Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary
National GAR Records Program - Historical Summary of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Posts by State
CALIFORNIA
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
CA/NV
Org. 21 February
1868
001
Lincoln
San Francisco
San Francisco
CA/NV Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865),
16th President of the United
States.
001
Sedgwick
San Francisco
San Francisco
001
Post No. 1 / Starr King
San Francisco
San Francisco
CA/NV MG John Sedgwick (1813-1864), Red Men's Building, 320 Post St.
famous Civil War leader, KIA
(1886)
Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May
1864.
CA/NV Rev. Thomas Starr King (18241864), influential pro-Union orator.
002
Post No. 2 / Lincoln
San Francisco
San Francisco
002
George H. Thomas
San Francisco
San Francisco
003
Post No. 3 / Sumner
Sacramento
Sacramento
CA/NV MG Edwin Vose Sumner (17971863), famous Civil War leader.
004
Post No. 4
Visalia
Tulare
004
Sedgwick
San Francisco
San Francisco
004
Farragut
Vallejo
Solano
005
Post No. 5
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
005
ADM Dahlgren
San Francisco
Washington Hall, 35 Eddy St.
(1886)
CA/NV Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865),
16th President of the United
States.
CA/NV MG George Henry Thomas (18161870), famous Civil War leader.
Provisional Department organized 7 May 1867. Permanent
Department organized 21 February 1868. The Department
originally embraced the states of Nevada, Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and Arizona. All but Nevada eventually established their
own Department. The Department was originally called
"Department of California." It was changed to "Department of
California & Nevada" on 1 May 1894.
Chart'd 10
1940
Organized as Lincoln Post No. 2; Consolidated with Sedgwick Post
December 1874
No. 1 and reorganized as Lincoln Post No. 1. The original charter
was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. A
replacement was issued on 28 March 1907. Twenty-four charter
members.
Org. 22 Apr.
Merged 10 Dec. Organized from consolidation of Sedgwick Post No. 4 and Starr
1867; Re-org. 13
1874
King Post No. 1 on 13 February 1871; Consolidated with Lincoln
Feb. 1871
Post No. 2, which became Lincoln Post No. 1
Beath, 1889
Org. 22 Apr. 1867 Merged 13 Feb. Selected its namesake in September 1869. Consolidated with
1871
Sedgwick Post No. 4
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Org. 26 May 1867 Merged 10 Dec. Selected its namesake in September 1869. Consolidated with
1874
Sedgwick Post No. 1 and reorganized as Lincoln Post No. 1
Dept. Proceedings, 1873;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
1868
1940
Appeared between 1868-1872; 1902: Listed in encampment
parade; 1906 earthquake relief
Org. 28 May 1867
1940
Selected its namesake in September 1869. December 2, 1912:
consolidated with Warren Post No. 54 and issued new charter;
GAR in City Cemetery donated in 1878; 1937 Encampment
Proceedings note charter turned in and last 3 members became
members-at-large
CA/NV No namesake. Known only by its
number.
Org. 1868
Revoked 15
Sept. 1869
CA/NV MG John Sedgwick (1813-1864),
famous Civil War leader, KIA
Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May
1864.
CA/NV ADM David Glasgow Farragut
(1801-1870), famous Civil War
leader and former Commandant
of Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
CA/NV No namesake. Known only by its
number.
Chart'd 8 Dec.
1869
Sur. 13 Feb.
1871, to
consolidate
Org. 19 Feb.
1868
Dis. 1940
Org. 1869
Revoked 15
Sept. 1869
San Francisco
CA/NV Rear ADM John Adolphus
Bernard Dahlgren (1809-1870),
famous Civil War leader.
Chart'd 23 Aug.
1870
Sur. 29 Apr.
1872
Org. 1872
1940
GAR Hall, K Street between 5th
and 6th (1880)
006
139
Frank Bartlet (-Logan)
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
CA/NV
006
009
Rawlins
Stockton
San Joaquin
Org. 18 February
1868
Dis. 20 April
1873
006
Post No. 6 / Baker
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
CA/NV (presumably) BG John Aaron
Rawlins (1831-1869), famous Civil
War leader.
CA/NV
Org. 15 February
1868
Annulled 20
Apr. 1871
007
Post No. 7
Marysville
Yuba
CA/NV No namesake. Known only by its
number.
Org. 1868
Revoked 15
Sept. 1869
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California
Consolidated with Starr King Post No. 1 in 1871 to become
Sedgewick Post No. 1
Original charter; David Davis,
Historian, Dept. of Calif. &
Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1873;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Sacramento Record-Union, 9
Nov. 1880; David Davis,
Historian, Dept. of Calif. &
Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1870;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1872
Dept. Proceedings, 1873;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1870;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Most of its members transferred to Lincoln Post, No. 2. It was also Dept. Proceedings, 1871,
known in San Francisco as the "German Post," and business was 1873; David Davis, Historian,
conducted in German. Its growth was hampered by the FrancoDept. of Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Prussian War.
Merged with Logan Post 139 after 1894; Monument dedicated May David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
31, 1891; August 8, 1895 San Francisco Call notes General Order Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
dated June 1, 1888, naming this Post
Renumbered from 9 to 6 in 1871, by General Order No. 2, dated
Dept. Proceedings, 1872;
20 Apr. 1871.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Selected its namesake in September 1869.
Dept. Proceedings, 1872;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1870;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
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No.
Alt.
No.
018
Post Name
Location
County
Dept.
Thomas
Placerville
El Dorado
CA/NV
Org. 1868
007
Phil Sheridan (/ Dix)
San Jose
Santa Clara
Lyon
Oakland
Alameda
CA/NV MG Philip Henry Sheridan (18311888), famous Civil War leader.
CA/NV BG Nathaniel Lyon (1818-1861),
KIA at Wilson's Creek, MO, 10
August 1861.
CA/NV No namesake. Known only by its
number.
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Org. 1868
008
007
008
Post Namesake
Meeting Place(s)
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Annulled 1873 Declined due to a "family quarrel."
Dis. 6 May 1938 Merged with John Dix; 1902: Listed in encampment parade
Org. 10
December 1878
1940
Originally 1868-72?
Org. 1868
1868
Changed to Phil Sheridan Post 7
Post No. 8
San Jose
Santa Clara
009
006
Post No. 9 / Rawlins
Stockton
San Joaquin
009
026
Mansfield
Suisun
Solano
CA/NV
009
Grant
Modesto
Stanislaus
010
Post No. 10 / McPherson
Oakland
Alameda
011
Post No. 11
Presidio
San Francisco
CA/NV Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant
1822-1885), famous Civil War
leader, later US President.
CA/NV BG James Birdseye McPherson
(1828-1864), famous Civil War
leader, KIA at the Battle of
Atlanta, GA, 22 July 1864.
CA/NV No namesake. Known only by its
number.
011
Joe Hooker
Alameda
Alameda
CA/NV MG Joseph Hooker (1814-1879),
famous Civil War leader.
Must'd 29 Dec.
