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Charles Watson, Esq., as treasurer of the committee on entertainments, and Charles S. Dunham, as chairman of same committee, were most active in their efforts to aid the cause.
The Ladies' Correspondence Committee consisted of Mrs. Clapp, Miss Maria Moss, Mrs. Fogoo, Mrs. Campion, Mrs. Shinn, Mrs. J. Vogdes, Mrs. Porter, Miss Lewis, Mrs. Duhring, Miss Woodward.
The following is a complete list of the officers of the West Jersey Auxiliary to the great Sanitary Fair : President, Hon. Thomas P. Carpenter ; Vice-Presidents, Hon. John F. Starr, Hon. Philander C. Brinck, Matthew Newkirk, E. V. Glover; Secretary, William A. Farr; Treasurer, James H. Stevens; Cor- responding Secretary, P. J. Grey.
The chairmen of different committees were Maurice Browning, on contribution of day's work ; Robert B. Potts, products of West Jersey fabrication; William Fewsmith, works of art, history and relics ; William J. Potts, collections from field, forest and ocean ; John Aikman, useful and fancy articles, home made; J. R. Stevenson, M.D., original ballads of poetry on the war; Edward H. Saunders, on miscellaneous articles ; Joseph Fearon, on flowers and fruits ; J. D. Rein- both, on fruits and confectionery ; Benjamin
H. Browning, on the refectory ; William A. Farr, on finance and donations ; Charles S. Dunham, on concerts, charades and tableaux ; Captain Samnel Hufty, on receipt of articles donated. Hon. James M. Scovel was ap- pointed to act in conjunction with the United States Sanitary Commission.
From the newspapers of the period are gleaned the names of the following ladies- by no means all-who were prominent in aiding the cause, viz. : The Misses Hufty, Mrs. R. Edwards, Mrs. Thomas P. Carpen- ter, Mrs. E. V. Glover, Mrs. J. D. Reinboth, Mrs. Butcher, Mrs. John F. Starr, Mrs. C. Mickle, Mrs. Thomas H. Dudley, Mrs. Benjamin Browning, Miss Betsey Mason, Mrs. Hewlings Coles, Miss Josephine Brown- ing, the Misses Hatch, Mrs. Ann Andrews, Miss Sallie Gibson, Miss Maggie Stoy, Miss Sallie W. Atkinson, Mrs. Joseph Hatch, the Misses Carrie, Rebecca, Louise and Mary Hatch, Miss Sarah Eldridge, Miss Cornelia Eldridge, the Misses Fearon.
Miss Rebecca Hatch presented the New Jersey Department with a handsome silk flag, which was much prized.
The means of raising funds were various. There were a boys' magic lantern exhibition, a children's fair, many parlor concerts, scrap- book sales, and the little girls of Haddon- field contributed $82.50.
MRS. HETTIE K. PAINTER, who, at the outbreak of the war, was a resident of Cam- den, was one of those noble and patriotic women who left her home, went to the front and became known in the Army of the Po- tomac as one of the most faithful and devoted nurses. Many a sick and wounded soldier of Kearny's brigade was the recipient of ber tender care and earnest solicitude. After the Union defeat at the second battle of Bull Run, and the repulse at Fredericksburg, where twenty men of the Union soldiers re- ceived dangerous, or perhaps mortal, wounds, Mrs. Painter's devotion to the unfortunate men made her name well-known through the
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eutire Army of the Potomac. She continued to do noble work in the hospitals, with the same faithfulness and interest, until the close of the war, when she returned to Camden, and soon afterward removed to the West, where she engaged in the practice of medi- cine.
MISS VIRGINIA WILLETS (now Mrs. James M. Stradling), of Camden, was a vol- unteer nurse in the Army of the Potomac, and was connected with the Second Division of the Second Army Corps. She followed the army all through the battle of the Wilder- ness and down to City Point. At Freder- icksburg she had charge of the hospital in the Catholic Church of that city. At Port Roy- al she attended many of the wounded of the battles of Chancellorsville and White House Landing. She remained with the army until 1864, and was associated with the well-known army-nurse, Mrs. Mary Morris, of Phila- delphia, whose husband was the grandson of Robert Morris, of Revolutionary fame.
THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT IN CAMDEN. -The beautiful aud imposing monument erected to the memory of the fallen heroes of Camden County in the War for the Union is situated in the northeast part of the city, near the City Hall, on a plot of ground donated by the city of Camden. It is a fine specimen of workmanship and an honor to the city and county. The movement which resulted in its erection was originated by Post 5, G. A. R., of Camden, formerly Sedgewick Post, No. 6, who contributed the first three hundred dollars. The next contribution was one thou- sand dollars, by the Board of Freeholders, which body eventually appropriated the bal- ance of the entire amount of five thousand five hundred dollars required. The monn- ment was constructed of granite, by Krips & Shearman. It is thirty-nine feet six inches high, and weighs forty-seven tons. The railing around the monument was furnished by the county. The dedication took place June 9, 1873, on which occasion the city of
Camden was decorated with flags, banners and streamers. The military display and parade were an interesting part of the cere- mony. There were present the Third Regi- ment, from Elizabeth ; the Fourth Battalion, from Bridgeton and Millville ; the Sixth Regiment and Battery B, of Camden. The prominent persons present were Governor Parker and his staff, composed of Adjutant-
THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
General Stryker, Quartermaster Lewis Per- rine, Surgeon Barry and Colonels Murphy and Dickerson ; General Gershom Mott, with. his staff, Adjutant-General Lodor, Quarter- master Ridgway, Surgeon Welling and Major Owens ; General D. Hart and staff, composed of Colonels Weston and Murphy ;
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Major Robbins and Captain Edgar ; Hons. John Y. Foster, A. L. Runyan, Samnel Hopkins.
" The ceremonies were opened by General Carse in a brief address. He then introduced Rev. P. L. Davies, of New York, who offered a prayer, and after this the monument was unveiled with beautiful and appropriate cere- monies, amid the cheers of the vast multitude assembled, the music of the bands aud grand salute from Battery B, and the Star Spangled Banner at the signal unfolded itself from around the marble shaft and ascended majestically to the peak of the flag staff that was erected iu the rear, and as if by magic a perfect shower of miniature flags fell gently upon the vast concourse below. A. C. Scovel, Esq., then introduced John Y. Foster, the speaker of the day, and author of . New Jersey in the Great Rebellion.' He followed the gallant Jersey regiments from the State to the field and through their grand march of triumph, not ouly the glorious victories won in Virginia, but also the grandest of all marches,-the march through Georgia, and reviewed the termination and turned to re- flect upon the great lesson of the hour."
The following names which are engraved on this monument are of soldiers from Cam- den County who died during the war :
Colonels.
Louis R. Francine. . H. Boyd McKeen.
John P. Vanleer. Wm. B. Hatch.
Lieutenant- Colonels.
Simpson R. Stroud. Thomas H. Davis.
Captains.
C. Hanfty .. C. Meves.
J. McComb. W. R. Maxwell.
C. J. Fields. :
T. Stevenson.
C. K. Horsfall.
C. Wilson.
E. Hamilton.
First-Lieutenants.
W. S. Briggs.
R. A. Curlis.
W. Evans.
J. R. Rich.
J. T. Lowe. J. R. Crowell.
Second-Lieutenants.
W. S. Barnard.
G. W. Eisler.
T. J. Howell. D. R. Cowperthwaite.
Sergeants.
D. A. Westcoat. G. M. Hineline.
J. D. Richardson. J. B. Johnson.
C. E. Cheesemen. C. H. Jewell.
S. W. Bates. J. R. McGowan.
J. Curtis. T. Krugg.
J. Dimon. C. W. Lowe.
C. F. Dickinson. E. Mitchell.
H. Fisler. J. W. Moore.
J. K. Frankish. I. J. Rue.
C. G. P. Goforth. P. Riley.
P. A. Grum. C. P. Fish.
I. A. Korn.
J. Woollard.
C. E. Githens.
Corporals.
