwood
Wilson
Franklin
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
271
Griffin
Copeland - Goodwin
J. H. Howe
COL Topping
Washburn
Atlanta
(GEN Lander) William H.
Baker
Manhattan
Manhattan
Riley
KS
272
Cato
Cato
Crawford
KS
273
Grubb
Jamestown
Cloud
KS
274
Bronson
Bronson
Bourbon
KS
274
275
276
Barnhill
Jack Judy
(Aguiel) Effingham
Lost Springs
Lancaster
Effingham
Marion
Atchison
Atchison
KS
KS
KS
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Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Source(s)
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Fort Donelson, TN, site of major
Civil War battle in Feb. 1862.
MG William Babcock Hazen (18301887), famous Civil War leader.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Must'd 8 Sept.
1883
Quarterly Reports
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Kansas
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No.
Alt.
No.
Post Name
Location
276
277
277
Agniel / Effingham
A. R. Chapin
Sill
Effingham
Atchison
Virgil
Greenwood
South Cedar / Mayetta Jackson
County
KS
KS
KS
278
279
Monitor
McLouth
Nortonville
McLouth
Jefferson
Jefferson
KS
KS
280
281
282
Charles G. Fisher
McFarland
Huron
White City
Muscotah
Huron
Morris
Atchison
Atchison
KS
KS
KS
282
283
284
284
W. H. Grinter
Nathan Price
Sylvester Griffin
Bristow
Edwardsville
Wathena
Milford
Bristow
Wyandotte
Doniphan
Geary
Osborne
KS
KS
KS
KS
285
Virgil
Virgil
Greenwood
KS
285
Achilles
Achilles
Rawlins
KS
286
Cedron
Cedron
Lincoln
KS
286
287
?
Buffalo
Blue Hill
Buffalo
Mitchell
Wilson
KS
KS
287
Center Ridge
Center Ridge
Woodson
KS
288
Corinth
Perry
Jefferson
KS
289
Appomattox
Grenola
Elk
KS
290
290
290
291
292
293
293
Crawford
Drywood
McDowell
Chattanooga
Kennedy
Victor
U. S. Grant
?
Memphis
Hoxie
Peoria
Troy
Fort Dodge
Lansing
?
Bourbon
Sheridan
Franklin
Doniphan
Ford
Leavenworth
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
293
Oxford
Oxford
Sumner
KS
294
Lewis
Dodge City
Ford
KS
295
Goodspeed / W. S. Rosecrans Reading
Lyon
KS
296
J. A. Garfield
Garfield
Pawnee
KS
297
Bald Hill / Culver / Richard
Rowett
Plainville
Culver
Ottawa
KS
298
Plainville
Rooks
KS
299
Englewood
Englewood
Clark
KS
299
299
Miles Keogh
Rosedale
Kinsley
Rosedale
Edwards
Wyandotte
KS
KS
300
300
301
302
302
303
303
304
Sylvan Grove
James M. Arthur
Henry R. Hopkins
Steadman
Charles O. Rovohl
Haskell
George I. Ransom
Iuka
Sylvan Grove
Goodrich
Stafford
Terra Cotta
Colby
Arcadia
Armourdale
Oak Hill
Lincoln
Linn
Stafford
Thomas
Thomas
Crawford
Wyandotte
Clay
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
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Post Namesake
Meeting Place(s)
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Source(s)
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Corinth, MS, site of major Civil
War battle (siege), 1862.
Appomattox Courthouse, VA,
location of GEN Lee's surrender.
GEN Ulysses Simpson Grant
1822-1885), famous Civil War
leader, later US President.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for LTC William Henry
Lewis (1829-1878), 19th U.S.
Infantry, KIA at the Battle of
Punished Woman Fork (KS), 28
Sept. 1878. Last Kansas military
casualty of the Indian Wars.
Dodge City, the Cowboy
Capital, by Robert M. Wright,
1913.
MG James Abram Garfield (18311881), Civil War leader and later
US President (assassinated).
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Kansas
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No.
Post Name
Location
County
Dept.
Towanda
Butler
KS
306
PVT Samuel Pike / J. D.