1879
012
Post No. 12 / Farragut
Vallejo
Solano
Org. 1868
012
Anderson
San Jose
Santa Clara
CA/NV ADM David Glasgow Farragut
(1801-1870), famous Civil War
leader and former Commandant
of Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
CA/NV
013
Post No. 13
Auburn
Placer
014
Post No. 14
Jackson
015
Post No. 15
015
Org. 18 February Renumbered 20 Actually organized May 1867 but did not receive charter and have
1868
Apr. 1871
officers installed until February 1868; lasted 5 years. Adopted its
namesake in March 1870. Number changed to 6 by General
Order No. 2, dated 20 Apr. 1871.
Org. 1869; ReAnnulled 1873 Number changed to 9 by General Order No. 2, dated 20 Apr.
org. 19 Dec. 1869
1871.
Org. 9 July 1879 Dis. 7 Apr. 1938 Last member (Patterson) death date
Org. 1868
Sur. 22 Nov.
1869
Org. 1868
Sur. 1868
Selected its namesake in September 1869. The Post disbanded
due to insufficient membership.
Source(s)
Dept. Proceedings, 1873;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1873
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1870;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1870;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dis. 1916
Originally 1868-72?
Dept. Proceedings, 1880;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Renumbered 20 Selected its namesake in September 1869. Number changed to 4 Dept. Proceedings, 1872;
Apr. 1871
by General Order No. 2, dated 20 Apr. 1871.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Chart'd 4 Nov.
1871
Revoked 20
April 1873
Dept. Proceedings, 1872,
1873; David Davis, Historian,
Dept. of Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
CA/NV No namesake. Known only by its
number.
Org. 1868
Revoked 15
Sept. 1869
Amador
CA/NV No namesake. Known only by its
number.
Org. 1868
Revoked 15
Sept. 1869
Dept. Proceedings, 1870;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1870,
1871; David Davis, Historian,
Dept. of Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Petaluma
Sonoma
CA/NV No namesake. Known only by its Engine Company No. 1 Hall
number.
(1869)
Org. 5 Mar. 1868
Sherman
Oroville
Butte
Org. 1881
016
Post No. 16 / Rough and
Ready
Grass Valley
Nevada
CA/NV MG William Tecumseh Sherman
(1820-1891), famous Civil War
leader.
CA/NV Named for the town of Rough and
Ready, near Marysville
6 May 1869;
Revoked 15
Sept. 1869
1881
Org. 1869
Sur. 8 Nov.
1869
016
Rod Matheson
Healdsburg
Sonoma
Must'd 10
February 1881
1894
017
Sedgwick
Santa Ana
Orange
Must'd 24
February 1881
1940
Post No. 18 / Thomas
Placerville
El Dorado
CA/NV COL Roderick Nicol Matheson
(1824-1862), early Healdsburg
settler and local war hero. He
was a colonel in the 32nd N.Y.
Vol. Infantry (a.k.a., 1st Calif.
Regiment), mortally wounded at
Crampton's Gap, MD, died 2 Oct.
1862. Local hero, buried in
Healdsburg.
CA/NV MG John Sedgwick (1813-1864),
famous Civil War leader, KIA
Spotsylvania Co., VA, 9 May
1864.
CA/NV
018
007
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Org. 1868
California
The charter, books and blank forms were received by the
Department in 1870. The only man from the Post to request a
transfer after its surrender, was J. A. Robinson, its former
commander.
Dept. Proceedings, 1870;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
The membership was too scattered to attend the meetings.
Dept. Proceedings, 1870;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1882;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
August 8, 1895 San Francisco Call notes General Order dated
June 1, 1888, naming this Post.
Dept. Proceedings, 1882;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Renumbered 20 Number changed to 7 by General Order No. 2, dated 20 Apr.
Apr. 1871
1871.
Dept. Proceedings, 1872;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
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No.
Alt.
No.
Location
County
Dept.
Canby
Biggs
Butte
CA/NV MG Edward Richard Sprigg
Canby (1817-1873), famous Civil
War leader, KIA in the Modoc
Indian Wars, CA, 11 April 1873.
Must'd 28 Feb.
1881
1882
Dept. Proceedings, 1882;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
019
Halleck
Chico
Butte
CA/NV MG Henry Wager Halleck (18151872), famous Civil War leader.
Must'd 2 Apr.
1881
1940
020
Post No. 20
Ione City
Calaveras
020
Ellsworth
Santa Rosa
Sonoma
Org. 1869
CA/NV No namesake. Known only by its
number.
Klute's Hall (1881); IOOF Hall;
Org. 29 Mar.
CA/NV COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth
(1837-1861), colonel in the New
Sonoma County Courthouse
1881; Chart'd and
York Fire Zouaves (11th N.Y. Inf.), basement, 4th Street, Santa Rosa
Must'd 9 April
who was the first Union casualty
1881
of the Civil War, killed by a proConfederacy innkeeper in
Alexandria, VA, on 24 May 1861.
Civil War hero and martyr.
Dept. Proceedings, 1882;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1870
021
Post No. 21
Mokelumne Hill
Calaveras
021
Anderson
Ferndale
Humboldt
CA/NV No namesake. Known only by its
number.
CA/NV
022
Curtis
San Quentin
Marin
CA/NV
023
Rawlins
Stockton
San Joaquin
CA/NV
024
Post No. 24
Wilmington
Los Angeles
CA/NV No namesake. Known only by its
number.
Post No. 26 / Mansfield
Suisun
Solano
CA/NV
026
R. L. McCook
Watsonville
Santa Cruz
028
Post No. 28
Somersville
Contra Costa
CA/NV BG Robert Latimer McCook (18271862), died of wounds at
Huntsville, AL, on 6 August 1862.
Famous Civil War leader. One of
the "fighting McCooks."
CA/NV No namesake. Known only by its
number.
028
Commander Williams
Nortonville
Contra Costa
030
Wright
Soquel
032
W. H. L. Wallace (after 1895:
Wallace-Reynolds)
Santa Cruz
033
Heintzelman
San Diego
San Diego
034
James A. Garfield
San Francisco
San Francisco
037
Reynolds
Wilmington
Los Angeles
038
Kilpatrick
St. Helena
Napa
026
009
Post Namesake
Meeting Place(s)
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Post Name
018
Revoked 15
Sept. 1869
Dis. 10 Feb.
1942
Org. 1869
1869
Chart'd 1 Mar.
1881; Must'd 25
June 1881
Must'd 24 Apr.
1881
1893
Org. 15 Apr.
1881; Must'd 28
Jan. 1882
Org. 1869
6-May-1938
1882
Revoked 15
Sept. 1869
Org. 1869; Reorg. 19 Dec. 1869
January 30,
1870
Must'd 30 June
1881
Dis. 30 Apr.
1937
Org. 10 Apr. 1869
Sur. 22 Feb.
1871
CA/NV
Chart'd 22 Dec.
1868
Sur. 22 Feb.
1871
Santa Cruz
CA/NV
Santa Cruz
CA/NV BG William Hervey Lamme
Wallace (1821-1862), mortally
wounded at Shiloh, died 19 Apr.
1862.
CA/NV MG Samuel Peter Heintzelman
(1805-1880), famous Civil War
leader.
Org. 18 June
1870
Org. 13 Aug.