J. F. Bailey. B. Linton.
H. B. Brown.
E. W. Laue.
J. M. Roe. E. Livermore.
J. Clements. A. H. Merry.
W. W. Collins. J. Miller.
S. B. Carter. J. McClernand.
C. P. Norton. J. Roshhack.
C. Helmuth, G. A. Smith.
W. F. Hessel. M. Slimm.
C. E. Hugg. F. Schwartz.
E. Holly.
G. W. Thompson.
J. C. Dilkes.
W. Thompson.
W. H. Jones.
A. Wooley.
J. S. Kay.
J. Zanders.
W. Rich.
H. Bechtel.
G. North.
H. K. Patton.
P. Larricks.
Privates.
G. Adams.
J. Bozarth.
A. Adams.
A. G. Bryan.
H. Adler. W. Batt.
J. E. Amit.
D. Bates.
J. Adams.
P. Barnel.
E. Ayers.
G. Boom.
T. F. Asay.
S. Beck.
J. Anderson.
W. Brown.
J. Brown.
J. Brice.
B. Budd.
J. Breer.
E. Browning.
E. Barber.
J. Buchanan.
H. Beckley.
J. Bakely.
W. Cook.
G. B. Budd.
A. Clingham.
J. Bates.
A. Coule.
L. Breyer.
W. B. Carson.
A. Breyer.
G. W. Chew.
J. Bebbe.
J. W. Clement.
J. Bower.
T. Cobh.
J. Bectle, Jr. R. G. Curry.
J. Bowker.
T. Cloren.
L. Banks.
T. D. Clark.
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J. S. Copeland.
J, Gillespy.