Godfrey
Fulton
Fulton
Bourbon
KS
306
GEN Rawlins
Rushton
Rice
KS
307
307
Judson
Marvin
Xenia
Marvin
Bourbon
Phillips
KS
KS
308
Marquette
Marquette
McPherson
KS
309
Claflin
Claflin
Barton
KS
309
310
Marcus Amsden
Billy Hughes
Palmer
Republic City
Washington
Republic
KS
KS
311
Erie
Erie
Neosho
KS
312
Edmond
Edmond
Norton
KS
313
314
315
315
315
316
316
Pine Bluff
Thomas Doane
J. M. Frank
William Logsdon
GEN H. G. Washburn
Joe Butterfield
Geuda
Edgerton
Lebo
Greeley
Bigelow
Alden
Greensburg
Geuda Springs
Johnson
Coffey
Anderson
Marshall
Rice
Kiowa
Sumner
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
317
318
M. M. Crocker
Lenexa
Galva
Lenexa
McPherson
Johnson
KS
KS
318
319
CPT Ames
Raymond
Shawnee
Raymond
Johnson
Rice
KS
KS
GEN Crook / (after) T. R.
Stanley
Weir City
Cherokee
KS
320
321
Dick Root
Fort Pillow
Delhi
North Topeka
Osborne
Shawnee
KS
KS
322
322
Fletcher Webster
Osawatomie
Roxbury
Osawatomie
McPherson
Miami
KS
KS
323
New Salem
New Salem
Cowley
KS
324
324
325
326
326
Atlanta / Cowley
Grand Center
W. H. Rankin
Gregory
Gordon Granger
Atlanta
Cowley
Cheney
Pawnee
Aurora
Cowley
Osborne
Sedgwick
Barton
Cloud
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
327
328
329
329
COL Fulton
Robert Hale
GEN Merrill
O. P. Morton
Rossville
Blue Rapids
Torrance
Wilsey
Shawnee
Marshall
Cowley
Morris
KS
KS
KS
KS
330
Veteran
Barrett
Marshall
KS
331
331
Jonathan Wadley (Wadleigh)
Liberty
Webber
Liberty
Jewell
Montgomery
KS
KS
331
332
Harker
White Cloud
Luray
White Cloud
Russell
Doniphan
KS
KS
333
Eudora
Eudora
Douglas
KS
305
320
220
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Meeting Place(s)
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Source(s)
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
BG John Aaron Rawlins (18311869), famous Civil War leader.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
SGT William "Billy" Hughes (died
18 Jan. 1883), Co. H, 89 IL Inf., a
former Andersonville prisoner and
charter member of John Brown
Post 44 in Belleville, KS.
Org. 7 Mar. 1884;
Chart'd 5 May
1884; re-chart'd 6
July 1894
Twenty-four charter members (1894).
Quarterly reports.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
1st namesake: MG George R.
Crook (1828-1890), famous Civil
War and Indian Wars leader.
Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause
(Gannon, 2011).
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
MG Gordon Granger (1822-1876),
famous Civil War leader.
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck
Morton (1823-1877), Governor of
Indiana during the Civil War.
Named in honor of the Civil War
Veteran.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Kansas
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No.
Post Name
Location
County
Dept.
334
334
Miles Hart / Maple City
Caney
Maple City
Caney
Cowley
Montgomery
KS
KS
335
336
337
Charles E. Warriner
E. C. Johnson
(Belle Plaine) GEN George
Crook
Valley Center
Atchison
Belle Plaine
Sedgwick
Atchison
Sumner
KS
KS
KS
338
Springfield
Springfield
Clay
KS
338
338
339
Dick Kendall
GEN Carlin
Thayer
Broughton
Stuart
Thayer
Clay
Smith
Neosho
KS
KS
KS
340
Latham
Latham
Butler
KS
341
342
J. N. Parsons
Argonia
Ogden
Argonia
Riley
Sumner
KS
KS
343
344
Gardner
Saratoga
Udall
Saratoga
Cowley
Pratt
KS
KS
344
Courtland
Courtland
Republic
KS
345
345
Charles Culver
COL D. C. Gamble
Cloverdale
Cuba
Chautauqua
Republic
KS
KS
346
346
Louis L. Ury
George A. Nokes
Ft. Scott
Cuba
Bourbon
Republic
KS
KS
347
Skiddy
Morris
KS
348
Skiddy / William Castle / S. J.