1881; Must'd 10
Sept. 1881
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Grand Army Hall, cor. 6th and F
(1893); Horton Hall (1895)
Twenthy-four charter members. The first organizational meeting
was held at the office of Dr. Absalom Stuart on 29 Mar. 1881, with
CPT Daniel W. Ballou elected chairman, CPT W. O. Howe
secretary, and Dr. Stuart vice-president. The Post was mustered
in the home of charter member, John Miller. Ended with death of
last member Almaron W. Conant
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1882;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1882;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1882;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1870;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Adopted its namesake in March 1870.
Dept. Proceedings, 1870;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
24 February 1887-April 1903: Inactive?? (suspended 1887). April Dept. Proceedings, 1882;
1903 to 30 April 1937, active.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1870,
1871; David Davis, Historian,
Dept. of Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Adopted its namesake in June 1870.
Changed to Wallace-Reynolds 1896
Must'd 8 Oct.
1881
1940
CA/NV MG James Abram Garfield (18311881), Civil War leader and later
US President (assassinated).
CA/NV
Must'd 22 Oct.
1881
1915
1902: Listed in encampment parade; 1906 earthquake relief
Must'd 1881
1884
Not on the 1884 Roster
CA/NV MG Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (18361881), famous Civil War leader.
The post was mustered in on 7
Dec. 1881, just three days after
Kilpatrick died.
Org. 14 Dec.
1881; Must'd 24
Dec. 1881
17 May 1929
(suspended)
California
Sonoma Democrat, 2 Apr.
1881, 16 Apr. 1881; Dept.
Proceedings, 1882; David
Davis, Historian, Dept. of Calif.
& Pac., SUVCW
Charter reinstated 1887.
1871
22 January
1943
Source(s)
1929 Dept. Encampment lists as No Report and not listed in later
encampments
Dept. Proceedings, 1872;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1882;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1882;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; San
Diego County Directories,
1893, 1895
Dept. Proceedings, 1882;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1882;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dept. Proceedings, 1882;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
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No.
Alt.
No.
Location
County
Dept.
Governor Morton
Calistoga
Napa
042
John A. Dix
San Jose
Santa Clara
044
Cushing
San Buenaventura
Ventura
IOOF Hall, Lincoln Avenue,
CA/NV Oliver Hazard Perry Throck
Morton (1823-1877), Governor of Calistoga
Indiana during the Civil War.
CA/NV MG John Adams Dix (1798-1879),
famous Civil War leader.
CA/NV
046
COL Cass
San Francisco
San Francisco
CA/NV
Must'd 9 Sept.
1882
Sur. 1907
047
Lou Morris
Livermore
Alameda
CA/NV
25 April 1894
048
GEN G. G. Meade
San Francisco
San Francisco
CA/NV MG George Gordon Meade (18151872), famous Civil War leader.
Must'd 23 Sept.
1882
Org. 1883
Dis. 13 May
1921
Appeared between 1883-1884; 1906 earthquake relief
049
COL Whipple
Eureka
Humboldt
CA/NV
Org. 1883
Appomatox
Oakland
Alameda
Org. 1883
051
McPherson
Hanford
Kings
CA/NV Appomattox Courthouse, VA,
location of Gen. Lee's surrender
of the Army of Northern Virginia.
CA/NV
Dis. 20 May
1932
Dis. 1940
Appeared between 1883-1884
050
1902: Listed in encampment parade
052
Starr King
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara
CA/NV Rev. Thomas Starr King (18241864), influential pro-Union orator.
Org. 1883
Dis. 18 May
1934
Dis. 1937
053
Thomas Dollard
Mendocino
Mendocino
CA/NV
Org. 1883
Dis. 1887
054
Warren
Sacramento
Sacramento
CA/NV
055
Stanton
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
CA/NV Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814- Patriotic Hall (1946-1953)
1869), Secretary of War under
President Lincoln.
Org. 12 Nov.
1883
Org. 1883
056
GEN James B. Steedman
Salinas
Monterey
CA/NV MG James Blair Steedman (18171883), famous Civil War leader.
057
William H. Long
San Bernardino
San Bernardino
057
W. R. Cornman
San Bernardino
San Bernardino
CA/NV MAJ (Bvt. COL) William Hale
Long (c.1835-1890), U.S.
Volunteers, Assistant AdjutantGeneral. Boston merchant after
the war, and close friend of Post
27 member, MAJ T. C. Kendall.
CA/NV 2LT William Raymond Cornman
(1844-1877), Co, I, 1st Battalion
MN Inf., died of dehydration in the
Mojave Desert, on 15 Aug. 1877.
058
Jesse L. Reno
Hollister
San Benito
059
Gettysburg
Tulare
Tulare
060
Shiloh
Compton
Los Angeles
061
Vicksburg
Pomona
Los Angeles
063
Antietam
Petaluma
Sonoma
064
Rousseau
Kelseyville
Lake
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Post Namesake
Meeting Place(s)
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Post Name
041
Chart'd 2 Mar.
1882, Must'd 25
March 1882
Must'd 23 Mar.
1882
Must'd 23 May
1882
Org. 15 May 1883
Dis. May 1940 Eighteen charter members. The Post ended with the death of its
last member John Winfield Scott.
10-May-1902
May 17, 1929
Appeared between 1883-1884; 1906 earthquake relief
Appeared between 1883-1884
Appeared between 1883-1884: 1937 Dept. Encampment
Proceedings note charter turned in and last member became
member-at-large
Appeared between 1883-1884. Suspended 1887.
Merged 2 Dec. Appeared between 1883-1884; 1886 Listed as No. 55;
1912
Consolidated with Sumner Post No. 3
23 Jan. 1953 Said to have been the last active GAR Post in the country. It
continued to do business after the last National Encampment. The
members of the Post were still meeting in 1950, assisted by the
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. The Post came to an
end with the death of its last member, William Allen Magee, on 23
Jan. 1953. An official closing ceremony at Patriotic Hall was held
on 13 Feb. 1953.
Org. 10 Jan. 1884 Dis. 13 June 1929 Dept. Encampment lists as No Report; 1924 Dept.
1924
Encampment has in Aides de Camp list
Chart'd 24 Apr.
1884
Sur. 1884
Chart'd & Must'd
5 Dec. 1884
Dis. 1940
The Post was named for a man who was still living, so the charter
was promptly revoked. The Post re-organized in 1884 as W. R.
Cornman Post. No. 57. Twenty-four charter members.
Org. 19 April
1884
Org. 1884
Dis. 23 June
1933
CA/NV Shiloh, TN, site of major Civil War
battle, 1862.
CA/NV Vicksburg, MS, site of major Civil
War battle (siege and campaign).
Org. 1884
Dis. 1940
Org. 1884
Dis. 1940
22 April 1890 suspended? >1890-1905: inactive; 1905
Encampment (notes as being reinstated; 1933: records turned
over to VFW by non-GAR Civil War veteran; 1929 Dept.
Encampment lists as No Report and not in later lists.
August 8, 1895 San Francisco Call notes General Order dated
June 1, 1888, naming this Post
Org. 7 June 1884 Dis. 6 May 1938
Org. 1885
California
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dean
Enderlin, SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; National
Tribune 1 Feb. 1883
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept.
