St. Lawrence, Hand Co., SD - G. A. R. (Civil War Vets) This file is a copy of pages 379 - 382 of "South Dakota Historical Collections", vol. 16, Part 1. Scanning and OCR by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net; proofing and final editing by Joy Fisher, http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001.html#0000031 This material is copyrighted, 1932 by South Dakota Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. Reproduced with the written permission of Nancy Tystad Koupal, Director of Research and Publishing. LIST OF G. A. R. POSTS IN S. DAK. Alphabetical list of Posts, South Dakota Grand Army of the Republic, with names of veterans residing for a longer or shorter time in the state. ST. LAWRENCE Colonel Ellis Post No. 53 The following are the charter members of Colonel Ellis Post No. 53, St. Lawrence: Charles E. Cort, Edward McLaughlin, William Laughman, Alexander Morrison, John D. Rogers, Peter C. Hall, Charles M. Taylor, Leander Walrath, Alonzo Wagoner, Garrett Lasher, Edward T. Sheldon, Edwin R. Butterfield and Christian Greener. Anderson, F. M.; b. Indiana, 1844; private and corporal, Co. C 94 Ill. Inf.; Aug. 14, 1862, to February, 1863. Bailey, Joseph T.; b. New York; corporal, Co. I 3 Ill. Cav.; Aug. 10, 1861, to December, 1862. Banning, Berg; b. Canada, 1848; private, Co. A 7 Ill. Cav.; March 29, 1865, to 1866. Barker, George E.; b. New York, 1845; private and Q. M. sergeant, Co. H 33 N. Y. Inf.; Co. E 1 N. Y. Cav.; May 1, 1861, to May 28, 1863, and from July 17, 186 , to Feb. 20, 1865. Barker, W. H.; b. Ohio, 1841; private, Co. K 3 Ia. Cav.; Sept. 3, 1861, to Aug. 19, 1865. Bashaw, T. F.; b. Vermont, 1844; private and corporal, Co. A 9 Vt. Inf.; June 13, 1862, to June 13, 1865. 380 SOUTH DAKOTA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Benson, John T.; b. New York, 1842; private and sergeant' Co. E 27 Ia. Inf.; Aug. 15, 1862, to Aug. 8, 1865. Bowman, Martin; b. Pa. 1825; chaplain, 44 Ia. Inf.; 22 Ia. Inf.; June 4, 1864, to Sept. 15, 1864, and from Dec. 12, 1864, to July 25, 1865. Burlingame, Edward W.; b. New York, 1843; private, Co. A 93 Ill. Inf.; Sept. 8, 1862, to Oct. 30, 1863. Butterfield, Edwin R.; b. New York, 1842; private and lieut., Co. I 35 N. Y. Inf.; May, 1861, to ________. Cocayne, Charles; b. Indiana, 1837; private, Co. A 69 Ind. Inf.; Aug. 11, 1862, to July 5, 1865. Cort, Charles E.; b. Pa., 1842; private and sergeant, Co. H 92 Ill. Inf.; Aug. 11, 1862, to June 10, 1865. Dean, James O.; b. Virginia, 1846; private, Co. C 5 Ind. Vol. Cav.; Aug. 14, 1863, to February, 1864. Dewey, O. B.; b. Mass.; private, Co. M 10 Ill. Cav.; Feb. 12, 1864, to Nov. 22, 1865. Douglass, Philip S.; b. Ohio, 1841; private and lieut., Co. I 50 Ill. Inf.; Sept. 15, 1861, to Nov. 1, 1864. Ferree, T. L.; b. Indiana; private and third sergeant, Co. H 7 Ia. Inf.; Co. D 9 Ia. Cav.; July, 1861, to March, 1863, and from September, 1863, to close of war. Fosdick, John A.; b. Ohio, 1841; private and corporal, Co. K 5 Ia. Inf.; July 15, 1861, to Aug. 8, 1864. Gates, Charles H.; b. Vermont, 1837; wagoner, Co. A 14 Vt. Inf.; Aug. 27, 1862, to July 30, 1863. Greener, Christian; b. Germany, 1841; private and corporal, Co. F 1 Wis. Cav.; 1863 to __________. Griffith, I. P.; b. Pa., 1837; private, Co. H 3 Ia. Inf.; May 28, 1861, to July 22, 1865. Hall, Peter C.; b. Illinois, 1847; private, Co. F 2 Ill. Art.; Dec. 4, 1863, to July 27, 1865. Heintz, Philip; b. Germany, 1839; private, Co. F 8 Ill. Inf.; Co. K 24 Ill. Inf.; April 26, 1861, to July 26, and from Aug. 28, 1861, to Dec. 23, 1861. Hoover, Joseph R.; b. Indiana, 1837; private, Co. A 71 Ill. Inf.; July 7, 1862, to Oct. 29, 1862. Hoskins, Hilan; b. Ohio, 1838; private and first sergeant, Co. I 