1886 Camp Participants Part 2

San Francisco Daily Morning Call Newspaper

Participants at the 1886 Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic
Dept. of Minnesota Through Dept. of Wisconsin, Women's Relief Corps, and Addendum

Copyright © 1997 by Jim W. Faulkinbury, CGRS, all rights reserved

On August 4th, 1886, the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) held its twentieth annual convention or "encampment" in San Francisco, California. To honor this event, the San Francisco Daily Morning Call of 3 August 1886 printed a special "Grand Army Edition" containing twenty-eight pages rather than the normal four to ten pages. Within these pages are not only contained a brief history of the achievements by the Union Army and Navy forces during Civil War, but also biographical sketches of 748 delegates and officers of the G.A.R. These biographies covered such prominent participants to the convention as Rutherford B. Hayes (Delegate at Large and from Ohio and ex-President of the United States), General William Tecumseh Sherman (Delegate from Missouri), and Clara E. Barton (military nurse and invited guest of the G.A.R.) to William H. Jones (Junior Vice-Commander of the Dept. of Delaware) who was born a slave in Brunswick, Virginia, served as a private in the Thirty-second Regiment of United States colored troops, and rose to the office of Junior Vice Departmental Commander in the G.A.R

The biographical sketches were organized by G.A.R. Departments of which there were thirty-seven. Most of the biographies contain the date and place of birth. All list details of the military and subsequent careers of these men (and the women of the Ladies Relief Corps). Some contain additional genealogical data but most do not. The majority of the sketches were printed in the paper of August 3rd but some of the sketches were submitted too late for publication in that paper and were subsequently printed in the paper of August 4th. The following compilation lists the names, G.A.R. positions, and birth information provided for these men and women:


[NOTE: Typographic errors have been found in the newspaper accounts. Impossible birth dates are marked with an "?" but place names have not been checked for typographical errors.]

Department of Minnesota (p. 15)
William Thomas - Dept. Commander (b. Peters Creek, Penn. 10 Sep 1840)
Lewis Lorenzo Wheelock - Senior Vice-Commander (b. Jefferson Co., New York 12 Nov 1838)
Virgil H. Harris - Junior Vice-Commander (b. Newark, Ohio 1840)
Daniel Fish - Assist. Adjutant-General (b. Cherry Valley, Illinois 31 Jan 1848)
Lucius F. Hubbard - Delegate (b. Troy, New York 26 Jan 1836)
Axel H. Reed - Delegate (b. Hartford, Maine 13 Mar 1835)
William H. Houlton - Delegate (b. Houlton, Maine 29 Mar 1840)
Joseph J. McCardy - Alternate (b. Emmettsburg, Maryland 4 May 1840)
Edwin Dunn - Alternate (b. Penn. 27 Jul 1834)
Rio D. Barber, M.D. - Alternate (b. Allegany Co., New York 22 Nov 1839)
Henry George Hicks - Past Dept. Commander (b. Varysburg, New York 26 Jan 1838)
Adam Marty - Past Dept. Commander (b. Canton Glaus, Switzerland 2 Aug 1837)
Eben E. Corliss - Delegate (b. Vermont 1 Sep 1841)
R.A. Buker (b. Germany 5 Jan 1847)

Department of Missouri (p. 15)
Nelson Cole - Dept. Commander (b. Dutchess Co., New York 18 Nov 1883?)
Egbert E. Kimball - Senior Vice-Commander (b. North Cohocton, New York 6 Oct 1843)
Hiram Smith, Jr. - Vice Dept. Commander (b. Washington Co., Vermont 11 Apr 1845)
John McNeil - Assist. Adjutant-General (b. Halifax, Nova Scotia 4 Feb 1813)
William Tecumseh Sherman - Delegate (b. Lancaster, Ohio 8 Feb 1820)
Charles W. Scott, M.D. - Delegate (b. Johnson, Vermont 31 Oct 1849)
William M. Bostoph - Delegate (b. Clarion Co., Penn. 18 Mar 1845)
Edward Borck, M.D. - Delegate (b. Hamburg, Germany 18 Apr 1834)
Jarvis S. Rogers - Delegate (b. Miami Co., Ohio)
Leo Rassieur - Delegate (b. Germany 19 Apr 1844)
William Jones Terrell - Delegate (b. Johnston, Ohio 11 Nov 1834)
Wilbur F. Chamberlain - Past Dept. Commander (b. Cuyahoga Fall, Ohio 14 Jan 1843)

Department of Montana (pp. 15-16)
Charles S. Warren - Dept. Commander (b. Utica, Illinois 20 Nov 1847)
Pierce Hooper, Jr. - Senior Vice-Commander (b. West Goshen Township, Penn. 29 Jan 1842)
Will. Kennedy- Junior Vice-Commander (b. Head of Sassafras, Maryland 29 Oct 1845) [cont. page 16]
Levi E. Holmes - Assist. Adjutant-General (b. Bridgeton, Maine)
Wilbur F. Sanders - Delegate at Large (b. Leon, New York May 1834)
Ela C. Waters - Member National Council of Administration (b. Martinsburg, New York)