Proceedings, 1908; National
Tribune, 1 Feb. 1882
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
National Encampent
Proceedings, 1949; Los
Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 1949;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
History of San Bernardino and
Riverside Counties, 1922;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Sometimes listed as W. B. Cornman, which is in error; August 8,
Los Angeles Daily Herald, 7
1895 San Francisco Call notes General Order dated June 1, 1888, Dec. 1884; History of San
naming this Post. Forty-two charter members.
Bernardino and Riverside
Counties, 1922; David Davis,
Historian, Dept. of Calif. &
Pac., SUVCW
Dis. 5 July 1899
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
CA/NV MG Jesse Lee Reno (1823-1862),
Civil War leader, KIA at South
Mountain, MD, 14 September
1862.
CA/NV Gettysburg, PA, site of major Civil
War battle, 1863.
CA/NV Antietam, MD, site of major Civil
War battle.
CA/NV MG Lovell Harrison Rousseau
(1818-1869), famous Civil War
leader.
Appeared between 1882-1883; 1902: Listed in encampment
parade
1929 Dept. Encampment lists as No Report and not listed in later
encampments
Source(s)
Dis. 10 Apr.
1908
Recommended to be disbanded, 1905.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Page 4 of 11
Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary
No.
Alt.
No.
Location
County
Dept.
W. H. Seward
Woodland
Yolo
CA/NV
Org. 1 Aug. 1884;
Must'd 21 Aug.
1884
Dis. 30 Apr.
1937
066
Robert Anderson
Lompoc
Santa Barbara
CA/NV
Org. 1885
Dis. 8 May 1914
068
MAJ E. W. Eddy
Santa Paula
Ventura
Org. 1885
Dis. 1895
070
Fred Steele
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo
Org. 21 May 1885
Dis. 30 May
1941
June 4, 1885 Weekly Mirror notes as being recently installed.
071
COL E. D. Baker
Newcastle
Yuba
CA/NV MAJ Ellery Wilbur Eddy (18321865), US Vols. Paymaster Dept.,
lost at sea off California, 30 July
1865, aboard the SS Brother
Jonathan.
CA/NV MG Frederick Steele (1819-1868),
Civil War leader, died in California
January 1868.
CA/NV 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.
Org. 10 Dec.
1884
Dis. August
1936
Charter in Auburn Veteran Memorial Building; August 1936: last
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
member died, 1937 Encampment awaiting to receive Post records Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
072
GEN George S. Evans
Redwood City
San Mateo
Org. 1885
Dis. 20 May
1927
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
073
Eddy Lee
Swasey / Glenburn
Shasta
Org. 1885
074
Kit Carson
Napa
Napa
Org. January
1885
Dis. 18 April
1890
Dis. 18 Aug.
1932
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
075
GEN J. K. Mansfield
Red Bluff
Tehama
Org. 1885; Reorg. 10 Oct. 1903
Dis. 23 June
1941
Reorganized in 1903 with ten members. Death of last member
David Bayles
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept.
Proceedings, 1904
076
CPT William Wallace
Lake City
Modoc
CA/NV CPT William Wallace (Co. C, 1st
Nevada Infantry), murdered
c.1884 in Lake City, buried in
Lake City Cemetery. Local hero.
Org. 1885
31 December
1888
Last Report 1887, Disbanded
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
077
GEN Canby
Martinez
Contra Costa
CA/NV MG Edward Richard Sprigg
Canby (1817-1873), famous Civil
War leader, KIA in the Modoc
Indian Wars, CA, 11 April 1873.
Org. 1885
Dis. 1891
December 12, 1885 Daily Alta California noted post already
mustered in
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
078
Thomas Amner
Boulder Creek
Santa Cruz
CA/NV
Org. 4 Apr. 1885
079
E. F. Winslow
Redding
Shasta
CA/NV
Org. 1885
080
Corinth
Marysville
Yuba
CA/NV Corinth, MS, site of major Civil
War battle (siege), 1862.
Org. 1885
Dis. 7 Sept.
1887
Dis. 17 May
1929
17-May-1929
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
081
J. W. Morey
Guerneville
Sonoma
082
E. O. C. Ord
Los Gatos
Santa Clara
December 12, 1885 Daily Alta California noted post already
mustered in
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
084
GEN G. B. McClellan
Etna Mills
Siskiyou
CA/NV 1LT Joseph Warren Morey (18411885), Past Post Commander,
Ellsworth Post, No. 20, GAR,
Santa Rosa. Morey was 1LT in
the 17th NY Vol. Infantry (served
in Co's K, D, F and G, wounded in
the 2nd Battle of Bull Run). He
died 31 Jan. 1885, and was
buried in Santa Rosa Rural
Cemetery.
CA/NV MG Edward Otho Cresap Ord
(1818-1883), famous Civil War
leader.
CA/NV MG George Brinton McClellan
(1826-1885), famous Civil War
leader.
December 12, 1885 Daily Alta California noted post already
mustered in. Suspended 1887.
December 12, 1885 Daily Alta California noted post already
mustered in
December 12, 1885 Daily Alta California noted post already
mustered in; 1929 Dept. Encampment lists as No Report and not
listed later.
Fifteen charter members.
1887?: Disbanded (last mentioned 10 April 1908); 29 April 1889
reorganized.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org)
Post Namesake
Meeting Place(s)
CA/NV COL (Bvt. BG) George Spafford
Evans (1826-1883), 2nd CA
Cavalry, died September 1883 in
San Francisco.
CA/NV
CA/NV 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.
CA/NV BG Joseph King Fenno Mansfield
(1803-1862), Civil War leader, KIA
Sharpsburg, MD, 18 Sept. 1862.
California
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Post Name
065
Org. c.June 1885;
Must'd 30 Aug.
1885
1894
Org. 1885
30-Apr-1937
Org. 31 Oct. 1885
April 10, 1908
Eighten charter members.
Source(s)
National Tribune, 4 Sept. 1884;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Sonoma Democrat, 5 Sept.
1885; David Davis, Historian,
Dept. of Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Page 5 of 11
Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary
No.
Alt.
No.
Location
County
Dept.
GEN Berry
Truckee
Placer
CA/NV MG Hiram Gregory Berry (18241863), Civil War leader, KIA by a
sharpshooter at the Battle of
Chancellorsville, VA, 3 May 1863.
086
Dunham
Kingsburg
Fresno
CA/NV
088
Lookout Mountain
Berkeley
Alameda
089
Foote
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara
CA/NV Lookout Mountain, near
Chattanooga, TN, site of major
Civil War battle.
CA/NV
090
GEN McDowell
San Rafael
Marin
CA/NV MG Irvin McDowell (1818-1885),
best known for his defeat at the
first Battle of Bull Run. He later
held commands on the West
Coast, and died in San Francisco.
091
Modoc
Adin
Modoc
092
Atlanta
Fresno
Fresno
093
John F. Godfrey
Pasadena
Los Angeles
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
CA/NV Atlanta, GA, site of major Civil
War battle (campaign).