J. W. Lee.
P. Pepoon.
I. Calway.
L. Grundling.
W. R. Lancaster.
D. Ryan.
R. Clayton.
L. Gifford.
W. Lock.
J. Rhode.
J. Cline.
C. Gautier.
J. K. Liphsey.
D. Rumford.
J. G. Conley.
J. F. Gaul.
B. H. Linton.
F. Robinson.
C. F. Collett.
W. Goebel.
E. Miles.
W. Robust.
I. H. Copeland.
H. Githens.
C. Mensing.
T. D. Ross.
J. Q. A. Cline.
J. Gammel.
J. Munsan.
J. Ryan.
N. B. Cook.
R. Grant.
R. Marshall.
F. Rodgers.
H. Cramer.
G. Gerwine.
J. Macinall.
J. Roofe.
T. Carmack.
D. Gorden.
M. Marshall.
T. J. Rudderow.
H. Culler.
G. H. Gilbert.
F. Mullen.
W. J. Rudy.
H. Craver.
A. Gervis.
E. F. Mills.
H. Richmond.
J. Conlan.
J. Hollingsworth.
T. R. Middleton.
D. Reading.
J. Crammer.
C. Hambrecht.
G. E. Monroe.
A. Schwartz.
J. P. Callaway.
V. Henricus.
L. Miller.
C. Schey.
M. Cavanaugh.
H. F. Hensman.
J. Miller.
R. F. Stone.
W. H. Chamberlain.
J. F. Haines.
J. Machtoff.
J. A. Steelman.
C. Downs.
G. A. Holmes.
T. Marrott.
G. A. Schmitt.
J. Diehl.
G. Hanno.
J. Murray.
J. E. Stark.
J. Devlin.
P. F. Hilyard.
A. W. Martin.
D. M. Southard.
S. Dermott.
D. H. Horner.
G. Mount.
W. Shroder.
S. Dermott (2d).
S. G. Hultz.
G. W. Mooney.
J. Schlatter.
J. Dowell.
W. Herring.
R. J. McAdams.
J. Sturges.
R. Dresser, Sr.
L. Heller.
A. McGauhey.
P. Stoy.
J. S. Dill.
A. Hawk.
J. McMullen.
F. Stadler.
J. R. Dornell.
G. Howard.
M. Mclaughlin.
S. Sympkins.
E. P. Davis.
H. Hinkle.
C. Mclaughlin.
P. Stevenson.
J. Dyle.
W. F. Halmbold.
T. J. McKeighan.
D. Sullivan.
A. Downs.
E. Hefferman.
M. McNulty.
B. F. Sweet.
J. H. Douglas.
H. Hears.
W. McDowell.
S. Sutton.
S. G. Darrow.
M. Hall.
N. McElhone.
E. H. Smith.
R. Davis.
S. G. Heils.
G. McCabe.
A. Subers.
E. Dougherty.
G. M. D. Hampton.
L. McConnell.
W. H. Stockton.
D. Drigget.
W. H. Harris.
J. McAdams.
W. H. Schaffer.
J. E. Dorrell.
D. Horner.
J. Mckeon.
S. S. Somers.
D. Doughty.
J. P. Huyck.
B. McMullen.
W. R. Stewart.
J. J. Dannenhower.
Adam Job.
P. Nolan.
J. R. Stow.
T. Davis.
J. W. Jobes.
M. Nicholson.
H. Smith.
M. Effinger.
T. Johnson.
S. B. Norcrof.
B. F. Schlecht.
W. Earley.
A. J. Joline.
J. S. Nicholson.
J. Stevenson.
R. G. Easley.
E. Johnson.
M. Nayse.
D. Simpkins.
J. Elberson.
G. Kell.
W. Nagle.
F. Sichttnberg.
W. Edge.
A. J. Keim.
A. Oldham.
C. W. Skill.
J. Edinger.
E. Lock.
M. Oregan.
F. Street.
A. Elberson,
J. Louis.
C. Owens.
J. Smith.
W. Evans.
J. Logan.
F. O'Neil.
J. S. Smith.
J. Fitzgerald.
W. J. Leake.
P. H. O'Donnell.
H. P. Snyder.
W. Frey.
F. Laib.
P. O'Donnell.
W. Streeper.
J. A. Fenner.
D. Lutz.
I. J. Pine.
H. Steffins.
D. Ford.
J. B. Leach.
T. Pike.
T. Simpson.
F. Fellows.
G. B. Land.
J. Parks.
T. Shields.
J. G. Foster.
J. Lewis.
R. M. Price.
R. H. Strought.
J. Groskinsky.
J. Leslie.
A. Pond.
C. S. Turner.
J. Conley.
J. H. Gaunt.
H. D. Morgan.
W. Rowe.
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HISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
H. G. Thorn.
S. W. White.
Thomas C. Surran.
Heinrich Rauser.
G. C. Trneax.
J. C. Ware.
J. C. Whippy.
James Hollingsworth.
John B. Nevins.
J. Thomas.
L. P. Wilson.
William Hampton. William W. Howe.
H. Todd. T. G. Williams.
C. Ulrich.
C. Warr.
C. H. Cleaver.
T. J. Cheeseman. John P. Cannon.
Capt. J. R. Cunningham. Brinnisholtz.
Corp. James Ireland.
C. H. Kleavor.
L. A. Westcoat.
E. Watson.
T. Walker.
E. P. Wilson.
Samuel Yates.
Benjamin Anderson. James Griffe.
Abraham Stow. Andrew O. Steinmets. - Price.
Jacob Hirsch. J. G. Johnson.
John P. Grant.
Augustus F. S. Singleton.
John Williams.
Adam Kolb, Jr.
Daniel Rowan.
- Sibenlist.
James C. Lewis.
- Sibenlist.
Robert Middleton.
Ware.
George Brooks.
War of 1812 .- BILLINGSPORT.
Capt. William Newton. John Smith.
Daniel S. Carter.