Department of Nebraska (p. 6)
George E. Whitman (b. Knox Co., Illinois 31 Jan 1848) 
Robert Harney - Delegate (b. Ashland Co. Ohio 4 Jan 1845) 
James O. West - Delegate (b. Syracuse, New York) 
Luther W. Osborn - Delegate (b. Ithaca, New York 14 Dec 1843) 
J.W. Liveringhouse - Assist. Adjutant-General (b. Goshen, Indiana 6 Feb 1844) 
Abraham Allee - Delegate at Large (b. Smyrna, --- 16 Sep 1833) 
Samuel B. Jones - Delegate (b. New York 18 Jun 1863) 
Robert Barton Fulton - Delegate (b. Clarion Co., Penn. 19 Apr 1836) 
Benjamin F. Smith - Alternate (b. Wayne Co. Ohio, 6 Jun 1848) 
John A. MacMurphy - Alternate (b. New Hampton, New York) 
James Woodruff Savage - Past Dept. Commander (Bedford, New Hampshire 2 Feb 1826) 
Albert V. Cole - Past Dept. Commander (b. Huron Co., Ohio 14 Jan 1842) 
John C. Bonnell - Past Dept. Commander (b. Newark, New Jersey 28 Jul 1841) 
Henry E. Palmer - Past Dept. Commander (b. Lake Co., Ohio 31 Jul 1841 

Department of New Hampshire (p. 16)
George Farr - Dept. Commander (b. Littleton, New Hampshire 12 Feb 1836)
Otis C. Wyatt - Senior Vice-Commander (b. New Hampshire 1 Apr 1837)
John W. Mears - Junior Vice-Commander (b. Bedford, New Hampshire 19 Nov 1846)
Ira C. Evans - Delegate at Large (b. Hill, New Hampshire 16 Apr 1841)
Liberty W. Foskett - Delegate (b. Winchendon, Mass. 8 Feb 1840)
Everett B. Huse - Delegate (b. Enfield, New Hampshire 2 Nov 1837)
Daniel J. Vaughn - Past Dept. Commander (b. 16 Jun 1832)
Augustus Holmes Bixby - Past Dept. Commander (Francetown, New Hampshire 12 Mar 1827)
William H. Trickey - Past Dept. Commander (b. Exeter, Maine 22 Jan 1841)
Timothy Worth Challis - Past Dept. Commander (b. Corinth, Vermont 23 Apr 1827)
Charles Jewett Richards - Past Dept. Commander (b. North Lebanon, Maine 23 Jun 1844)
Martin A. Haynes - Past Dept. Commander (b. Springfield, New Hampshire 30 Jul 1842)
Marcus M. Collis - Past Dept. Commander (b. Ware, Mass. 1843)
Alfred E. Emery - Member National Council of Administration (b. Concord, New Hampshire 21 Apr 1841)
Alvin S. Eaton - Past Dept. Commander (b. Hillsborough Bridge, New Hampshire 4 Dec 1840)
David B. Nelson, M.D. - Delegate (b. Roxbury, New Hampshire 7 Jun 1823)

Department of New Jersey (p. 16)
Frank O. Cole - Dept. Commander (b. Providence, Rhode Island 24 Sep 1846)
John L. Wheeler - Assist. Adjutant-General (b. Buffalo, New York 13 Mar 1846)
Emil Toering - Delegate (b. Manheim, Germany)
Joseph B. Bray - Alternate (b. New Jersey)
Augustus D. Blanchet - Alternate (b. Morris Co., New Jersey 3 Oct 1816)
Henry C. Housell - Alternate (b. Hunterden Co., New Jersey 8 Nov 1842)
Edward P. Reichhelm - Alternate (b. Strigan, Prussia 13 Nov 1843)
William Ward - Past Dept. Commander (b. Newark, New Jersey 30 Jan 1824)
Charles Burrows - Past Dept. Commander (b. Fitchburg, Mass.)
Ebenezer W. Davis - Past Dept. Commander (b. Ashford, England 4 Jan 1840)
Samuel Hufty - Past Dept. Commander (b. Philadelphia, Penn. 1 Jan 1834)
Charles H. Houghton - Past Dept. Commander (b. St. Lawrence Co., New York 30 Apr 1842)
George Bragg Fielder - Past Dept. Commander (b. Jersey City, New Jersey 24 Jul 1841)
Henry M. Nevins - Past Dept. Commander (b. Manalapan, New Jersey)
Alexander M. Way - Past Dept. Commander (b. New Brunswick, New Jersey 15 Nov 1826)
Edward L. Campbell - Past Dept. Commander (b. near Belvidere, New Jersey 2 Feb 1833)
Budd Sterling Boding (b. Burlington Co., New Jersey 18 Jan 1826)
Bishop W. Mains (b. Paterson, New Jersey)

