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With his regiment he participated in the following battles :
Siege of Yorktown, Va., April and May, 1862 ; Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862; Fair Oaks, June 1 and 2, 1862; Seven Pines, Va., June 25, 1862; Savage Station, Va., June 29, 1862; Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862; Bristow Station, Va., August
Zebulon T. Tompkins. John L. Topham. John Trimble. John F. Tudor. George Urban. Theodore Verlander. Charles H. Walker. Samuel S. Weaver.
William H. Wheaton. William Whitely.
Virgil Willett.
George E. Wilson.
David B. Brown. J. Kelly Brown. W. M. Burns.
William H. Simpson.
William B. Smith.
John J. Stone.
G. W. Burroughs. Benjamin F. Carlin. James Carrigan. James R. Carson. J. Caskey.
Jesse Chew.
John W. Coates,
David F. Matthews.
Daniel B. Murphy.
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27, 1862 ; Second Bull Run, August29, 1862; Chan- tilly, Va., September 1, 1862; Centreville, Va., September 2, 1862 ; Fredericksburg, Va., Decem- ber 13 and 14, 1862; Chancellorsville, Va., May 3 and 4, 1862 ; Gettysburg, Pa., July 2 and 3, 1863; Wapping Heights, Va., October 15 1863 ; Mine Run, Va., November 29'and 30, 1863 ; Wilderness, Va., May 5 to 7, 1864; Spottsylvania, Va., May 8 to 11, 1864; Spottsylvania Court-House, Va., May 12 to 18, 1864; North Anna River, Va., May 23 to 24, 1864; Tolopotomy Creek, Va., May 30, 1864 ; Cold Harbor, Va., June 1 to 5, 1864 ; Petersburg, Va., June 16 to 23, 1864; Deep Bottom, Va., July 25 to 27, 1864; Mine Explosion, Va., July 30, 1864; North Bank James River, Va., August 14 to 18, 1864; Ream's Station, Va., August 25, 1864 ; was wounded in the head at battle of Chancellorsville; was wounded in face and neck at battle of Spott- sylvania.
He returned to Camden after the war and was elected, in 1865, as county clerk, and held the position for five years. He died December 10, 1873, aged thirty-seven years, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery. A wife and one child survive him.
WILLIAM B. HATCH POST, No. 37, of Camden, was instituted and chartered No- vember 25, 1879, with eighty-one members and the following named Post officers :
Post Commander, John R. Grubb; Senior Vice- Commander, Richard J. Robertson ; Junior Vice- Commander, Daniel J. Fullen ; Surgeon, Thomas G. Rowand, M.D .; Chaplain, John Quick ; Officer of the Day, John A. Dall; Officer of the Guard, Edmund G. Jackson, Jr. ; Quartermaster, Chris. J. Mines, Jr. ; Adjutant, Benjamin J. Pierce ; Ser- geant-Major, William A. Tattern ; Quartermaster- Sergeant, William B. E. Miller.
At the first meeting of the Post it was de- cided by a unanimous vote to name it in honor of the late Colonel William B. Hatch, of the Fourth Regiment. When Mrs. C. Hatch, the mother of the colonel, was in- formed that the post had honored the memory of her son by naming it after him, she sent to the Post the following response :
"CAMDEN, N. J., November 26th, 1879. " JOHN R. GRUBB, Post Commander.
"DEAR SIR,-It will afford me much pleasure to be identified with Post 37; G. A. R.,
named in honor of my son, William B. Hatch, by allowing me to present to the same its colors. The memory of my son is ever dear to me, and, while at the same moment I may have thought the sac- rifice too great an affliction, yet I was consoled by the fact that I gave him up that this Union might be preserved. It was duty and patriotism that called him, and while I mourn him as a mother for a well-beloved son, yet I would not have stayed him, for the love of country and the upholding of this glorious Republic is what every mother should instil into her sons, as the purest and holiest spirit.
Yours truly, "C. HATCH."