Nathan A. Carter, sexton, No. 33, North Fourth Street.
EVERGREEN CEMETERY (CAMDEN).
Joseph Bontemps. John M. Ehillman.
Alexander Nicholls.
Wm. H. Schwab.
Lewis Kenney.
F. G. S. Pfeiffer, M.D.
Jonas T. Hull.
Captain James Snow.
Wm. D. Richardson.
William H. Sugden.
James F. Ross. George Elder.
Ottis G. Sanderson.
William Dorsey.
Joseph S. Fletcher.
1st Lt. Saml. J. Malone.
John S. Normine.
Abner Subers.
Joseph McAllister.
Capt. Frank M. Malone.
Martin Effinger.
James Smallwood.
Samuel Miller.
William L. Gray.
Jacob Price.
John Moran.
Christian Hess.
Col. W. B. Hatch. Joseph A. Beck. 1st Lt. William M. Sh iw.
Joseph C. Huyck.
Isaac Dougherty.
William Wilson.
Samuel B. Carter.
William W. Whittaker.
E. T. Davis.
Thomas James Howell.
Lieut. Thos. S. Stewart.
- Felden [father].
Charles P. Horton.
Felden [son].
John Miller.
Clayton Edwards. Samuel J. Griffee. -- Biddle. Elijah Davis.
Christian Hess.
Corpl. J. R. McCowan.
James Griffee.
J. H. Dutton.
Suton Gehweiler.
James Emely.
Edward Ecke.
Charles Helmuth.
- Price.
William D. Richardson.
- Lane.
Thomas R. Middleton. E. C. R. Woodruff .. James J. Snow.
Edward B. Brown.
Thomas Herbert.
Thomas Kelly.
Samuel R. Pain.
James Conover.
James Coleman.
Conover.
Howard Dewees. Harris.
George Williams.
Harris.
Albert Kemble.
Morris R. Giles.
Henry K. Patton. William P. Reeves.
George Roedel. Andrew Merkle.
D. W. Morton.
John Robinson.
George H. Snyder.
Joseph L. Coles.
H. Dieckman.
William G. Leake. John Robertson. 1st Lt. S. A. Steinmetz.
Thomas R. McKenney.
Robert G. Clark.
D. R. Cowperthwaite.
William B. Benjamin.
Geo. W. Roseman. E. Miles.
William Malone.
K. C. Allen. L. H. Harker. William Hutchinson.
Alfred Bernard.
William A. Tatem.
Joseph C. Vanneman, (Surg. U. S. N.)
Richard W. Parsons. Alonzo D. Nichols. John Miles. James H. Kerns.
C. B. McBride. Johan Diehl. J. F. Fisher.
C. Yeager.
J. Woerner.
D. C. Yourison.
W. Wilson.
M. Zimmerman.
A. J. Walker.
C. Winters.
S. Wilson.
C. H. Wennel.
B. Ware.
D. R. Winner.
A. Wolf.
J. C. Young.
Adam Kolb, Sr.
- Elberson. Elberson.
C. Ulrich.
D. Wells.
J. Williams.
J. Wells.
W. Wells.
Corp. Peter Shivers. Conly.
G. Wannan.
W. J. Wood.
NECROLOGY .- The following is a com- plete list, as far as can be obtained from the Grand Army Posts and the sextons of the various cemeteries of Camden County, of the soldiers whose remains lie in the places named :
CAMDEN CEMETERY.
(One hundred and thirty-five buried here.)
John Thornton.
Joseph Pike.
C. S. Tyndall.
J. H. Dutton.
J. G. Vanneman.
W. Wallace.
Charles M. Ferat. John Schack.
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Edgar Reeve. John E. Stratton.
R. F. Sherman.
E. F. Locke.
C. B. Carter.
Andrew McCartney.
James Young.
John W. Swinker. Alfred Fortner. - Lawrence.
UNION CEMETERY (GLOUCESTER CITY).