Department of New Mexico (p. 17)
David Gochenauer - Junior Vice-Commander (b. Cumberland Co., Penn. 19 Sep 1843)
George W. Hartman - Delegate (b. Rushville, Illinois 12 Dec 1846)
Edward W. Wynkoop - Past Dept. Commander (b. Philadelphia, Penn. 19 Jun 1837)
James E. Fitzgerrell - Past Dept. Commander (b. Jefferson Co., Illinois 14 Jul 1843)
Henry Martyn Atkinson - Past Dept. Commander (b. Wheeling, Virginia)
William Newell Smith - Member National Council (b. Cattaraugus Co., New York 25 Jul 1848)

Department of New York (pp. 16-17)
Joseph I. Sayles - Dept. Commander (b. Plymouth, New York 7 Oct 1844)
Charles A. Orr - Senior Vice-Commander (b. Holland, New York 28 Jun 1848)
Gerrit S. Conger - Junior Vice-Commander (b. Canandaigua, New York 25 Sep 1847)
Oliver P. Charles - Assist. Adjutant-General (b. Unadilla Forks, New York 22 Dec 1843)
Henry W. Slocum - Delegate at Large (b. Delhi, New York 24 Sep 1827)
Thomas H.C. Kinkaid - Delegate (b. New York City, New York 6 Jul 1842)
Thomas Berridge - Delegate (b. London, England c.1840)
Henry Corse - Delegate (b. New York City, New York 19 Jul 1841)
Mark J. Bunnell - Delegate (b. Lima, New York 25 Dec 1837)
Benjamin Franklin Webster - Delegate (b. Auburn, New York 3 Jan 1846)
Jerome A. Andrews - Delegate (b. East Otto, New York 6 Jan 1839)
Egbert Lewis - Delegate (b. Woodstock, New York 19 Feb 1843)
William C. Reddy - Delegate (b. Honesdale, Penn. 26 Feb 1845)
Austin H. Stafford - Delegate (b. Ellington, New York)
Alfred Lyth - Delegate (b. York, England 21 Apr 1844)
Henry C. Perley - Delegate (b. New York City, New York 13 Dec 1842)
Andrew S. Coey - Delegate (b. New York City, New York 19 Feb 1843)
W.S. Newman - Alternate (b. 22 Dec 1884?)
James Dolan - Alternate (b. Ireland 15 Jul 1840)
Joseph A. Adlington - Alternate (b. Woonsocket, Rhode Island 13 Jan 1845)
Patrick Hayes - Alternate (b. Ireland 24 Jan 1845)
A. Franklin Lawson - Alternate (b. New York City, New York 10 May 1847)
Thomas Hunter - Alternate (b. 11 Sep 1834)
Edward D. Van Slyck - Alternate (b. Exeter, New York 11 Aug 1833)
James Owens - Alternate (b. Ireland 1841) [cont. page 17]
Solon D. Kimball - Alternate (b. Watertown, New York 15 Sep 1844)
Samuel Dunham - Alternate (b. Windham, Penn. 20 Mar 1841)
Wilmer W. Russell - Alternate (b. Chester Co., Penn. 31 Dec 1832)
A.B. Lawrence - Alternate (b. Warsaw, New York 18 May 1834)
Philip S. Biglin - Alternate (b. Carolina Co., Penn. 22 Feb 1849)
Charles S. Stanley - Alternate (b. Litchfield, Ohio 29 Oct 1840)
William L. de Lacey - Alternate (b. New Hope, Penn. 10 Jul 1845)
Stephen P. Corliss - Past Dept. Commander (b. Albany, New York 26 Jul 1842)
James Tanner - Past Dept. Commander (b. Richmondville, New York 4 Apr 1844)
William Findlay Rogers - Past Dept. Commander (b. Northampton Co., Penn. 1 Mar 1820)
Louis Coe Young - Past Dept. Commander (b. Highland, New York)
Abram Merritt - Past Dept. Commander (b. Kingston, New York 7 May 1842)
John A. Reynolds - Past Dept. Commander (b. New York City, New York 4 Oct 1830)
Charles E. Remick (b. Barnet, Vermont 6 May 1840)
Henry E. Fox (b. Adams Village, New York)
E. Livingston Allen - Past Dept. Chaplain (b. Paterson, New Jersey 10 Jul 1844)