The following is a complete roster for the year 1886 :
Post Commander, Benjamin H. Connelly ; Senior Vice-Commander, Adam C. Smith ; Junior Vice- Commander, William Haegele; Surgeon, George Pfau ; Chaplain, Samuel Gaul; Officer of the Day, Robert Crawford ; Officer of the Guard, John D. Cooper ; Quartermaster, Samuel J. Fenner; Ad- jutant, William B. Summers; Sergeant-Major, Stacy H. Bassett; Quartermaster-Sergeant, Otto K. Lockhart.
Comrades.
Philip Achenbach.
J. Q. Burniston. George Burton.
George L. Allchin. Isaac Albertson. Frederick Buser.
Joseph Applegate.
Thomas L. Bush.
John W. Barclay.
William Butcher.
Martin M. Barney. Joseph Baxter.
Isaac B. Buzby. Edward C. Cattell.
William W. Bennett.
Charles L. Bennett. Abel Biddle.
George K. Biddle.
Henry Bickering. John Bieri.
Robert M. Bingham. Socrates T. Bittle.
George W. Bittle. Benjamin F. Blizzard. Joseph Borton.
Frederick Bowers.
Benjamin M. Braker. John Breyer. William H. Brians.
Wm. J. Broadwater. William Broadwater. John Brown. Harris Brooks. William H. Brooks. Joseph F. Bryan. Joseph Buddew.
Joseph Cameron. James H. Carey. William Carey. James Chadwick. James Chafey. George M. Chester.
James D. Chester.
Lewis L. Chew.
Henry S. Chew. John W. Churn. Andrew B. Cline. Charles Clarke. Samuel J. Cook. Levi R. Cole. John J. Collins.
John C. Cooper. John W. Cotner. Thomas L. Conly. ITarvey M. Cox. Jason S. Cox.
Harris Crane. Charles Cress.
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Joel G. Cross. Q. C. Cunningham. John A. Dall. John Dalby. John H. Damon. Westley Dare. John E. Dawson. Adam T. Dawson. James L. Davis. William Davis. Amos R. Dease. Henry Deford.
Lewis F. Derousse. Michael Devinney. Glendora Devo. John Digney. Joseph Dilks. William A. Dobbins. George W. Dunlap. Christopher Ebele. Godfrey Eisenhart. John Elberson. Charles Elwell. Charles Eminecker. John Esler. John H. Evans .. John J. Early. Aaron B. Eacritt. Charles S. Fackler. James Fanington. James A. Farraday. John H. Farry. John Fanghey. Wm. H. Fenlin. George G. Felton. George W. Ferguson. Charles W. Fish. Israel L. Fish. James Finnan. Samuel B. Fisher. Edward L. Fisher:
Ephraim B. Fithian. Jacob T. Fisher. Edward Fitzer. Samuel Flock. Leonard Flor. John Fox. John S. Fox. H. H. Franks. Chas. B. Frazer.
Thomas J. Francis. Samuel W. Gahan. Chas. H. Gale. James Galbraith. Thomas Garman.
Harry Garren .. John W. Garwood. Josiah Garrison. John B. Gaskill.
Richard Gaunt.
Wm. German. Christopher Getsinger. Christopher Gifney. Jacob Giffens.
Albert Gilbert. James Gillen. Wm. Giffins.
C. C. Greany.
Charles Green.
W. H. Griffin.
Lonis Grosskops. William Grindrod. John R. Grubb.
Mark H. Gnest.
John Guice.
Alfred Haines. Charles G. Haines.
Japhet Haines.
George F. Hammond. Charles Hall.
Solon R. Hankinson.
Samuel P. Hankinson. James Hanson.
Charles Hannans. H. A. Hartranft.
Mahlon Harden. William F. Harper.
George W. Hayter. Samuel B. Harbeson. J. T. Hazleton. H. Heinman.
James Henderson. William H. Heward.
Franklin Hewitt.