Willis
Chalk Mound
Chalk Mound
Wabaunsee
KS
349
349
350
A. C. Barlow
B. F. Jenkins
Nathaniel Lyon
Fort Scott
Oxford
Parsons
Bourbon
Sumner
Labette
KS
KS
KS
350
Pine Creek / COL Plumb /
Columbia
Elbert F. Peck
Tincher
Frontier
S. A. Gilbert
Glenwood
Gaylord
Lamar
Ottawa
KS
351
352
353
354
355
355
Hazelton
Garden Plain
Spearville
Mount Hope
Crawford
Gaylord
Barber
Sedgwick
Ford
Sedgwick
Rice
Smith
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
356
357
McGoveny
Agra
Clearwater
Agra
Sedgwick
Phillips
KS
KS
357
Bavaria
Bavaria
Saline
KS
358
359
W. D. Updegraff
Parson Brownlow
Iuka
Wayne
Pratt
Republic
KS
KS
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Meeting Place(s)
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Source(s)
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
MG George R. Crook (18281890), famous Civil War and
Indian Wars leader.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Chart'd 13 Nov.
1889; Must'd 26
Nov. 1889
Twenty charter membres.
Post reports.
MAJ (LTC, but never mustered)
David C. Gamble (1837-1884),
66th IL Inf. Post-war politician in
Kansas. He died 9 Nov. 1894,
and is buried in Union Cem.,
Wayne, Republic County.
Must'd 17 Nov.
1884
Fourteen charter members.
Post reports; Belleville
Telescope newspaper, 20 Nov.
1884
PVT George Van Vaukenburg
Nokes (1835-1890), Co. G, 11th
IL Cav., died in Cuba on 14 Nov.
1890. He was a local GAR
member, and was buried in
Hawks Cemetery, Cuba.
Must'd 27 Dec.
1890; Chart'd 6
Jan. 1891
Twenty-three charter members.
Post charter.
Must'd 14 Aug.
1885
A duplicate charter was issued to the Post on 12 December 1889.
Post Reports
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
BG Nathaniel Lyon (1818-1861),
KIA at Wilson's Creek, MO, 10
August 1861.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
William Gannaway "Parson"
Brownlow (1805-1877), famous
newspaper editor and minister.
He opposed secession, publishing
a book on the topic in 1862. Later
governor of TN.
Kansas
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No.
Post Name
Location
County
Dept.
Post Namesake
360
(Attica) Charles G. Harker
Attica
Harper
KS
BG Charles Garrison Harker
(1835-1864), KIA at Kennesaw
Mountain, GA, on 27 June 1864.
Famous Civil War leader.