Department of Ohio (p. 17)
Arthur L. Conger - Dept. Commander (b. Boston Village, Ohio 1838)
Charles H. Wentzell - Senior Vice-Commander (b. c1850)
B.N. Lindsey - Junior Vice-Commander 
E.F. Taggart - Assist. Adjutant-General (b. c1846)
Rutherford B. Hayes - Delegate at Large (b. Delaware, Ohio 4 Oct 1822)
James Barnett - Delegate (b. Cherry Valley, New York 21 Jun 1821)
David R. Austin - Delegate (b. Willoughby, Ohio 26 Jan 1836)
Andrew Schwarz - Delegate (b. Rhine, Bavaria 21 Feb 1886?)
James _itton - Delegate (b. Montgomery Co., Ohio)
Deming W.H. Day - Delegate (b. Pickaway Co., Ohio 12 Feb 1832)
Jacob M. Hunter - Delegate (b. Ulster, Penn. 27 Nov 1847)
John Chapman (b. Camden, New Jersey 7 Nov 1846)
Mark B. Wells - Delegate (b. Basham, Ohio 27 Dec 1843)
William H. Williams - Delegate (b. Lafayette, Ohio 22 May 1836)
Charles E. Howell - Delegate (b. Cincinnati, Ohio 2 Dec 1844)
John H. Furry - Delegate (b. Brimfield, Ohio 3 May 1840)
Harry Boyer - Delegate (b. Circleville, Ohio 21 Jan 1840)
William L. Curry - Delegate (b. Union Co., Ohio 25 Jun 1840)
William H. Surles - Delegate (b. Steubenville, Ohio 24 Feb 1845)
Alfred L. Sargent - Delegate (b. Newburyport, Mass.)
Isaac R. Lane - Delegate (b. Bainesville, Ohio 20 Oct 1842)
Charles A. Miller - Alternate (b. Marietta, Ohio 16 Jul 1842)
Henry Knight - Alternate (b. Marlow, New Hampshire)
Edwin C. Beach - Alternate (b. Homan Parish, Louisiana)
Homer C. Jones (b. Varton Co., Ohio)
Isaac Foster Mack - Alternate (b. Rochester, New York)
John S. Rhodes - Alternate (b. Groton, Vermont 2 Oct 1827)
Thomas W. Prentiss - Alternate (b. Putnam Co., Ohio)
Thaddeus E. Hoyt - Alternate (b. Morgan, Ohio 17 Feb 1844)
Jonathan Morris - Alternate (b. Morgan Co., Ohio 1 Dec 1824)
Martin E. Dresbach - Alternate (b. Union Co., Penn. 8 Sep 1826)
Wells S. Jones - Alternate (b. Ross Co., Ohio 3 Aug 1830)
Thomas L. Young - Past Dept. Commander (b. Ireland 14 Dec 1832)
J. Warren Keifer - Past Dept. Commander (b. Clark Co., Ohio 30 Jan 1836)
David W. Thomas - Past Dept. Commander (b. London Co., Virginia 11 Aug 1833)
Charles T. Clark - Past Dept. Commander (b. Wayne Co., Ohio 17 Jan 1845)
Madison Monroe Brown (b. Fairfield, Co., Ohio Feb 1838)
Peter F. Swing (b. Clermont Co., Ohio 25 Mar 1845)
William V. Lawrence - Delegate (b. Greene Co., Ohio 8 Nov 1834)
Joseph W. O'Neall - Member National Council of Administration (b. Warren Co., Ohio 6 Apr 1846)

Department of Oregon (p. 6)
Frank Henry Lamb - Dept. Commander (b. Worcester, Mass. 11 Oct 1842) 
Serrin Jerome Finch - Junior Vice-Commander (b. Delaware Co., Ohio 2 Nov 1840) 
Charles L. Fay - Alternate (b. Pomfret, Conn. 27 Dec 1837) 
Garvin E. Cankin - Past Dept. Commander (b. Livingston Co., New York 16 Jul 1827) 
George C. Sears - Member National Council of Admin. (b. Richford, Vermont) 
George H. Dunham (b. Springfield, Illinois 4 Dec 1843) 