George Hoffman. Thomas Pancoast.
Joshua F. Stone.
C. E. Githens.
Colonel Martin Seldon.1 James Carpenter.
John W. Bear.
William B. Shult.
William J. Paul.
Charles H. Billings.
Daniel Smith.
Jeremiah Berry.
Alonzo W. Schuler.
Capt. Henry Z. Gibson.
Jacob H. Gilmore. Chas. G. P. Goforth.
CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY (GLOUCESTER CITY).
Thomas Shaw.
James Sipple.
Corp. Miles Blakely.
Hiram Irvine.
Alexander Work.
Wm. N. Groves.
Peter Rancorn.
James Groves.
- Fithian. --
Robert Berryman.
Wm. Lenny.
Michael Corcoran.
Ginn.
Robert McAdoo.
Patrick Boylan.
Joseph Brady. Thomas Agen.
John Marshall.
Arthur Powell.
John Cloran.
Christopher Winters.
James A. Schofield.
David Conklin.
Timothy Cloran.
Patrick McGuire.
Stephen A. Briggs. John Lincoln.
James W. Moss.
Christopher Dolan.
Michael Callahan.
Chas. H. Cordery. John Herron.
Philip H. Smith.
Francis Queen.
John Berzell.
Thomas Guigan.
James White.
Hugh Hines.
Brig .- Gen. J. Williams. Wm. H. Stout.
Thomas Hoff.
Wm. Tyas.
Samuel Hooten.
Wm. Akens.
- Ford.
James Daly.
JOHNSON'S CEMETERY (STOCKTON TOWNSHIP).
Nathaniel Stout. George S. Menoken.
Thomas Ryan. Edward Barnard.
Josiah Pruitt. George H. Stewart.
Jacob Brisco. Joseph Wells.
David Whiting. Amos W. Nash.
James H. Menoken. Theophilus Peterson.
John A. Fish.
Franklin Hoops.
Davis Rumford.
Wm. Henry Nutt.
Richard Lippincott.
John Bakely.
Augustus Bare.
Wm. McCarty.
Lewis Rumford.
Josiah Fish.
Isaac Arterburn.
Isaac Cade.
BAPTIST CEMETERY (HADDONFIELD.)
James Fortner.
James Brick.
Lorenzo Jess. Wm. H. Hoey.
Samuel Wilson. Levi E. Bates.
Saml. Eggman.
Charles Scott.
Theodore W. Kain.
Samuel West.
Wm. Henry Lewallen.
John J. White.
1 In Revolutionary War ; died 1806.
Edward Shipley.
John Ryan.
Henry Ramsey.
John Miller.
COLESTOWN CEMETERY (CAMDEN COUNTY).
Capt. Wm. C. Shinn. Abram Middleton.
Abraham Browning. Archibald Scott.
Joseph Cline. William Shaw.
Joseph Errickson.
Richard C. Schriner.
J. Stokes Evans. William H. Suyder.
Bowman Hendry. Job E. Stockton.
James Henry. Stacy G. Stockton.
James McNally.
William Leo.
Michael Devlin.
James McElmoyle.
John Osborne.
Thomas B. Campbell.
Joseph Barton.
John E. Miller.
John Norton.
Peter D. Hewlings.
John Pew.
Joseph Davis.
Foster Stanford.
Howell R. Davis.
Fritz Speigle.
Joseph Bush.
George W. Murray.
METHODIST CEMETERY (HADDONFIELD.)
CITY.
Patrick Reilly. Edward Tool.
Jas. Cooney.
Matthew Finnegan.
John O'Neill.
Wm. McElhone.
Daniel Kelly.
Nicholas Brady.
Michael McGrorey.
Henry McElhone.
James McGrorey.
Florence Sullivan.
Abram Martin.
Edward Burroughs.
Daniel Kenney.
John Kenney. James McCann. James Byers.
Wm. Hutchinson.
Henry Simpkins.