James T. Hemmingway. Charles Hewitt. Edward K. Hess.
Samuel B. Hickman. George Higgens. Ephraim Hillman. C. M. Hoagland. Gandaloupe Holl. William A. Holland. Isaac K. Horner.
Count D. G. Hogan. William H. Howard. Baxter Howe. Allen Hubhs. Charles G. Hunsinger. Presmel-D. Hughes.
I. N. Hugg. Sebastian Hummell. Edward Hutchinson. C. Innes. Alfred Ivins. Benjamin Ivins.
E. G. Jackson, Sr.
E. G. Jackson, Jr.
Thomas Jameson. George Jauss. William P. Jenkins.
James L. Johnson.
Alfred Jones.
B. F. Jones.
William Joline. Charles Joseph.
Charles Justice.
C. H. Kain.
R. R. Kates.
Benjamin Kebler.
Frank Kebler. Peter Keen. Henry N. Killian. J. W. Kinsey.
C. H. Knowlton.
Thomas W. Krips.
Joseph H. Large. John R. Leake.
John Lecroy. Charles Leonhardt.
George W. Locke. R. J. Long. Charles L. Lukens. J. H. Lupton.
Valentine Machemer. Edward Macloskey.
Edward A. Martin.
William P. Marsh. John Mapes.
William Mead.
William Metcalf.
E. A. Meyer. C. Meyers. George Meilor. C. A. Michener. William B. E. Miller. Jacob Miller. W. D. Miller. Samuel Mills. William W. Mines. Christopher J. Mines. George Molesbury. William Moran.
Edward More. Richard Morgan.
John F. Moore. S. H. Moyer. Jacob L. Morton. John Muir. John J. Murphy. Isaac Murray. Charles Myers. W. H. McAllister. James McCracken. Edward C. McDowell.
Hugh McGrogan. H. M. McIlvaine. W. F. McKillip. W. J. McNeir. Lewis McPherson.
R. McPherson. Jacob Naglee. William Naphas. Antonio Nosardi.
Robert O'Keefe.
John S. Owens. Robert Owens. Edward H. Pancoast. James Pancoast.
Robert B. Patterson.
William Patterson.
E. W. Pease. John B. Pepper. Joel Perrine.
John Peterson.
D. E. Peugh. Frederick Phile. Samuel B. Pine. William M. Pine. Adon Powell. John Powell.
John Portz.
J. B. Prucelle. John Quick.
S. E. Radcliffe. I. C. Randolph. James A. Regens. Philip Reilly. Charles P. Reynolds. Alexander Rhodes. Benjamin F. Richard. Andrew Ridgway. Benjamin Robbins. Edward C. Roberts. James Roberts. Richard J. Robertson. William B. Robertson. Isaac Rogers. John Rogers.
William H. Rogers.
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Thomas G. Rowand.
George F. Thorne.
Sebastian Schaub.
Wesley Thorn.
Maurice Schmidt.
Thomas W. Thornely.
Christian K. Schallers.
Alexander W. Titus.
Joseph Tompkins.
James Schofield. George W. Scott.
John R. Scott.
J. E. Troth. Isaac C. Toone. Samuel Tyler.
John M. Shemelia.
Edward M. Siemers.
Jacob M. Van Nest.
John Simmons
Albert Vansciver.
Benjamin F. Shinn.
Joseph Wakeman.
Thomas Sheeran.
Theodore F. Walker.
James Shield.
Charles Smith.
Charles Walton. George Walton. Joseph Welsh.
George H. Smith.
William W. Smith.
David Watson.
Charles S. Small.
George W. Wentling.
Adolph Snow.
Edward West.
W. Souder.
Elmer M. West.
Francis Souders.
George Weyman.
Robert Sparks.
Wilmer Whillden.
David C. Sprowl.
James Whittaker.
Alfred L. Sparks.
Samuel Wickward.
Abraham Springer.
Amos P. Wilson.
George W. Stewart.