Department of Pennsylvania (pp. 17-18)
John P.S. Gobin - Dept. Commander (b. Sunbury, Penn. 26 Jan 1836)
John H. Druckenmiller - Senior Vice-Commander (b. Lancaster, Penn. 18 Dec 1833)
Thomas J. Stewart - Assist. Adjutant-General (b. near Belfast, Ireland Sep 1848)
William J. Patterson - Delegate at Large (b. Pittsburg, Penn. 7 Feb 1840)
Albert P. Burchfield - Delegate (b. Allegheny City, Penn. 20 Jan 1844)
Nicholas G. Wilson - Delegate (b. Bendersville, Penn. 6 Oct 1832)
George Engard Reed - Delegate (b. Philadelphia, Penn. 9 Dec 1834)
Joseph Faries Denniston - Delegate (b. Pettsburg, Penn.)
Matthew Stanley Quay - Delegate (b. Dillsbury, Penn. 30 Sep 1833)
George McMullin - Delegate (b. Philadelphia, Penn. 10 Apr 1840)
Charles B. Metzgar - Delegate (b.Lewisburg, Penn. 29 Nov 1839)
Clark Evans - Delegate (b. Bath, New York)
Theodore Weter Bean - Delegate (b. Norristown, Penn., 14 May 1833)
Edward D. Montooth - Delegate (b. Pittsburg, Penn. 18 Sep 1837)
Frank R. Fleck - Delegate (b. Indiana Co., Penn. 20 Dec 1847)
John W. Walker - Delegate (b. Erie, Penn.)
Adam C. Reinoehl - Delegate (b. Lebanon, Penn. 15 Nov 1840)
Theodore S. Christ - Delegate (b. Lewisburg, Penn. 21 Apr 1830) [cont. page 18]
John T. Garman - Delegate (b. Kensington Dist., Philadephia, Penn. 6 Jun 1841)
John B. Davis - Delegate (b. Minersville, Penn. 1845)
Joseph Gregson - Delegate (b. Frankford, Penn. 1 Dec 1841)
David M. Jones - Delegate (b. Wales 26 Jun 1839)
Robert B. Johnston - Delegate (b. Albany, New York 1833)
Jacob Bestwick - Delegate (b. New Brighton, Penn.)
Harrison J. Chandler - Delegate (b. Bridgewater, Penn.)
Washington L. Hershey - Delegate (b. Rochester, New York 5 May 1841)
John C. Hilton - Delegate (b. Erie, Penn. 5 Dec 1840)
Frank K. Patterson - Delegate (b. Allegheny Co., Penn. 12 Feb 1864?)
John Hamilton Reid Storey - Delegate (b. Philadelphia, Penn. 14 Apr 1836)
Thad. S. Freeland - Delegate (b. Dauphin Co., Penn.)
A.M.K. Storrie - Alternate at Large (b. Halifax, Nova Scotia 4 Apr 1883?)
John P. Taylor - Alternate (b. near Reedsville, Penn. 6 Jun 1827)
A.J. Sellers - Alternate
Newton Black - Alternate (b. Butler Co., Penn.)
Franklin Baily Speakman - Alternate (b. Chester Co., Penn. 9 Jan 1833)
Henry C. Sayers - Alternate (b. Waynesburg, Penn. 21 Nov 1840)
David Hart - Alternate (b. Washington Co., Penn. 10 Jan 1826)
William Louis Woodruff - Alternate (b. Oxford, Conn. 29 Jul 1849)
Richard A. Dempsey - Alternate (b. Venango Co., Penn. 26 Apr 1837)
Oliver A. Parsons - Alternate (b. Wilkesbarre Township, Luzerne Co., Penn. 11 May 1838)
Gideon Clarke - Alternate (b. Philadelphia, Penn. 19 Jun 1822)
Jacob Frederick Loeble - Alternate (b. Weinsberg, Germany 19 Aug 1843)
William W. Potts - Alternate (b. Burlington Co., New Jersey 10 Jun 1831)
Joseph S. Martin - Alternate (b. Schuylkill Co., Penn. 26 Dec 1842)
Edward Henry Ranch - Alternate (b. Lititz, Penn. 19 Jul 1820)
A.L., Pearson - Past Dept. Commander (b. Pittsburg, Penn. 28 Dec 1838)
Oliver C. Bosbyshell - Alternate (b. Vicksburg, Mississippi 3 Jan 1839)
A. Wilson Norris - Past Dept. Commander (b. Lewiston, Penn. 1842)
William W. Tyson - Past Dept. Commander (b. Baltimore, Maryland 1 Aug 1834)
James W. Latta - Past Dept. Commander (b. Philadelphia, Penn. 19 Apr 1839)
Samuel Irvin Givin - Past Dept. Commander (b. Co. Antrim, Ireland 18 Apr 1833)
Charles Tracy Hull - Past Dept. Commander (b. Coventry, New York 25 Dec 1835)
George L. Brown - Past Dept. Commander (b. Milton, Penn. 6 Dec 1838)
Child W. Hazzard - Past Dept. Commander (b. Monongahela, Penn. 1840)
Samuel Harper - Member National Council of Administration (b. Pittsburg, Penn. 8 Aug 1837)
Edwin S. Osborne - Past Dept. Commander (b. Bethany, Penn. 7 Aug 1839)
Robert Newton Martin - Post Commander (b. Hollidaysburg, Penn. 20 Feb 1840)
William Dwyer (b. Ireland 1840)
William N. Reynolds (b. Penn. 30 Nov 1847)
Patrick de Lacy (b. Carbondale, Penn. 25 Nov 1836)
Edward McLean (b. Hollidaysburg, Penn. c.1845)