CA/NV
096
W. T. Sherman
Oroville
Butte
097
Fredericksburg
Point Arena
Mendocino
098
J. F. Reynolds
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz
099
Union
Lemoore
Kings
100
Champion HIll
Plymouth
Amador
101
Belmont
Auburn
Placer
CA/NV Battle Champion Hill, MS, major
Civil War battle, 16 May 1863.
CA/NV
103
T. B. Stevens
Elsinore
Riverside
CA/NV
104
Hancock
Merced
Merced
CA/NV
105
Winchester
Anderson
Shasta
CA/NV
106
Gelcich
East Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Org. 1886
106
Kenesaw
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
CA/NV MAJ Vincent Gelcich, M.D. (18251885), Asst. Surgeon, 1st Bttn.
CA Native Cav., later Surg., 4th
CA Infantry. Los Angeles area
physician and oil pioneer. Charter
member, Frank Bartlett Post #6,
GAR.
CA/NV Kennesaw Mountain, GA, site of
major Civil War battle.
Org. 1894
24-Apr-1905
Pre-2007 research had city as Placerville?, but 1910 Mem. Day
suggests Los Angeles; See comments for Gelcich Post No. 106
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
107
Governor Dick Yates
Traver
Tulare
CA/NV Richard "Dick" Yates (1815-1874),
governor of Illinois during the Civil
War.
Must'd 20 March
1886
5-Mar-1905
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
108
Placerville
Placerville
El Dorado
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Must'd 23 March
1886
Dis. 24 Dec.
1916
Seventeen charter members. March 24, 1886, Daily Alta
California refers to as Traber, Fresno County. According to the
National Tribune, 15 April 1886, the members of the Post had
originally desired that it be named in honor of John F. Miller, but
concluded to name it after Dick Yates.
Twenty-seven charter members. There was a Thomas Post in
Placerville 1870.
109
Island No. 10
Selma
Fresno
Must'd 25 March
1886
1891
110
GEN John F. Miller
Colusa
Colusa
CA/NV Island Number Ten, site of major
Civil War river battle, New Madrid,
MO.
CA/NV BG John Franklin Miller (18311886), later US Senator in CA.
Commander of the Provisional
GAR Department of California in
1867.
Must'd 31 March
1886
May 20, 1927
SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org)
Post Namesake
Meeting Place(s)
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Post Name
085
Org. 4 Nov. 1885
8-Mar-1905
Org. Nov. 1885
April 15, 1889
Org. 14 Nov.
1885
1940
Org. Nov. 1885
May 13, 1921
Org. Nov. 1885
5-Mar-1905
Org. Nov. 1885
February 24,
1887
1940
Org. 26 Nov.
1885
Org. Nov. 1885
CA/NV MG William Tecumseh Sherman
(1820-1891), famous Civil War
leader.
CA/NV Fredericksburg, VA, site of major
Civil War battle.
CA/NV MG John Fulton Reynolds (18201863), KIA at the Battle of
Gettysburg on 1 July 1863.
Famous Civil War leader.
CA/NV
1940
Org. 18 Feb.
1886
Must'd 31 Dec.
1885; Chart'd 2
Jan. 1886
1895
Org. 18 Feb.
1886
Org. 18 Feb.
1886
Org. 18 Feb.
1886
Org. 18 Feb.
1886
Org. 14 Feb.
1886
Org. 1886
California
1940
Org. 9 Apr. 1886
May 30, 1895
Source(s)
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
November 14, 1885 Daily Alta California noted post already
mustered; August 6, 1889 Daily Alta California noted charter
already surrendered
Records placed in chest dated May 1939
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
December 12, 1885 Daily Alta California noted post already
mustered in
November 14, 1885 Daily Alta California noted post will "probably
muster early next week"
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
December 12, 1885 Daily Alta California noted post already
mustered in. Suspended 1887.
1889: Property lost in fire; 1902: Listed in encampment parade
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
December 12, 1885 Daily Alta California noted post already
mustered in.
Charter located at Pioneer Museum Oroville
Merged with W.H.L. Wallace 1896
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; National
Tribune 4 Mar. 1886
1895
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
May 17, 1929
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
May 13, 1921 1921 Encampment lists as No Report
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
December 31, Suspended 1889/12/31
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
1889
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
1903
April 27, 1886, Daily Alta California notes post is newly formed.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Changed to Post 186 1903?
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
1894
1893: WRC Gelcich Corps No. 22 changed name to WRC
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Kenesaw Corps No. 22 suggesting GAR Post also changed name Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
April 18, 1890
Last Report 1887, Disbanded?
Ten charter members.
Thirteen charter members.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
Page 6 of 11
Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary
No.
Alt.
No.
Location
County
Dept.
GEN George Wright
Visalia
Tulare
Must'd 31 March
1886
May 20, 1932
112
Monitor (New Monitor)
Willows
Butte
CA/NV BG George Wright (1803-1865),
famous Civil War leader, lost at
sea off California, 30 July 1865,
aboard the SS Brother Jonathan.
CA/NV USS Monitor, first Union ironclad
warship.
Must'd 18 April
1886
1894
113
John W. Geary
Dixon
Solano
Must'd 19 April
1886
Dis. 1907
Twelve charter members. Declared disbanded in 1907, with ten
members.
114
COL A. W. Preston
Winters
Yolo
Must'd 22 April
1886
April 18, 1890
Fifteen charter members. The National Tribune, 29 April 1886,
notes that the post was named for a man of the 8th U.S. Cavalry
who died from the result of wounds received in action.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
115
Chattanooga
Nevada City
Nevada
Must'd 24 April
1886
Dis. 1931
Thirty-one charter members. 1919, 1921 Encampments list No
Report; 1931: death of last member
116
Williamsburg
Williams
Colusa
CA/NV (presumably) MG John White
Geary (1819-1873), US
Volunteers. Final alcalde and
mayor of San Francisco (Geary
St. is named for him).
CA/NV (possibly) COL Addison Webster
Preston (1830-1864), 1st VT
Cavalry, KIA at Hawes' Shop, VA
on 3 June 1864.
CA/NV Chattanooga, TN, site of a series
of major Civil War battles
(campaign).
CA/NV Williamsburg, VA, site of a major
Civil War battle in May 1862.
Must'd 1 May
1886
April 18, 1890
Eleven charter members.
117
South Mountain
Loyalton
Sierra
CA/NV South Mountain, MD, famous Civil
War battle, September 1862.
Must'd 1 May
1886
April 18, 1890
Eleven charter members.
118
Riverside
Riverside
Riverside
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Must'd 1 May
1886
May 6, 1938
119
Kearsarge
Ukiah
Mendocino
Must'd 11 May
1886
1905
Fourteen charter members. Recommended to be disbanded,
1905.
120
Fair Oaks
Sacramento
Sacramento
CA/NV U.S.S. Kearsarge, a Mohicanclass steam sloop-of-war, best
known for its engagement and
sinking of the CSS Alabama at
Cherbourg, France, in 1864.
CA/NV Battle of Fair Oaks, VA, October
1864.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
Must'd 21 May
1886
1894
Twelve charter members.