361
361
Thomas W. Sweeny
Glen Elder
Pawnee Rock
Glen Elder
Barton
Mitchell
KS
KS
362
Chapman
Chapman
Dickinson
KS
363
Barnes
Barnes
Washington
KS
364
Lakin
Lakin
Kearney
KS
365
Lawrence
Douglas
KS
366
367
George W. Deitzler / Samuel
Walker
CPT Hudson
Buffalo Park
Cimarron
Buffalo Park
Gray
Gove
KS
KS
368
George B. McClellan
Morganville
Clay
KS
369
370
Thomas James
Richland
Bitlertown / Olpe
Richland
Lyon
Shawnee
KS
KS
371
372
Mission Ridge
Sun City
DeSoto
Sun City
Johnson
Barber
KS
KS
372
373
373
374
T. C. Corey
CPL W. C. Hagar
John M. Corse
Solomon
Dennis
Protection
LaFontaine
Solomon
Labette
Comanche
Wilson
Dickinson
KS
KS
KS
KS
375
375
W. C. Ward
Dan McCook
Whitewater
Annelly
Butler
Harvey
KS
KS
376
Linwood
Linwood
Leavenworth
KS
377
Potwin
Potwin
Butler
KS
378
John D. Wilson
Concordia
Cloud
KS
378
379
379
380
C. P. Taylor
CPL John Payne
CPT G. D. Wallace
Thomas Brennan
Conway Springs
Lawrence
Sarcoxie
National Military Home
Sumner
Douglas
Jefferson
Leavenworth
KS
KS
KS
KS
381
Syracuse
Syracuse
Hamilton
KS
382
383
(Hancock) Colwich
Reed
Sedgwick
Dickinson
KS
KS
384
385
Barber
Smith
KS
KS
386
Barricklow
CPT Hogan / Germantown /
(after 1892) Kensington
Sylvia
Colwich
Manchester / Vine
Creek
Kiowa
Germantown /
Kensington
Sylvia
Reno
KS
386
Conway Springs
Conway Springs
Sumner
KS
387
388
Louis Hamilton
Meade Center
Kendall
Meade
Hamilton
Meade
KS
KS
389
Webster
Webster
Rooks
KS
390
391
391
A. J. Pickering / Cambridge
Crawford
J. J. Baldwin
Cambridge
Windom
Cairo
Cowley
McPherson
Pratt
KS
KS
KS
SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org)
Meeting Place(s)
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Source(s)
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause
(Gannon, 2011).
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
MG George Brinton McClellan
(1826-1885), famous Civil War
leader.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
BG Daniel McCook, Jr. (18341864), 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."
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Chart'd 22 Jan.
1886
Sixteen charter members.
Post charter.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Kansas
Page 12 of 16
Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary
No.
Alt.
No.
Post Name
Location
County
Dept.
Post Namesake
392
Crisfield
Crisfield
Harper
KS
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
392
393
MAJ Collins
Norwich
Stark
Norwich
Neosho
Kingman
KS
KS
393
John C. Fremont
Nonchalanta
Ness
KS
394
394
395
Lewis
Old Flag / Fowler
Hope
Dodge City
Fowler
Hope
Ford
Meade
Dickinson
KS
KS
KS
396
Enterprise
Enterprise
Dickinson
KS
396
Fargo Springs
Fargo Springs
Seward
KS
397
Beaumont / O. P. Morton
Beaumont
Butler
KS
398
399
400
Scott
John F. Miller
Almena
Coldwater
Leoti
Almena
Comanche
Wichita
Norton
KS
KS
KS
401
401
John A. Savage
Neosho Rapids
Lewis
Neosho Rapids
Edwards
Lyon
KS
KS
402
402
403
404
Martin E. Bacon
Albert B. Page
Fremont / Turon
Richfield
Fact
Ravanna
Turon
Richfield
Clay
Garfield (Finney)
Reno
Morton
KS
KS
KS
KS
405
Oakley
Oakley
Logan
KS
406
Woodston
Woodston
Rooks
KS
407
South Haven
South Haven
Sumner
KS
408
Perth
Perth
Sumner
KS
409
410
410
411
H. W. Beck
Seth Kelley
Angell
Chester A. Arthur
Benton
Vinland
Scott City
Goffs
Butler
Douglas
Scott
Nemaha
KS
KS
KS
KS
412
Wano / Elisha Ferguson /
Sam Webber
Wano / St. Francis
Cheyenne
KS
413
414
Norcatur
CPT Jackson Morrow
Decatur
Logan
KS
KS
414
415
Inman
Dighton
Norcatur
(Eunice City)
Monument
Inman
Dighton
McPherson
Lane
KS
KS
416
417
417
418
Dick Curry
(Violenta) Selden
Violenta / Selden
Harveyville
Oronoque
(Violenta) Selden
(Violenta) Selden
Harveyville
Norton
Sheridan
Sheridan
Wabaunsee
KS
KS
KS
KS
419
420
COL Putman
Hartland
Haddam
Hartland
Washington
Hamilton
KS
KS
420
John A. Anderson
Louisville
Pottawatomie
KS
SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org)
Meeting Place(s)
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Source(s)
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
MG John Charles Frémont (18131890), famous Civil War and
Mexican War leader.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck
Morton (1823-1877), Governor of
Indiana during the Civil War.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
BG Chester Alan Arthur (18291886), famous Civil War leader,
21st President of the United
States.