Department of the Potomac (p. 6)
Jerome B. Burke - Dept. Commander (b. Green Castle, Penn. 2 Apr 1840) 
William Shildes Odell - Senior Vice-Commander (b. Belleville, Indiana 16 Sep 1843) 
Hanse H. Smith - Junior Vice-Commander (b. Philadelphia, Penn. 9 Apr 1837) 
Solomon E. Faunce - Assist. Adjutant-General (b. Plymouth, Mass. 28 Sep 1841) 
M. Emmett Urell - Delegate (b. Ireland 8 Feb 1844) 
Daniel A. Grosvenor - Delegate (b. Athens Co., Ohio 4 Mar 1839) 
Robert Smalls - Alternate at Large (b. Beaufort, South Carolina 5 Apr 1835) 
William Holcomb Webster - Alternate (b. Burlington, Conn. 24 Jan 1839) 
Winfield S. Chase - Alternate (b. Palmyra, New York 17 Oct 1835) 
Frank Harris Sprague - Past Dept. Commander (b. Harrisville, Rhode Island 11 Aug 1847) 
Almyne Henry Griswold Richardson - Past Dept. Commander (b. Boston, Mass.) 
George Edgar Corson - Past Dept. Commander (b. Lebanon, Maine 30 Jul 1842) 
Charles C. Royce - Past Dept. Commander (b. Defiance, Ohio 22 Dec 1846) 
Newton M. Brooks - Past Dept. Commander (b. Philadelphia, Penn. 29 Jan 1843) 
Charles H. Ingram - Member National Council of Administration (b. West Chester, Penn. 18 Sep 1841) 
James M. Pipes - Delegate at Large (b. Morrisville, Penn. 10 Sep 1840) 

Department of Rhode Island (p. 18)
Theodore Ayrault Barton - Dept. Commander (b. Newport, Rhode Island 2 Jul 1844)
Peleg Macomber - Assist. Adjutant-General (b. Westport, Mass. 21 Jul 1846)
George Osborn Eddy - Delegate at Large (b. 23 Nov 1844)
Davis Cook - Delegate (b. Cumberland, Rhode Island 4 Jun 1842)
Horatio Rogers - Past Dept. Commander (b. Providence, Rhode Island 18 May 1836)
Charles R. Brayton - Past Dept. Commander (b. Warwick, Rhode Island 16 Aug 1840)
Edwin Call Pomroy - Past Dept. Commander (b. Dover, Maine 25 Feb 1841)
Henry J. Spooner - Past Dept. Commander (b. Providence, Rhode Island 6 Aug 1839)
Fred. A. Arnold - Past Dept. Commander (b. Warwick, Rhode Island 21 Mar 1841)
Philip Stephen Chase - Past Dept. Commander (b. Portsmouth, Rhode Island)
Andrew K. McMahon - Past Dept. Commander (b. Ireland 1 Mar 1841)
Eugene Albert Cory (b. Providence, Rhode Island 25 Dec 1844)
Henry Francis Jenks - Past Dept. Commander (b. Pawtucket, Rhode Island 12 May 1837)
Charles C. Gray - Past Dept. Commander (b. Little Compton, Rhode Island 27 Dec 1842)

Department of Tennessee and Georgia (p. 6)
Edward S. Jones - Dept. Commander (b. Philadelphia, Penn. 4 Aug 1818)
Henry R. Gibson - Senior Vice-Commander (b. Maryland 1839)
Joseph H. Van Deman - Delegate at Large (b. Delaware, Ohio 29 Oct 1829)
Robert N. Hood - Delegate (b. 21 Aug 1844)
Edward E. Winters (b. Ottawa, Canada)

Department of Utah (p. 18)
Elijah Sells - Dept. Commander (b. Franklin Co., Ohio 5 Feb 1816)
Henry T. Snyder - Senior Vice-Commander (b. Rogersville, Ohio 2 Aug 1845)
Francis Marion Bishop - Assist. Adjutant-General (b. Essex Co., New York 2 Aug 1872?)
Amasa S. Condon - Alternate (b. Penobscot, Maine 22 Dec 1844)
H.C. Wardleigh - Past Dept. Commander (b. Lincolnshire, England 31 Oct 1843)
Ransford Smith - Past Dept. Commander (b. Oxford, Ohio 17 Jan 1834)
George C. Douglas, M.D. - Past Dept. Commander (b. New York)

Department of Vermont (p. 6)
George T. Childs - Dept. Commander (b. Charlestown, Mass. 7 Sep 1842) 
Ransom E. Hathorn - Senior Vice-Commander (b. Londonberry, Vermont 3 Nov 1843) 
Edwin H. Trick - Junior Vice-Commander (b. Essex, Vermont 6 Jun 1841) 
Henry Ballard - Delegate at Large (b. Tinmouth, Vermont 20 Apr 1839) 
Joseph Z. Frost - Delegate (b. New York City, New York Oct 1834) 
Fred. E. Smith - Delegate (b. Northfield, Vermont) 
Alvin D. White - Alternate (b. Huntington, Vermont 28 Feb 1841) 
William Harrison Humphreys - Alternate (b. Underhill, Vermont 18 Dec 1835) 
Wheelock Graver Veazey - Past Dept. Commander (b. 5 Dec 1835)
Theodore S. Peck - Past Dept. Commander (b. Burlington, Vermont 22 Mar 1843)
Joseph H. Goulding - Past Dept. Commander (b. Postdam, New York 8 Jun 1842)
Alonzo B. Valentine - Past Dept. Commander (b. 1 Apr 1830)
William L. Greenleaf - Past Dept. Commander (b. Derby, Vermont 1 Sep 1842)