William L. Stevenson.
Thomas G. Stephenson.
.Samuel R. Stockton.
Calvin T. Williams.
George W. Williams.
William H. Williams.
E. J. Strickland.
Thomas H. Stone.
Charles String.
George F. Stull.
John W. Wood.
George W. Swaney.
Joseph Woodfield.
Crosby Sweeten.
Walter Wolfkill. E. W. Wolverton. Elijah Worthington. C. M. Wright.
G. R. Tenner.
George B. Wright.
Charles L. Test.
Henry S. Wright.
Leonard Thomas.
Wesley T. Wright.
Benjamin Thomas.
William Zane.
The Post meets every Thursday evening in their own G. A. R. Hall, on Stevens Street, below Fifth Street.
COLONEL WILLIAM B. HATCH was the son of the late William B. Hatch, of Cam- den. As a youth he developed a fondness for military life. After his father's death he visited Europe, and spent several months in observation of the military systems of the
Continent. Upon the breaking out of the late war he was appointed adjutant of the Fourth Regiment New Jersey Militia, under Colonel Miller, and served with that regiment in the three months' service. Upon the organ- ization of the Fourth New Jersey Volunteer Regiment for the three years' service he was offered and accepted the commission of major of the regiment, and very soon after was commissioned lieutenant-colonel. With the Fourth Regiment he served under Generals Kearny and Taylor, and as a part of General Franklin's division, Sedgewiek's Sixth Army Corps. He took an active part in the Peninsula campaign under General Mcclellan. At the battle of Gaines' Mills the Fourth Regiment fought bravely for hours, but were finally surrounded and captured by the enemy, with his fellow-officers and companions. Colonel Hatch was carried a prisoner to Richmond, where for many weeks he sustained the horrors of the rebel prison. After being exchanged he rejoined his regiment, and soon after was commissioned its colonel. His commissions date as follows : Major of the Fourth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, August 17, 1861 ; lieutenant-colonel, Sep- tember 7, 1861; and colonel, Angust 28, 1862. He participated with his regiment in the following engagements :
West Point, Va., May 7, '62 ; Gaines' Mill, Va., June 27, '62; Manassas, Va., August 27, '62; Chantilly, Va., September 1, '62 ; Crampton's Pass, Md., September 14, '62; Antietam, Md., Septem- ber 17, '62 ; Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, '62.
In this last battle he fell mortally wounded at the head of his regiment, while leading them to the attack upon the enemy's works. He was conveyed to the field hospital near Falmouth, Va., where his leg was ampu- tated. He died two days later, on December 15, 1862, and his remains were returned to Camden and interred in the cemetery. To such an extent had he gained the love and appreciation of his command that they colleeted in the field six hundred dollars, and
Henry C. Thomas.
John Williams. Samuel Winner. George Wispert.
William A. Tatem.
William F. Tarr.
Thomas S. Tanier.
G. A. Wilson. Richard Wilson. D. H. Wilson.
Thomas Stockton. Henry Strick.
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purchased and presented to him a beautiful dapple gray horse called the "Grey Warrior," which afterwards became the property of General A. T. A. Torbert. This famous horse died at General Torbert's home in Delaware in 1882.
THE LOYAL LADIES' LEAGUE .- Hatch League, No. 2, L. L. L., auxiliary to Wil- liam B. Hatch Post, No. 37, Grand Army of the Republic, was instituted in Camden in January, 1873, with forty-two charter mem- bers. The object of the association is to unite in fraternal bonds the families of honorably discharged soldiers and sailors who served during the Civil War, to aid the Post in whatever way assistance may he needed, and to aid in keeping sacred the solemnities of Decoration Day.
In the interest of William B. Hatch Post the League has instituted and held three fairs, five bean suppers, one Japanese tea party, two dairy-maid festivals, twelve sociables and two fruit festivals. The proceeds of these entertainments, amounting to three thousand five hundred and twenty-nine dollars, were paid over to the Post by the finauce com- mitttee of the League. In addition to this, the League has presented the Post with a large and valuable collection of relics from the battle-field of Gettysburg, and has assisted in purchasing and furnishing the Post hall, on Stevens Street, below Fifth.