121
J. A. Addison
San Jacinto
Riverside
Must'd 15 May
1886
1895
Thirteen charter members.
122
Ren Dixon
Quincy
Plumas
CA/NV (presumably) PVT Julius A.
Addison (1838-1884), Co. G, 61st
NY Infantry, died in San Jacinto,
18 Sept. 1884.
CA/NV (presumably) 1LT Lorenzo "Ren"
A. Dixon (Co. M, 3rd WI Cavalry),
died of wounds, Clarksville, AR,
20 Oct. 1864 (also reported as
died 29 Oct. at Independence,
MO), associated with the Battle of
Baxter Springs, KS.
Must'd 22 May
1886
1891
Twelve charter members.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
123
Kenesaw
Orland
Glenn
CA/NV Kennesaw Mountain, GA, site of
major Civil War battle.
Must'd 2 June
1886
1891
Fourteen charter members.
124
Ontario
Ontario
San Bernardino
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Must'd 29 May
1886
April 30, 1937
Thirteen charter members.
125
Gaylord
Upper Lake
Lake
Must'd 8 May
1886
April 1929
(Suspended)
Ten charter members. Last mentioned 2 May 1930.
126
COL Harper
Arroyo Grande
San Luis Obispo
Must'd 24 June
1886
May 18, 1934
Ten charter members. The namesake of the Post was chosen by
Henry Bakeman, a veteran of Co. F, 2nd Iowa Infantry. He
claimed to have served under COL Harper until the expiration of
his term of service.
127
Hurlbut
Bakersfield
Kern
Must'd 25 June
1886
1937
128
Missionary Ridge
Ione
Calaveras
CA/NV (possibly) Augustus S. Gaylord
(1826-1901), Adj-Gen. for the
state of Wisconsin during the Civil
War.
CA/NV COL Harper, "beloved Colonel" of
the 2nd Iowa Inf. No officer by
the name of Harper ever assumed
the command of this regiment.
See notes.
CA/NV MG Stephen Augustus Hurlbut
(1815-1882), one of the founding
fathers of the GAR.
CA/NV Missionary Ridge, near
Chattanooga, TN, major Civil War
battle, November 1863.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
Must'd 30 June
1886
1887
SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org)
Post Namesake
Meeting Place(s)
California
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Post Name
111
Source(s)
Twenty-five charter members.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
Thirteen charter members. Disbanded / Changed to New Monitor
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
Thirty-seven charter members.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
Thirteen charter members. 1889: property lost in fire; 1905: Bio of David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Henry Ford Condict
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
Eleven charter members.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
Page 7 of 11
Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary
No.
Alt.
No.
Location
County
Dept.
G. D. Forsythe
Rohnerville
Humboldt
Must'd 27 July
1886
February 24,
1887
Twelve charter members.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
130
Colton
Colton
San Bernardino
CA/NV (presumably) 1LT George Duncan
Forsythe (-1864), Co. B, 100th
OH Infantry, fatally shot by guard
at Libby Prison, VA, on 13 April
1864.
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Must'd 1 October
1886
1891
Sixteen charter members.
131
Malvern Hill
Anaheim / Fullerton
Orange
CA/NV Malvern Hill, VA, famous battle of
the Civil War, 1 July 1862.
Must'd 17
September 1886
October 1942
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
132
Cold Harbor
Arcata
Humboldt
Must'd 5
November 1886
1895
133
Liberty
San Francisco
San Francisco
CA/NV Cold Harbor, near Mechanicsville,
VA, famous Civil War battle, May
and June 1864.
CA/NV
Must'd 29
October 1886
April 16, 1901
134
Carleton
Willow Ranch
Modoc
CA/NV
Must'd 19 June
1886
December 31, Ten charter members.
1889
135
GEN John A. Logan
Bishop
Inyo
CA/NV MG John Alexander Logan (18261886), famous Civil War leader.
Must'd 16
December 1886
136
John A. Buford
San Miguel
San Luis Obispo
CA/NV
Sur. April 1889 Eleven charter members. 1889: Charter Surrendered; 1898?:
Reorganized as Post 180; August 6, 1889 Daily Alta California
notes charter already surrendered
1895
Fifteen charter members.
137
Fort Fisher
Santa Monica
Los Angeles
Must'd 25 March
1887
February 23,
1898
138
GEN Gordon Granger
Orange
Orange
CA/NV Fort Fisher, CS coastal defense,
located near Wilmington, SC, site
of two major Civil War battles.
Also the site of a magazine
explosion in January 1865, in
which several hundred men lost
their lives.
CA/NV MG Gordon Granger (1822-1876),
famous Civil War leader.
Must'd 16 May
1887
1940
August 8, 1895 San Francisco Call notes General Order dated
June 1, 1888, naming this Post. Twenty-nine charter members.
John A. Logan
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
CA/NV MG John Alexander Logan (18261886), famous Civil War leader.
Must'd 4 August
1887
1894
Nineteen charter members. Merged with Bartlett Post 6 after
1894.
140
Dan Bidwell
Norwalk
Los Angeles
Must'd 26 August
1887
Dis. 1916
Twenty charter members.
141
Columbia
Columbia
Tuolumne
CA/NV (presumably) BG Daniel Davidson
Bidwell (1819-1864), US
Volunteers, KIA Cedar Creek, VA,
19 October 1864.
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Must'd 3
September 1887
May 13, 1921
Twelve charter members.
142
California
Independence
Inyo
CA/NV Presumably in honor of the state
(post location)
Must'd 5 October
1887
143
Escondido
Escondido
San Diego
144
Burnside
San Pedro
Los Angeles
145
Mount Shasta (146?)
Sisson / Mt. Shasta
Siskiyou
146
National
National City
San Diego
147
Franklin
Galt
Sacramento
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
CA/NV MG Ambrose Everett Burnside
(1824-1881), famous Civil War
leader.
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
CA/NV
148
Fort Sumter
Cloverdale
Sonoma
139
006
SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org)
Post Namesake
Meeting Place(s)
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Post Name
129
Must'd 16
February 1887
IOOF Hall (1919-1922)
Org. 1888
Org. 1888
CA/NV Fort Sumter, coastal fortification in
Charleston harbor, SC, where the
opening battle of the Civil War
took place (12 April 1861). The
name of the GAR post was
invariably spelled "Sumpter."
California
Twenty charter members. April 1904: Moved to Fullerton; August
8, 1895 San Francisco Call notes General Order dated June 1,
1888, naming this Post. Erwin Barr of the Malvern Hill GAR Post
#131 donated the GAR Plot per the deed recorded on March 29,
1895 in Book 95 Page 302 of Deeds in the Office of the Orange
County Recorder.
Twenty-three charter members.
Eighteen charter members. Organized as a "uniformed" Post,
inspired by the National Encampment in San Francisco in 1886.
Its maximum membership was set at 200.
Twelve charter members.
Source(s)
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887; National
Tribune, 3 Mar. 1887
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1887.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1888.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1888.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1888.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1888.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1888.
1891
Eleven charter members. April 22, 1890 Encampment list refers to David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
as Independent Post No. 142
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept
Proceedings, 1888.