Charles H. Hulings. Wm. H. Wilson. James A. Duddy.
Patrick Waters.
Thomas Sweeny.
Michael Hurley.
John Reilly.
John Sands.
Gabriel Surran. James Kane.
Constantine O'Neill.
--- Ashbrook. Jacob Dill.
Silas Gartledge.
Samuel W. Mattson. Hansell. George R. Angell. John Wallace.
S. E. Somers. J. W. Norton.
Chakley Cheeseman. John Jordan.
Thomas Cheeseman.
Edward Russell.
George Elmbark.
Richard Wilson.
Wm. Russell.
ST. MARY'S CEMETERY (CATHOLIC), GLOUCESTER
Edward Cole.
Josiah Shipley. James Weeks.
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HISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC .- All honorably-discharged soldiers and sailors who have served in the army or navy of the United States are entitled to membership in the Grand Army of the Republic. In this respect it is the first organization of its kind effected in this country or elsewhere. Soon after the close of the Revolution, army socie- ties were formed which were composed of commissioned officers and their descendants.
The most prominent of these was the fam- ous Society of the Cincinnati, which still has an existence. Army and corps organizations of the War of 1812 and of the Mexican War have existed for social and convivial purposes, but none of these societies named have been based on the principle of mutual aid in time of need, or comprehended purposes so exalted as those embraced in the declaration of the Grand Army of the Republic, namely, " Fra- ternity, charity, loyalty." This society, whose purpose is to band together the men who wore the blue during the war, originated in the West. To Colonel B. F. Stephenson, M.D., of Springfield, Illinois, is given the credit of being the first person who formulated the plans of its noble aims. The first post was organized at Dakota, Illinois, in 1866. The idea of extending the organization was com- municated to many army associates. A. State Department Encampment was organized in Illinois on the 12th of July, 1866, under Colonel Stephenson. In the month of No- vember of the same year a National Encamp- ment was organized at Indianapolis, with representatives present from nearly all the Northern States. These encampments have been held annually since then, in various lo- calities of the Union. The State became di- vided into districts, and the organization of posts was exceedingly rapid. Six months after the date of the formation of the society forty thousand men through the Northern States were enrolled as members. The first department organization in the State of New Jersey was effected in the month of January,
1868. The membership of the order in this State in 1884 was reported at five thousand two hundred and seventy-nine. The entire membership in the United States for the same year was two hundred and thirty-three thou- sand five hundred and ninety-five. Its mem- bership is now estimated at three hundred thousand, more than one-fourth of the sur- vivors of the war.
Under the auspices of the order thousands of camp-fires, fairs, reunions and banquets have been held. These revive the sufferings and sacrifices and recall the unwritten history of the war. At these meetings no rank is recognized, save that conferred by the order, and any member is eligible to any position in its gift.
The history of various posts now existing in the city and county of Camden are here given, according to the date organization.
THOMAS M. K. LEE POST, No. 5, of Cam- den, was organized in January, 1876, in Camden, with eighty-five charter-members. The first officers of the post were as fol- lows :
Post Commander, Edmund May ; Senior Vice- Commander, Samuel Hufty ; Junior Vicc-Comman- der, George W. Gile; Surgeon, James A. Arm- strong, M.D .; Chaplaiu, August H. Lung ; Officer of the Day, Benjamin Carlin ; Officer of the Guard, Robert B. McCowan; Quartermaster, Joseph C. Nichols ; Adjutant, Alexander Nichols.
At the first meeting of the post it was unanimously decided to honor a gallant soldier of General Philip Kearny's Second Brigade, by adopting the name of "Thomas M. K. Lee Post." The following is a complete roster of this post for 1886 :
Commander, David M. Spence; Senior Vice, Benjamin C. Coles ; Junior Vice, William Thomp- son ; Adjutant, J. Kelly Brown ; Surgeon, William P. Hall; Officer of the Day, Samuel Hufty ; Officer of the Guard, Joseph W. Ore; Chaplain, Harry L. Hartshorne; Quartermaster, William Whitely ; Quartermaster-Sergeant, William H. Rightmire; Sergeant-Major, William Chandler.