The following is a complete roster of the League at this date (1886) :
President, Emma L. Devinney ; S. V., Emeline Howe; J. V., Mary A. Stockton ; secretary, Mattie B. Garrison ; treasurer, Mary A. Guest ; chaplain, Harriet G. Williams; Conductress, Emma Rohr- man ; Guard, Mary Elwell. .
Members.
Ida L. Achenbach.
Lizzie Butcher.
Louisa Allen.
Mary Jane Cooper.
Theresa Anderson.
Elizabeth Cope.
Kate Baker. Mary E. Corcoran.
Fannie Bennett.
Cornelia Cox.
Ellen Biddle. Emma Dease.
Rebecca Bovell.
Amanda Butcher.
Rebecca Eldridge. Mary A. Elwell.
Mary Fenton. Susan Franks. Mattie B. Garrison. Emma Gaskill. Ellen Gleason. Dilwinna Greenwood. Anna E. Grubb. Mary Guest. Annie M. Hagele.
Mary E. Hankinson. Sallie A. Hankinson.
Mary V. Hewitt. Kate Holt.
Ruth Ross. Emma Reigens.
Henrietta Holland.
Hannah Robinson.
Hannah Horner.
Emeline C. Howe.
Rachel Sinkinson.
Sallie D. Hugg. Emma Ivins.
Annie Smick. Jennie Smith. Maria F. Smith.
Hannah G. Ivins.
Elizabeth Jobes.
Amanda Stratton.
Catherine Johnson.
Fannie Strickland.
Priscilla Johnson.
Annie E. Johnson. Emily Kinsey.
Nellie Lane.
Minnie T. Summers. Amanda Thomas. Keturah Tenner. Hannah Vanhart.
Annie Lang.
Sarah A. Wakeman.
Arietta Lewis.
Anna E. Walker.
Mary E. Lupton.
Ellen Walton.
Amanda Mason.
Department Officers : Mrs. Anna E. Grubb, depart- ment president; Mrs. Laura McNeir, department secretary.
Past Presidents : Mrs. Sarah D. Hugg, Mrs. Mattie B. Garrison.
The League meets every Tuesday evening in Grand Army Hall, Stevens Street, below Fifth Street.
WILLIAM P. ROBESON POST, No. 51, of Camden (the first post in New Jersey com- posed of colored soldiers), was instituted and organized June 28, 1881, with twenty-five charter members.
The following is a complete roster of the Post at this date (1886) : Past Commanders, W. S. Darr and W. A. Drake ; Post Com- mander, Miles Bishop ; Senior Vice, Chas. Jones ; Junior Vice, Ezekiel Jones ; Surgeon, George Lodine; Chaplain, August Westcott ; Adjutant, Charles Accoo ; Officer of the Day, Anthony Austin ; Officer of the Guard, George Bishop ; Quartermaster, John C. Richard-
Laura McNeir. Elizabeth Mclaughlin. Imogene Meyers. Ada Miller. Ray Milliette, Mary E. Moffit. Rebecca Nelson. Mary Parsons. Mary Pine. Elizabeth Portz.
Anna M. Quick.
Lydia Roray.
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son ; Quartermaster-Sergeant, Joseph Rice ; Sergeant-Major, George H. Watson. The other members are Jas. Wiltbanks, Nathaniel Ingram, Wm. Ingram, Wm. M. Butts, Wm. Smith, Hezekiah Wrench, Benj. Stewart, Elijah Hammitt, Chas. Barnes, Shepherd Pitts, Chas. Woolford, Elijah Pipinger, Thomas Ryan, George F. Johnson, Charles Ford.
The Post meets in Lee's Hall, corner of Broadway and Atlantic Avenue.