Originally named for Wano
Township, where the Post was
based. Renamed 1891 for Elisha
Ferguson. Renamed 1891 for
Commisary SGT Samuel Webber
(1846-1891), Co. B, 12th MO
Cav., Past Post Commander of
the Post, died 22 June 1891,
buried in Saint Francis Cem.
Must'd 17 Sept.
1886, Chart'd 16
Dec. 1886
Orginally known as Wano Post, No. 412. Sixteen charter
members. It was known as Elisha Ferguson Post, No 411, for a
brief period in early 1891, but changed its name in the 4th quarter
of 1891 to honor Past Post Commander (and charter member)
Samuel Webber, who died 22 June 1891.
Charter Application, 1886
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Kansas
Page 13 of 16
Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary
No.
Alt.
No.
Post Name
Location
County
Dept.
Post Namesake
421
Savonburg
Savonburg
Allen
KS
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
421
422
423
S. S. Perry
Beverly / Lewis Christie
Santa Fe
Wallace
Beverly
Santa Fe
Wallace
Lincoln
Haskell
KS
KS
KS
424
425
426
426
Marshall / Herington
T. J. Harrison
J. M. Gaston
Corbin
Herington
Belmont
Kimball
Corbin
Dickinson
Kingman
Neosho
Sumner
KS
KS
KS
KS
427
427
428
429
430
Joseph H. McWilliams
Plumb / J. D. Austin
W. S. Robertson
G. J. Stannard
Cullison
Nescatunga
Riley
Goodland
Wakefield
Cullison
Comanche
Riley
Sherman
Clay
Pratt
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
431
432
433
434
435
Beecher
B. H. Porter
Charles H. Nichols
Bear Valley
Haven
(Allison) Jennings
Macksville
Gove City
(Laport) Shockey
Haven
Decatur
Stafford
Gove
Grant
Reno
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
436
436
437
438
439
440
J. D. Bain
Grainfield
MAJ Elliott / Ashland
Tribune / R. Q. Thompson
MAJ Rankin
Industry
Hoisington
Grainfield
Ashland
Tribune
Kincaid
Industry
Barton
Gove
Clark
Greeley
Anderson
Clay
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
441
Kalvesta
Kalvesta
Garfield
KS
441
Liberty
Liberty
Montgomery
KS
442
442
443
P. A. Hackleman
Hugo / Hays
Walton
Rago
Hugoton
Walton
Kingman
Stevens
Harvey
KS
KS
KS
444
444
445
GEN A. H. Terry
E. W. Barnum
Custer / Havana
Hodgeman
Riverside
Havana
Hodgeman
Ness
Montgomery
KS
KS
KS
446
Bird City
Bird City
Cheyenne
KS
447
448
449
O. P. Gardner
Rush
Woodsdale
Gardner
McCracken
Woodsdale
Johnson
Rush
Stevens
KS
KS
KS
450
450
451
452
Bernard
GEN Lane
Bacon / Foraker
J. C. Davis / Ludell
Sharon
Clinton
Bluff City
Ludell
Barber
Douglas
Harper
Rawlins
KS
KS
KS
KS
453
454
455
456
Black Eagle
GEN McNeal
A. McDonald
Henry Fuller
Horton
Homewood
Strong City
Narka
Brown
Franklin
Chase
Republic
KS
KS
KS
KS
456
457
458
459
459
Wyandotte
Tescott / W. R. Anderson
Knoxville
J. B. Ricketts
Blackburn
Kansas City
Tescott
Edna
Kanopolis
Randall
Wyandotte
Ottawa
Labette
Ellsworth
Jewell
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
460
Nelson Warren
Danville
Harper
KS
SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org)
Meeting Place(s)
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Source(s)
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
MG George Armstrong Custer
(1839-1876). KIA at Little
Bighorn, MT, on 25 June 1876.
Famous Civil War (and Indian
Wars) leader.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
BG Jefferson Columbus Davis
(1828-1879), famous Civil War
leader.
Must'd 26 Mar.