Comrades.
John S. Adams.
W. R. Anderson.
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L. Andrews.
William P. Hall. Leonard S. Hart.
William J. Sewell.
James H. Shannon.
Baker D. Tomlin.
George Barrett.
Thomas Bates, Sr. Charles F. Bender. William P. Besser.
James C. Blackwood. Edward Blanck.
William Blanck, Sr. George W. Blanck. William Bovell.
Charles P. Boyer.
Samuel Hufty. David W. J. Hutton.
David O. Hunter.
Mahlon F. Ivins.
Samuel Jackaway. Stephen M. Janney.
Frank S. Jones. Charles Kalt.
Benjamin L. Kellum. Robert King.
Charles B. Capewell. William H. Chandler.
William H. Kingley. Edward D. Knight.
William H. H. Clark. John Clifford.
Frank L. Knight.
Joseph Cline.
Joseph C. Lee. Richard H. Lee.
John Coates, Sr.
David B. Litzenberg. George W. Loughlin.
Benjamin D. Coley.
William Madison.
Edward W. Madison.
Reuben D. Cole. William H. Cooper. Albert G. Crane. Charles Cregar. John Cromie.
Edmund May.
William T. Mead. Jonas Mellor.
And. J. Cunningham.
Matthew Miller.
George R. Dannehower. Michael Morgan.
George F. Deaves. John Derry.
Robert B. McCowan.
Albert C. Dildine.
Andrew McCready.
John McMain.
John W. Donges. George N. Dresser. M. S. Ellis.
John Noll. John North, Jr.
Thomas T. Estworthy.
Joseph W. Ore.
Theodore F. Fields.
William M. Palmer.
Samuel Flood.
Charles N. Pelouze.
Joseph B. Fox. Henry B. Francis. B. F. Gault.
John B. Peters. William H. Rightmire. Clarence L. Ross.
George W. Gile.
John D. Sargeant.
W. E. Gilling.
Conrad Schwoerer.
William Gleason.
George W. Scott.
Thomas R. Grapevine. W. S. Grigg.
James M. Scovel. John K. Seagreaves.
Junius E. Severance.
William H. Shearman. Isaac W. Shinn. Samuel E. Sheetz. John C. Shute. Charles Shivers, Jr. William L. Skinner.
William Thompson. Albert F. Tilton.
John W. Ayres. R. T. Barclay. John Bamford.
H. L. Hartshorn.
Thomas Harman.
R. G. Hann.
J. Haynes. Charles H. Helmbold. A. S. Helms. S. Henderson.
Richard N. Herring. Robert M. Hillman. Charles A. Hotchkiss.
Thomas Hoy.
David M. Spence. Arthur Stanley. William H. Stansberg. Charles Steeger.
William Stillings.
George W. Wood.
William T. G. Young.
James M. Stradling.
Charles G. Zimmerman.
H. Genet Taylor.
CAPTAIN THOMAS M. K. LEE, JR., early in 1861, identified himself with the troops who volunteered from the city of Camden. He enlisted as a private iu Company F, Fourth Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Militia ; was promoted sergeant and served with the regiment nntil disharged at expir- ation of term of service, July 31, 1861. He enlisted August 9, 1861, in Company I, Sixth Regiment New Jersey Volunteer In- fantry, for three years. September 9, 1861, he was commissioned first lieutenant of the company ; and, on January 16, 1863, was commissioned as captain of Company K of his regiment. He commanded the regiment from Spottsylvania Court-House, Va., to North Anna River ; was detailed judge-ad- vocate on the staff of Brigadier-General Mc- Allister, commanding Third Brigade, Third Division, Second Army Corps, and as the same under Major-General Gershom Mott. He was mustered out with his regiment Sep- tember 7, 1864.
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