Department of Virginia (p. 6)
Henry De B. Clay - Dept. Commander (b. Cincinnati, Ohio 22 Jun 1843) 
J.B.H. Goff - Senior Vice-Commander (b. Palmer, Mass.) 
Selwyn E. Bickford - Assistant Adjutant-General (b. Medway, Mass. 10 May 1833) 
Abel C. Carter - Delegate (b. Northampton Co., Virginia) 
James E. Fuller - Alternate (b. Norfolk, Virginia 11 Oct 1844) 
Robert Griffith Staples - Past Dept. Commander (b. Alexandria, Virginia 24 Jan 1833) 
H. Carlisle - Past Dept. Commander (b. 1839) 
Benjamin C. Cook - Past Dept. Commander (b. Mottville, New York 1 Apr 1837) 
John Wesley Boyenton - Member National Council of Administration (b. Norwich, Conn. 7 Jan 1833) 
John W. Woodman (b. Portsmouth, New Hampshire 11 May 1841) 
Wm. Ryder - Past Dept. Commander (b. Baltimore, Maryland 12 Nov 1822) 
W.H. Appenzeller (b. Bucks Co., Penn. 10 Jul 1840)

Department of the Washington Territory (p. 6)
Charles Myron Holton - Department Commander (b. Rushville, New York 25 May 1838)
Amos P. Curry - Senior Vice-Commander (b. Maine 7 Jul 1836)
Frank J. Parker - Delegate (b. Somersetshire, England)
Henry A. Morrow - Past Dept. Commander (b. Virginia 10 Jul 1839)
Albert Marsden Brooks - Past Dept. Commander (b. Galena, Illinois 2 Sep 1843)
Orson Bennett Johnson - Member National Council of Administration (b. Williston, Vermont 15 Aug 1848)

Department of West Virginia (p. 6)
John Carlin - Dept. Commander (b. co. Meath, Ireland 1828)
Rufus C. Fleming - Junior Vice-Commander (b. Fairmount, West Virginia 14 Aug 1840)
F.H. Crago - Assist. Adjutant-General (b. Carmichael's, Penn. 7 Jul 1836)
Isaac H. Duval - Delegate (b. Wellsburg, Virginia 1 Sep 1824)
Moses S. Hall - Alternate (b. Hawley, Mass.)
P. Gano - Alternate (b. Clarington, Ohio 13 Jul 1838)
William H.H. Flick - Past Dept. Commander (b. Bedford, Ohio 24 Feb 1841)
Charles Brooks Smith - Past Dept. Commander (b. Wirt Co., West Virginia 24 Feb 1844)
Sidney F. Shaw - Member of National Council of Administration (b. Copenhagen, New York 16 Jan 1832)

Department of Wisconsin (p. 18)
Lucius Fairchild - Past Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief (see that section)
Henry P. Fischer - Senior Vice-Commander (b. Chicago, Illinois 16 Oct 1843)
James Polk Briggs - Junior Vice-Commander (b. Lancaster, New York 24 Jan 1845)
Phillip Cheek, Jr. - Assist. Adjutant-General (b. Silverton, Somersetshire, England 11 May 1841)
Andrew J. Ward, M.D. - Delegate (b. New Milford, Penn. 1 Mar 1824)
Daniel Webster - Delegate (b. McGranville, New York 4 Sep 1844)
James L. Wheat - Delegate (b. Bridgeport, New York 1840)
Theron Wilber Haight - Delegate (b. Lorraine, New York 14 Sep 1840)
Henry Hase - Delegate (b. Port Washington, Wisconsin 26 Feb 1847)
John O. Scott - Delegate (b. Chazy, New York 24 Apr 1835)
Charles H. Baxter - Delegate (b. Stillwater, New York 15 Nov 1841)
Allen S. Brooks - Alternate (b. Peterboro, New York 1842)
William Henry Upham - Alternate (b. Westminister, Mass. 1842)
Albert Henry Hollister - Alternate (b. Pendleton, New York 23 Sep 1843)
Charles E. Buell - Alternate (b. Plymouth, New York 2 Oct 1836)
Calvin E. Morley - Alternate (b. Irving, New York 12 Nov 1843)
Alexander Ivey - Alternate (b. Cornwall, England 10 Mar 1837)
George W. Dibble - Alternate (b. Westfield, New York 9 Jan 1837)
John Hancock - Past Dept. Commander (b. Bradford Co., Penn. 12 Aug 1830)
Henry G. Rogers - Past Dept. Commander (Milwaukee, Wisconsin 28 Apr 1841)
Griffith J. Thomas - Past Dept. Commander (b. Harlech, Wales 20 Jan 1847)
James Davidson - Past Dept. Commander (b. New Hudson, New York)
William Stillman Stanley - Member National Council of Administration (b. Smithfield, Rhode Island)
Albert Melvin Cole - Alternate (b. Limerick, Maine 3 Apr 1845)

Women's Relief Corps (p. 28)
Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood - Past National President
Mrs. Jane B. Russell - Dept. President
Mrs. Elizabeth D'Arcy Kinne - National Senior Vice-President (b. Boston, Mass.)
Mrs. Addie Alvisa Sherman - Dept. Secretary (b. Toulon, Illinois 1 Nov 
 