November 13, Appeared between 1888-1889; Last member died November 13,
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
1940
1940
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
1894
Appeared between 1888-1889; Reinstated March 20, 1893
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Org. 1888
1895
Org. 1889
April 22, 1890
Org. 1889
1894
Org. 17 Jan. 1889
Dis. 1893
Appeared between 1888-1889
Appeared between 1889-1891
Noted as disbanded 1894 Encampment. Purposely spelled "Fort
Sumpter" by members
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Page 8 of 11
Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary
No.
Alt.
No.
County
Location
Chickamauga
Burson / Valley
Calaveras
Springs / San Andreas
CA/NV Chickamauga, GA, site of a series
of major Civil War battles in 1863.
Org. 6 July 1889
27-Mar-1905
150
Leppien
Fortuna (Rohnerville)
Humboldt
Org. 1889
1891
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
151
GEN Hartranft
Benicia
Contra Costa
Org. 1889
May 16, 1919
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
152
John C. Fremont
Downieville
Sierra
Org. 1889
Dis. 1925
Appeared between 1889-1891
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
153
Santa Monica
(Soldiers' Home)
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Org. 1889
Org. 1889
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
155
Hartford
Lodi
San Joaquin
Org. 1889
Dis. 25 Dec.
1936
Appeared between 1889-1891; 1936: death of last member
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
156
Missionary Ridge
Fort Bragg
Mendocino
CA/NV MG George R. Crook (18281890), famous Civil War and
Indian Wars leader.
CA/NV (presumably" USS Hartford, sloopof-war and flagship of ADM
Farragut during the Civil War.
CA/NV Site of major battle near
Chattanooga, TN (Nov. 1863), in
which troops led by CS Gen.
Braxton Bragg (for whom Fort
Bragg was named) were routed
and forced to retreat to GA The
loss ultimately led to Gen. Bragg's
resignation. The naming of the
post may have been a subtle jab
at the town's namesake.
Dis. 29 Jan.
1939
1891
Appeared between 1889-1891
154
John A. Martin (Soldiers'
Home)
GEN George Crook
CA/NV (possibly) LTC George Francis
Leppien ( -1863), 1st ME Lt.
Artillery, died of wounds received
at Chancellorsville, VA, 24 May
1863.
CA/NV BG John Frederick Hartranft
(1830-1889), famous Civil War
leader and Medal of Honor
recipient.
CA/NV MG John Charles Frémont (18131890), famous Civil War and
Mexican War leader, California
pioneer.
CA/NV
Org. 1889
May 20, 1927
Appeared between 1889-1891
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
157
Hancock
Bodie
Mono
CA/NV
Org. 1889
1894
Appeared between 1889-1891
158
Summerland
Summerland
Santa Barbara
Dis. 1893
George Sykes
Presidio
San Francisco
Org. 1889
1891
160
Hamlin
Crescent City
Del Norte
Org. 1889
May 16, 1919
161
George A. Tilton
Delano
Kern
Org. 1889
1895
162
Bear Valley
Redlands
San Bernardino
Org. 1892
April 30, 1937
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
163
Benton
Susanville
Lassen
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
CA/NV MG George Sykes, famous Civil
War leader.
CA/NV (presumably) Hannibal Hamlin
(1809-1891), Vice-President to
Abraham Lincoln in his first
administration.
CA/NV PVT George A. Tilton, late son of
Natt W. Tilton of Delano, Co. C,
11th NH Infantry, died of wounds
received at Spotsylvania
Courthouse, 29 May 1864). A
local history states he died at
Gettysburg.
CA/NV Bear Valley, site of dam and
name of water supply company
that developed Redlands in the
mid-1880s.
CA/NV
Org. 1889
159
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Org. 1892
1895
164
Ericsson
Sebastopol
Sonoma
Org. April 1892
1895
(suspended?)
165
GEN Canby
Alturas
Modoc
CA/NV John Ericsson (1803-1889),
designer of the ironclad USS
Monitor.
CA/NV MG Edward Richard Sprigg
Canby (1817-1873), famous Civil
War leader, KIA in the Modoc
Indian Wars, CA, 11 April 1873.
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Org. 1893
May 16, 1919
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
166
Benjamin Harrison
Madera
Madera
Org. 1894
May 12, 1916
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
167
Porterville
Porterville
Tulare
Org. 1894
1895
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Los Angeles
SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org)
Dept.
Post Namesake
Meeting Place(s)
CA/NV BG Benjamin Harrison (18331901), famous Civil War leader
and later US President.
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
California
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Post Name
149
Source(s)
Per Kirby Morgan; 1913 Encampment notes in "uncertain condition David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
as to future"
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Appeared between 1889-1891; Noted as disbanded 1894
Encampment
Appeared between 1889-1892; (Presidio?)
Appeared between 1889-1892; 1918, 1919 Encampments list as
No Report
Appeared between 1889-1892
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Page 9 of 11
Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary
No.
Alt.
No.
Post Name
Location
168
Carleton
Riverside, S. (Corona) Riverside
County
169
ADM D. D. Porter
Oakland
Alameda
170
N. P. Banks
Glendale
Los Angeles
170
Tujunga
Tujunga
Los Angeles
171
Unity
Veterans Home
(Yountville)
Napa
172
Datus E. Coon
San Diego
San Diego
173
GEN A. H. Terry
Rocklin
Placer
174
Burnside
Azusa
Los Angeles
175
Mariposa
Mariposa
Mariposa
176
GEN Sol Meredith
Suisun
Solano
177
Uncle Sam
Los Angeles
178
GEN Charles F. Smith
Soldiers Home
(Sawtelle)
Lancaster
179
Lucius Fairchild
Pacific Grove
Monterey
180
GEN John A. Logan
Bishop
Inyo
181
Long Beach
Long Beach
Los Angeles
182
W. S. Rosecrans
Whittier
Los Angeles
183
Olympia
Cottonwood
Shasta
184
Maywood
Corning
Tehama
185
Harbor City
San Pedro
Los Angeles
186
Winchester
Anderson
Shasta
187
McKinley
Palo Alto
188
Burnside
West Los Angeles,
Sawtelle
Los Angeles
Dept.
Post Namesake
Meeting Place(s)
CA/NV (probably) BG James Henry
Carleton (1814-1873),
commander of the District of
Southern CA, later NM, during the
Civil War.
CA/NV Rear ADM David Dixon Porter
(1813-1891), famous Civil War
leader.
CA/NV MG Nathan Prentice Banks (18161894), famous Civil War leader.
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
CA/NV Organized "to strengthen the
bonds of comradeship among the
old veterans and promote their
best interests." Unity was
probably selected as the
namesake in that spirit.
CA/NV COL (Bvt. BG) Datus Ensign
Coon 1831-1893), died of
gunshot wound in San Diego, 17
December 1893. Buried in GAR
plot at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
CA/NV MG Alfred Howe Terry (18271890), famous Civil War and
Indian Wars leader.
CA/NV MG Ambrose Everett Burnside
(1824-1881), famous Civil War
leader.
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
CA/NV BG Soloman "Sol" Meredith (18101875), famous Civil War leader.