1892; Chart'd 3
Apr. 1892
Must'd 12 Mar.
1892; Chart'd 16
Mar. 1892
Kansas
Fifteen charter members.
Post charter.
Post charter.
Page 14 of 16
Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary
No.
Alt.
No.
Post Name
Location
County
Dept.
461
461
462
Caldwell
W. H. Gibson
Lucas
Jackson / Preston
Leeds
Lucas
?
Chautauqua
Russell
KS
KS
KS
463
464
CPT Kingscott
W. S. Hancock
Argentine
Emporia
Wyandotte
Lyon
KS
KS
465
J. B. Steadman
Gypsum
Saline
KS
466
Bucklin
Bucklin
Ford
KS
467
468
John P. Bugh
Robinson
Nashville
Robinson
Kingman
Brown
KS
KS
469
Farmer City /
Coronado
Palco
Wichita
KS
469
Farmer City / COL Ansel
Tucker
Palco
Rooks
KS
470
470
Esbon
Geneseo
Esbon
Geneseo
Jewell
Rice
KS
KS
471
Hill City
Hill City
Graham
KS
471
472
J. W. Vance
Arcadia
Wellsford
Arcadia
Kiowa
Crawford
KS
KS
473
Sharon Springs / B. F. Butler
Sharon Springs
Wallace
KS
474
474
475
Dahlgren
George D. Waggoner
Arney
Rush
Wyandotte
Greeley
KS
KS
KS
476
Geuda Springs
Rush Center
Armourdale
Colokan / Astor /
Horace
Geuda Springs
Sumner
KS
477
Oketo
Oketo
Marshall
KS
477
478
479
480
481
481
482
Birney
Motor
Sidney A. Dean / Banner
Robert Houston
Lecompton
Oklahoma
Bronson
Caney
Codell
Banner
Morehead
Lecompton
Beaver
Bronson
Montgomery
Rooks
Trego
Neosho
Douglas
Bourbon
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
482
483
484
485
486
COL Milligan
Clem Chivington
E. E. Kimball
Osterhaus
SGT Richard Steele
Bassettville
Goddard
Rexford
Prescott
Fort Scott
Decatur
Sedgwick
Thomas
Linn
Bourbon
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
486
Norwich
Norwich
Kingman
KS
487
488
Tom May
Hamilton
Mapleton
Hamilton
Bourbon
Greenwood
KS
KS
489
490
491
492
Tyler
Buell
Thomas Haughey
Hiattville
Shaw
Cedarvale
Hillsdale
Hiattville
Neosho
Chautauqua
Miami
Bourbon
KS
KS
KS
KS
493
494
A. S. Everest
Coats
Atchison
Coats
Atchison
Pratt
KS
KS
495
496
G. G. Gage
Pomona
Topeka
Pomona
Shawnee
Franklin
KS
KS
497
Fulton
Fulton
Bourbon
KS
SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org)
Post Namesake
Meeting Place(s)
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Source(s)
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
BG Winfield Scott Hancock (18241886), famous Civil War and
Mexican War leader.
MG James Blair Steedman (18171883), famous Civil War leader.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
MG Benjamin Franklin Butler
(1818-1893), famous Civil War
leader.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Noted as an African American GAR Post in The Won Cause
(Gannon, 2011).
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Kansas
Page 15 of 16
Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary
No.
Alt.
No.
Post Name
Location
County
Dept.
Post Namesake
498
Peru
Peru
Chautauqua
KS
500
GEN U. B. Pearsall
National Military Home Leavenworth
KS
Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
LTC Uri Balcom Pearsall (18401907), 99th US Colored Infantry.
501
(Provisional Post 501)
(not designated)
(not designated)
KS
Org. = Organized
Chart'd = Chartered
List of Abbreviations:
For sources of Post names, refer to the SUVCW GAR Records Catalog
Edited by Dean Enderlin, SUVCW National GAR Records Officer, 30 June 2013
SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org)
Must'd = Mustered In
Meeting Place(s)
Dis. = Disbanded
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Source(s)
Sur. = Surrendered Charter
Last updated:
2/7/2016
Kansas
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