GENERAL WILLIAM P. ROBESON, JR., enlisted early in 1861, and was enrolled with the first brigade of three years' troops which left the State of New Jersey. On May 28, 1861, he was commissioned first lieutenant of Company E., Third Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, General Kearny's First Brigade. He was promoted to captain of the same company August 13, 1862. While with the Third Regiment he participated in the fol- lowing engagements :
First Bull Run, Va., July 21, 1861 ; Munson's Hill, Va., August 31, 1861 ; West Point, Va., May 7, 1862; Gaines' Farm, Va., June 27, 1862 ; Charles City Cross-Roads, Va., June 30, 1862; Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862; Manassas, Va., August 27, 1862; Chantilly, Va., September 1, 1862; Crampton's Hill, Md., September 14, 1862; Antie- tam, Md., September 17, 1862; Fredericksburg, Va., December 13 and 14, 1862; Second Fred- ericksburg, Va., May 3, 1863 ; Salem Heights, Va., May 3 and 4, 1863; Gettysburg, Pa., July 2 and 3, 1863 ; Fairfield, Pa., July 5, 1863; Williamsport, Md., July 6, 1863 ; Funktown, Md., July 12, 1863 ; Rappahannock Station, Va., October 12, 1863; Rappahannock Station, Va., November 7, 1863 ; Mine Run, Va., November 30, 1863.
After the last-named battle he was pro- moted and commissioned as major of the Third New Jersey Cavalry, on December 28, 1863. He was promoted to lieutenant- colonel of the regiment September 23, 1864, and as colonel August 4, 1865, and received a commission as brevet brigadier-general, dating back to April 1, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Five Forks and South Side Railroad, Va. He re-
turned to his home in Camden after the war, and became a member of William B. Hatch Post, No. 37, G. A. R. He died August 18, 1881, and was buried at Belvidere, New Jersey.
JOHN WILLIAN POST, No. 71, of Glou- cester, was chartered November 8, 1882, with the following-named comrades :
Charles F. Lindsay. Samuel English.
William Butler.
Aden W. Powell.
Thomas Black.
James M. Chapman.
Richard R. Allen.
John Harrison.
John E. Miller.
William M. Lanagan.
Frederick Tyas.
Benj. F. Upham.
John Kochersperger.
Lewis H. Riley.
John Lincoln.
Wm. C. Hawkins.
Elwood Fisher.
John Dayton.
Walter W. Larkins.
Stewart Harkins.
William A. Cahill. John M. Rapp.
William Green.
Joseph Cheeseman.
Archibald Wallace.
James Stitson.
John O. Hines.
Franklin Adams.
The officers were,-Commander, Wm. Lanagan ; S. V. C., Stewart Hawkins ; J. V. C., John Harrison ; Adjutant, John O. Hines, Surgeon, R. R. Allen ; Chaplain, Elwood Fisher ; Q .- M., John Kocher- sperger ; O. of D., James. M. Chapman ; O. of G., Lewis H. Riley ; Q .- M .- S., B. F. Upham. The Past Commanders have been Wm. N. Lanagan, Wm. C. Hawkins, Archibald Wallace, Walter W. Larkin and the corps of officers for 1886 : C., R. R. Al- len ; S. V. C., Frederick Tyas ; J. V. C., Merrick Carr; A., Charles M. McCracken ; Q .- M., B. F. Upham ; Chaplain, Samuel Barwis ; Surgeon, Wm. C. Hawkins; O. of D., Lewis H. Riley. This Post has twenty- two members. It was named after Brevet- General John Willian, who enlisted as second lieutenant in the Sixth New Jersey Volunteers in 1861, and was promoted for meritorions service.
VAN LEER POST, No. 36, of Glouces- ter, was organized November 13, 1880, by Department Commander Samuel Hufty. The original officers were : P. C., John P. Booth ; S. V. C., John W. Wright; J. V.