26 Ia. Inf.; Aug. 8, 1862, to May 15, 1865. Jones, Edward R.; b. Vermont, 1842; private, Co. B 85 N. Y. Inf.; 111 N. Y. Inf.; Sept. 19, 1861, to Aug. 15, 1862, and from Sept. 1, 1864, to June 9, 1865. Kealey, John C.; b. England, 1846; private, Co. A 25 Ind. Inf.; September, 1864, to June 6, 1865. Kenney, Marcus M.; b. Canada, 1843; private. Co. H 31 Ia Inf.; Aug. 9, 1862, to July 27, 1865. GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 381 King, John M.; b. Mass., 1840; private and corporal, Co. B 92 Ill. Inf.; Aug. 4, 1862, to June 21, 1865. Knight, T. W.; b. Maine, 1843. Lasher, Garrett; b. New York, 1846; private, Co. D 28 Wis. Inf.; Jan. 20, 1864, to Aug. 23, 1865. Laughman, William; b. Ohio, 1828; Co. H 104 Ill. Inf. Loomis, Wm. A.; b. New York; private and corporal, Co. H 1 Mich. En. and Mec.; May 23, 1863, to Sept. 23, 1866. Marshall, Thomas; b. England, 1841; first sergeant, Co. B 34 Ill. Inf.; Sept. 1, 1861, to July 17, 1865. McCool, John C.; b. Pa., 1843; private, Co. A 20 Ia. Inf.; Aug. 7, 1862, to Aug. 15, 1865. McDermott, John; b. Illinois, 1846; private, Co. B 7 Ill. Cav.; March 23, 1864, to Nov. 4, 1865. McLaughlin, Edward; b. Ireland, 1840; private, Co. B 2 Ohio Vol Inf.; April 17, 1861, to Aug. 25, 1865. Morrison, Alexander C.; b. Virginia, 1836; private, Co. E 4 Ia. Cav.; Sept. 25, 1861, to Aug. 8, 1865. O'Niel, Thomas; b. Ireland, 1838; private, Co. I 51 Wis. Inf.; March 16, 1865, to May 9, 1865. Palmer, Thomas B.; b. Ohio, 1842; private and sergeant, Co. G 33 Ohio Inf.; Aug. 28, 1861, to Jan. 28, 1865. Patterson, Thomas; b. New York, 1839; private and hospital steward, Co. A 10 Ia. Inf.; 49 U. S. C. Inf.; Sept. 6, 1861, to March 22, 1866. Petit, Azro H.; b. Pa. 1847; private, Co. F 2 Pa. Cav.; Feb. 7, 1864, to July 13, 1865. Pickett, Samuel; b. Ohio, 1839; private and Q. M. sergeant, Co. I 37 Wis. Inf.; Nov. 23, 1863, to Nov. 23, 1865. Pugh, W. H. Rice, Benjamin F.; b. Ohio, 1841; captain, J. L. King's Independent Cavalry; Aug. 11, 1862, to May 28, 1865. Rogers, John D.; b. Ohio, 1845; private, Co. F 2 Ill. Art.; Jan. 4, 1864, to July 27, 1865. Sargeant, Dexter; b. Vermont, 1836; private, Co. C 142 Ill. Inf.; May 16, 1864, to Oct. 26, 1864. Scovill, B. P.; b. Illinois; private, Co. C 112 Ill. Inf.; Aug. 9, 1862, to July 10, 1865. Sedam, Robert T.; b. Pa., 1841; sergeant, Co. C 15 Ill. Inf.; May 24, 1861, to July 3, 1865. Sheldon, Edward T.; b. Ohio, 1838; private and captain, Co. B 29 Ia. Inf.; Aug. 16, 1862, to Dec. 20, 1864. Spatch, Wm., Jr.; b. New York, 1834; sergeant, Co. A 16 U. S. Inf.; Feb. 5, 1862, to Feb. 5, 1865. 382 SOUTH DAKOTA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS Strickland, Michael N.; b. Ohio, 1836; private, Co. A 38 O. Inf.; Co. I 9 O. Cav.; Aug. 26, 1861, to May 18, 1862, and from Nov. 24, 1863, to July 20, 1865. Stone, T. Struthers, Alonzo; b. Canada, 1844; private and corporal, Co. K 20 Wis. Inf.; Aug. 15, 1862, to July 14, 1865. Taylor, Charles M.; b. Indiana, 1848; private, Co. F 34 Ill.; Feb. 22, 1864, to July 12, 1865. Wagoner, Alonzo; b. Indiana, 1850; private, Co. I 47 Ind. Inf.; Feb. 13, 1865, to Nov. 4, 1865. Walrath, Leander; b. New York, 1838; private and corporal, Co. 15 Ill.; Feb. 22, 1865, to July 31, 1865. Wampler, Andrew J.; b. Indiana, 1841; corporal, Co. D 94 Ill. Inf.; Aug. 20, 1862, to Aug. 20, 1865. Williams, Robert M.; b. Illinois, 1841; private, Co. D 15 Ill. Inf.; Co. F 34 Ill. Inf.; May 24, 1861, to July 14, 1864, and from Oct. 5, 1864, to Jan. 20, 1865. Williams, W. A.; b. New York; sergeant, Co. K 11 N. J. Vol.; July 30, 1862, to March 11, 1865. Wilson, E. S.; b. Mass., 1843; Co. F 56 Mass. Woods, John; b. Ohio, 1834; private, Co. C 67 O. V. I.; Feb. 25, 1864, to Dec. 7, 1865.