CA/NV "Uncle Sam," personification of
the U.S.
CA/NV BG Charles Ferguson Smith
(1807-1862), famous MexicanAmerican War and Civil War
leader, died 25 April 1862 at
Savannah, TN.
CA/NV BG Lucius Fairchild (1831-1896),
famous Civil War leader, later
CinC of the GAR.
CA/NV MG John Alexander Logan (18261886), famous Civil War leader.
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
CA/NV MG William Starke Rosecrans
(1819-1898), famous Civil War
leader, later congressman from
CA, died at Redondo Beach, CA,
11 March 1898.
CA/NV
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Org. June 1893
May 13, 1921
Org. 1896
1940
Org. 1896
1940
(Listed as Corona, CA 1913)
(Listed as Tropico CA 1913)
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Org. 1902
1902
Must'd 13 Oct.
1894
Sur. 28 Oct.
1934
Org. 1896
1940
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Org. 1896
1896
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Org. 1896
February 23,
1898
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Org. 1896
1896
Org. 1896
May 8, 1914
Org. 1896
Dis. 1926
Org. 1897
1897
Org. 27 Mar.
1897
May 20, 1932
Org. 1898
1940
Org. 23 Feb.
1898
Org. 1899
May 6, 1938
There were 28 members at the time the Post was mustered.
Historian lists date last mentioned as 18 May 1934.
(Listed as Fairfield CA 19130
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Napa Register, 19 Oct. 1894;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Post ended with last member death
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
1889: Charter Surrendered; 1898?: Reorganized as Post 180
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
May 6, 1938
Org.1899
1899
Org. 1900
May 18, 1934
1934 Encampment lists as No Report
Org. 1903
May 18, 1934
1934 Encampment lists as No Report
Org. 1903
May 16, 1919
1914-1919 Encampments list as No Report
Santa Clara
CA/NV CPT (Bvt. MAJ) William McKinley
(1843-1901), soldier, 23rd Ohio
Infantry, later US President,
assassinated 14 September 1901.
Org. 1903
May 18, 1934
1934 Encampment lists as No Report
Los Angeles
CA/NV MG Ambrose Everett Burnside
(1824-1881), famous Civil War
leader.
Chart'd 30 Sept. Dis. 6 May 1938 Twenty-one charter members.
1904; Must'd 8
Oct. 1904
California
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
CA/NV Maywood Colony, an 1880's
private development around the
town of Corning (post location).
CA/NV Harbor City, adjoining San Pedro
(post location).
CA/NV
SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org)
Source(s)
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Post Charter; David Davis,
Historian, Dept. of Calif. &
Pac., SUVCW; Dept.
proceedings, 1905
Page 10 of 11
Grand Army of the Republic Posts - Historical Summary
No.
Alt.
No.
Post Name
Location
County
Dept.
189
GEN H. W. Slocum
Mountain View
Santa Clara
190
GEN William R. Shafter
Dinuba
Tulare
191
Stephen Jackson
Santa Monica
Los Angeles
192
Napa
Napa
Napa
CA/NV MG Henry Warner Slocum (18271894), famous Civil War leader,
later congressman from NY.
CA/NV COL (BG) William Rufus Shafter
(1835-1906), famous Civil War,
Indian Wars and SpanishAmerican War leader, Medal of
Honor recipient, died at San
Francisco 12 November 1906.
CA/NV PVT Stephen Jackson (18461898), Co. F, 64th IL Infantry
"Yates Sharpshooters," popular
local veteran, died in Santa
Monica 18 April 1898.
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
193
Selma
Selma
Fresno
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Must'd 22 Oct.
1908
194
Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach
Orange
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Must'd 2 Jan.
1909
195
Imperial Valley
Imperial County
Imperial
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Must'd 2 April
1910
196
COL A. G. Bennett
San Jose
Santa Clara
197
Turlock
Turlock
Stanislaus
198
Richard J. Mohr
Inglewood
Los Angeles
199
Watts
Watts
Los Angeles
200
Robley D. Evans
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
CA/NV LTC Augustus Griffin Bennett
(1836- ), 21st USCT Infantry,
previously 1LT, 81st NY Infantry,
settled in San Jose in 1875, Past
Post Commander of both
Sheridan Post 7 and John A. Dix
Post 42, buried Oak Hill
Cemetery.
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
CA/NV Richard Jacob Mohr, M.D. (18401900), Surgeon 10th IA Infantry,
died in Pasadena, 23 Feb. 1900,
buried at Mountain View
Cemetery, Altadena, CA.
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
CA/NV Rear ADM (Span-Am War) Robley
Dungliston "Fighting Bob" Evans
(1846-1912), commissioned
Acting Ensign in Oct. 1863, and
noted for his gallantry at Fort
Fisher during the Civil War.
201
Richmond
Richmond
Contra Costa
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
202
Monrovia
Monrovia
Los Angeles
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
203
Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach
Los Angeles
CA/NV Named for the community in
which the Post was based.
Org. = Organized
Chart'd = Chartered
List of Abbreviations:
SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org)
Post Namesake
Must'd = Mustered In
Meeting Place(s)
Dis. = Disbanded
Organized
Last Mentioned Notes
Must'd 31 Oct.
1905
May 13, 1921
Org. 1907
Dis. 20 May
1932
Org. 1907
Dis. 6 May 1938
Ten charter members.
Source(s)
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW; Dept.
Proceedings, 1906
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW'; Dept.
Proceedings, 1908
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW'; Dept.
Proceedings, 1908
Chart'd & Must'd Dis. 9 Apr. 1937 Twenty-eight charter members. 1934 Encampment lists as No
17 Aug. 1907
Report; Disbanded with death of last member.
Org. 8 Apr. 1912
Orig. charter; David Davis,
Historian, Dept. of Calif. &
Pac., SUVCW
Dis. 20 May Twenty-eight charter members.
Dept. Proceedings, 1909;
1932
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dis. 20 May Eighteen charter members.
Dept. Proceedings, 1909;
1927
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dis. December Fourteen charter members. 1912 Encampment lists as No Report Dept. Proceedings, 1910;
1912
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Dis. 1926
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Org. 8 Apr. 1912
Dis. 20 May
1932
Org. 25 May 1911 Dis. 6 May 1938
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Org. 9 Dec. 1911 Dis. 6 May 1938
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Los Angeles Times, 8 Sept.
1912; Dept. Proceedings,
1913; David Davis, Historian,
Dept. of Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Org. 1912
Dis. 6 May 1938 Thirty-eight charter members, with a membership limited to 100.
The Post adopted a Navy uniform for its membership.
Org. 1912
Dis. 20 May
1932
Dept. Proceedings, 1913;
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Org. Sept. 1912 Dis. 6 May 1938 Forty-nine charter members. Associated with Monrovia Corps, No. Los Angeles Times, 8 Sept.
121, WRC, which organized at the same time.
1912; Dept. Proceedings,
1913; David Davis, Historian,
Dept. of Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Org. 26 Feb.
1915
Dis. 20 May
1932
David Davis, Historian, Dept. of
Calif. & Pac., SUVCW
Sur. = Surrendered Charter
California
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