Additional Biographical Sketches
San Francisco Daily Morning Call, 4 August 1886 

Department of Connecticut (p. 3)
Alfred B. Beers - Past Dept. Commander (b. New Rochelle, New York 23 Apr 1845)
Eugene F. Atwood - Delegate (b. Woodbury, Conn. 14 Mar 1847)
Constans C. Kinne - Delegate (b. Glastonbury, Conn. 25 Mar 1841)
Geo. W. Coy (b. Freedom, Maine 13 Nov 1836)

Department of Delaware (p. 3)
Arthur Harper Grimshaw - Delegate (b. Philadelphia, Penn. 16 Jan 1824)
William Emmons - Delegate (b. Boston, Mass. 21 Jan 1819)

Department of Florida (p.3)
Edward Warren Henck - Delegate (b. Philadelphia, Penn. 9 Feb 1846)
William James, Jr. - Vice Dept. Commander (b. England)

Department of the Gulf (p. 3)
Algernon Sidney Badger - Dept. Commander (b. Boston, Mass. 1839)
James W. Scully - Past Dept. Commander (b. Ireland 19 Feb 1837)
Ebenezer V. Hitch - Assist. Adjutant-General (b. Fairhaven, Mass.)
Henry Schorten - Member National Council of Administration (b. Cologne, Germany 22 Mar 1837)

Department of Illinois (p. 3)
James G. Everest - Delegate (b. Canton, New York)
David S. Dicken - Alternate (b. Georgetown, Illinois 14 May 1836)
Richard J. Oglesby - Gov. of Illinois (b. Oldham, Kentucky 25 Jul 1824)

Department of Iowa (p. 3)
Russell M. de Witt - Alternate (b. Auburn, New York 8 Nov 1849)
David L. Riley - Alternate (b. St. Lawrence Co., New York 8 Jan 1837)
Hurlburt F. Griswold - Past Dept. Commander (b. 12 Apr 1843)
Preston H. Hawkins - Senior Vice-Commander (b. 15 Dec 1842)

Department of Kansas (p. 3)
Cyrus Leland, Jr. - Delegate (b. Sauk Co., Wisconsin)
Orrin Abbey - Alternate (b. Canada)
Frank L. Pound - Alternate (b. Wayne Co., New York 16 May 1844)
Clyde J. McDivitt - Delegate (b. Alexandria, Penn.)
John Guthrie - Delegate (b. Switzerland Co., Indiana 2 Jul 1829)

Department of Maine (p. 3)
Charles Porter Mattocks - Past Dept. Commander (b. Danville, Vermont 11 Oct 1840)
Henry Allen Depter (b. Wayne, Maine 7 Sep 1836)
James A. Hall - Dept. Commander (b. Lincoln, Maine)

Department of Maryland (p.3)
Robert W. Scarlett - Alternate at Large (b. 21 Apr 1844)
William H. Koch - Alternate (b. Reading, Penn. 14 May 1839)
John W. Horn - Past Dept. Commander (b. Scotland 30 Mar 1834)

Department of Michigan (p. 3)
William F. Atkinson - Delegate at Large (b. Warwick, Canada 8 Jan 1846)
Henry H. Hinds - Delegate (b. near Montrose, Penn. 9 Oct 1840)
Andrew T. McReynolds - Past Dept. Commander (b. Co. Tyrone, Ireland 25 Dec 1808)
Roscoe D. Dix - Delegate (b. Jefferson Co., New York 11 Jun 1839)
William L. Phillips - Alternate (b. Lyden, Mass. 6 Jul 1820)

Department of Minnesota (p. 3)
Russell L. Moore - Delegate (b. Montville, Ohio 31 Dec 1843)
James C. Price - Alternate (b. England 2 Nov 1837)
William H. Harries - Delegate (b. Montgomery Co., Ohio 15 Jan 1843)
George B. Arnold - Alternate (b. Auburn, New York 14 Mar 1841)
Charles Goodell Edwards - Alternate at Large (b. New York 11 May 1836)
Edward C. Babb - Past Dept. Commander (b. Westbrook, Maine 1 Feb 1834)
William C. Roberts - Delegate (b. Weston, Mass. 12 May 1835)

Department of Ohio (p. 3)
James C. Michie - Dept. Commander (b. Dundee, Scotland 29 Jul 1841)

Department of Texas (p. 3)
Oliver T. Lyon - Dept. Commander (b. Port Deposit, Maryland)
John Donaldson - Assist. Adjutant-General (b. Carroll Co., Ohio 12 Jul 1849)
Augustus Belknap - Delegate (b. Newburgh, New York 19 Mar 1840)
Henry W. Nye - Member National Council of Administration (b. Fairfield, Maine)

San Francisco Daily Morning Call, 6 August 1886 

Special Guest (p. 2)
Clara E. Barton