1883 Denver G.A.R. Camp, Colorado Springs Gazette, El Paso County, Colorado with a list of Civil War veterans living in El Paso County. http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/elpaso/newspapers/1883jul-gar-csdg.txt Transcribed by Marta Norton January 2005 ****************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ****************************************************************** The Colorado Springs Daily Gazette Sunday, July 22, 1883 page 1 G.A.R. Reunion Denver, July 21 – Every incoming train to-day was loaded down with veterans, who come to participate in the grand reunion and encampment of the Grand Army which begins Tuesday next. At the camp everything is in readiness for the thousands to arrive Sunday and Monday. Indeed several hundreds have already taken quarters there. Meals are being served regularly and everything moves as smoothly as one could wish. Never in its history has the city presented such a beautiful appearance in the matter of decoration. Neither money nor time has been spared. Larimer Street still leads off as is natural, but the others are falling into line, and in all probability by Tuesday morning the dozen blocks in the center of the city will be covered with decorations. There is no hesitation in this. Everybody is in earnest, and the result will be a magnificent success. The private residences on Champa and Curtis and along Fourteenth Avenue are also decorating, and from the city limits along the entire round will be the most glorious spectacle ever witnessed in a western city. The city council will put on every watering cart in the city on the route, and as they will work all night and up to noon of Tuesday, the march will be pleasant to spectators and the participants alike. From twelve o’clock until the passage of the column the cars on the Champa Street line will be taken off in order that the line may be entirely unobstructed. Mayor Routt has issued a proclamation requesting all citizens to close their place of business on Tuesday afternoon. Notes General Logan will arrive Sunday night. He is at present in Durango. The Pennsylvania delegation will spend today in Chicago, arriving here Monday evening. The Mexican veterans will form a feature of Tuesday’s parade. Visiting comrades all unite in the expression of the opinion that there will not be fewer then 30,000 members of the order here next week. New York expects to send 1,000 and Pennsylvania will have 400. The Maryland delegation arrived this morning. LIST OF EL PASO COUNTY VETERANS At the G.A.R. encampment at Denver this week there will naturally be many enquiries for old army comrades who have been separated since the close of the rebellion. We, by request, published the following list of those known to be in El Paso County: Allen, C H, Co K and G, 21st and 31st Maine infantry Allen, J, Co G, 42d Indiana Infantry Aux, Geo, Co E, 1st Colorado cavalry Atkinson, J, Co D, 1st Missouri cavalry Bent, Judson, Co K, 5th Massachusetts infantry Bayne, Judson , Co F, 15th Kentucky infantry Bruso, Ed, Co E, 10th New York Heavy artillery Bruso, Jno, Co E, 10th New York Heavy artillery Bowen, G W, Co I, 40th Iowa infantry Butzon, F, Co B 8th Illinois infantry Battle, P, Co I, 2d United States cavalry Baldwin, J H, Co B, 7th Tennessee infantry Bliss, M W, Co D, 20th Michigan infantry Crissey, Giles, Co H, 83d Illinois infantry Conant, W L, Co F, 127th New York infantry Chesley, H, U S engineers Crawford, R R, Co E, 33d Illinois infantry Cummings, Jno, Co B, 79th Ohio infantry De La Vergne, Geo, Colonel 8th Tennessee infantry Douglas, W T, Co K, 114th Illinois infantry Deer, Len, Co A, 93d Pennsylvania infantry Danks, Thos, Co C, 6th Kentucky infantry Ellison, J, Co H, 33d Illinois infantry Epeneter, C J, Co A, 11th U S artillery Eads, D K, Co K, 1st Missouri cavalry Ensign, E T, Colonel U S volunteers infantry Fields, J, Co D, 11th Mo infantry Finney, H E, Co E, 105th Ohio infantry Farnsworth, W, Co I, 12th West Virginia infantry Gillingham, C F, Co G, 48th Pennsylvania infantry Gebert, A, Co F, 31st Iowa infantry Gebert, J A, Co F, 31st Iowa infantry Greer, N B, Co I, 30th Wisconsin infantry Gutshall, I, Co A, 20th _________ cavalry Howbert, Irving, Co B, 2d Colorado cavalry Humphrey, Joseph, U S Navy engineers Horn, T G, surgeon Missouri volunteers Harrison, A N, Co B, 9th Iowa infantry Hoosie, Bob, Co A, 25th Missouri infantry Hanspelham, C, Co E, 164th Ohio infantry Hardin, W A, Co C, 6th U S cavalry Hickox, H, Co K, 112th Illinois infantry Irving, M E, Co D, 66th Illinois infantry Ingraham, C W, Colonel 36th Iowa infantry Lonbard, J G, Co G, 42d Wisconsin infantry Loomis, J L, Co G, 43d Illinois infantry Libby, W, Co A, 12th Wisconsin infantry McFerren, J H B, Colonel 1st Missouri cavalry McAllister, H, Major 15th Pennsylvania cavalry Meserve, W N, Major 35th Massachusetts infantry Mansfield, C, Co D, 126th Ohio infantry Marlow, Surg, 44th Kentucky infantry Millard, J R, Co H, 7th Rhode Island infantry McKenney, S, Co H, 27th Iowa infantry Merrill, W H D, Co C, 11th Indiana infantry Newcomer, Ed, Co K, 10th Michigan infantry Nelson, J H, Co B, 10th Illinois infantry Palmer, W J, Colonel, 15th Pennsylvania cavalry Roberts, E W, Co B, 4th Minnesota infantry Rouse, F L, Co B, 46th Iowa infantry Rose, J C, Co I, 10th Kentucky infantry Roberts, E M, Co B, 4th Minnesota infantry Sheldon, W D, Co H, 27th Connecticut infantry Stone, G W, Co A, 2d Pennsylvania artillery Skinner, C L, Colonel, 104th New York infantry Stearns, A, Co C, 178th Pennsylvania infantry Taylor, F E, Co C, 147th Illinois infantry Vaux, G P, Co I, 30th Wisconsin infantry Wood, T H, Co B, 42d Missouri infantry Wright, D M, Co B, 52d Pennsylvania infantry Wheeler, F P, Co B, 10th New York heavy artillery Wheeler, D N, Co C, 153rd Illinois infantry Walker, A J, Co E, 6th Kansas cavalry Whaite, G N, Co C, 27th Iowa infantry Wheelon, C, Co B, 95th Illinois infantry Watts, H, Co A, 12th Missouri cavalry Young, L W, U S navy