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C., Frank W. Pike ; O. of D., Alexander Harvey ; Q. M., William C. Hawkins ; Adjt., Benjamin Sands; O. of G., John McCormick. The Past Commanders have been John P. Booth, John W. Wright, Alexander Harvey, Lawrence Nutt, John Graham, William Miller. The officers for 1886 are: C., Charles H. Barnard ; S. V. C., James Cooney ; J. V. C., James McCaf- ferty ; Adjt., Benjamin Sands; Q. M., Wm. Miller ; O. of D., William Gideon ; O. of G., Alexander Ferguson ; Chaplain, John Berg- man ; Surgeon, Christopher Ottinger.
The Post was named after Colonel Jobu P. Van Leer, who was first lieutenant of a company of three months' men, enrolled in Gloucester three days after Fort Sumter was fired on, and on returning he was made ma- jor of the Sixth Regiment of the three years' men, promoted lieutenant-colonel, and his commission as colonel was on its way to him when he was killed at Williamsburg. Geo. E. Wilson, of Camden, is an honorary mem- her of this Post. He was captain in the com- pany with John P. Van Leer, and was, like his comrade, conspicuous for his bravery. Quite a number of the comrades of Van Leer Post rose from the ranks to positions of trust.
THOMAS H. DAVIS POST, No. 53, of Haddonfield, received a charter July 16, 1882, and was organized a few days later, with twenty members, at Clement Hall, in that township. In the summer of 1884 the Post purchased the Hillman School building on Chestnut Street, and fitted it for a hall, and in November of that year occupied it as their place of meeting.
The officers at organization were,-
P. C., Henry D. Moore; S. V. C., Richard E. Elwell; J. V. C., Henry McConnell ; Adjutant, William F. Milliman; Quartermaster, Walter Wayne ; Officer of Day, Peter K. Eldridge; Officer of Guard, J. Collins Baker; Surgeon, James P. Young ; Chaplain, R. W. Budd.
The Post Commanders who have served to
the present time have been H. D. Moore, R. E. Elwell and James M. Latimer. The mem- bership is about fifty, and the present officers are,-
P. C., W. H. Oakley ; S. V. C., R. Wilkins Budd ; J. V. C., J. O. Lee; Adjutaut, R. E. Elwell; Quarter- master, Gilbert L. Day ; Officer of Day, Richard Plum; Officer of Guard, Patrick Haughey ; Chap- lain, Samuel A. Bates; Surgeon, Joseph P. Busha; Quartermaster-Sergeant, Alfred Anderson.
The biography and portrait of Colonel Thomas H. Davis, after whom this Post was named, will be found in the history of the War for the Union.
Comrades.
Jacob Asay.
James M. Latimer.
Miles Bates. Henry D. Moore.
Robert Bates. Jacob R. Miller.
J. C. Baker. Davis Marshall.
George H. Backley.
Thomas McManus.
J. G. Bowker.
John William Boyd.
G. Norton.
Richard Baxter.
Isaiah Kellum.
Restore Crispin.
Joel S. Perkins.
H. C. Cuthbert.
William Pittinger.
William Cobb.
William F. Milliman.
Henry Day.
John B. Rumford.
John Dowdrick.
Lewis Ristine.
Julius Smith.
Charles H. Smith.
Hiram Fish.
J. R. Stevenson.
Jacob Gehring.
George Sloan.
George Harley.
O. B. Tiffany.
I. K. Haines.
Walter Wayne.
Alfred Hall.
William Wagner.
Thomas Caldwell.
David D. Winner.
William R. Jones.
THE SONS OF VETERANS is a society com- posed of descendants of soldiers of the late war. Camp No. 1, Sons of Veterans, of Camden, was organized with nineteen mem- bers, December 21, 1881, by Comrade Rob- ert Crawford, first colonel of the New Jersey Division. The object of the association is to keep ever fresh and green the memory of their fathers' sacrifice in the battles of the Civil War.
The following is a complete roster of the officers and members at this date (1886) :
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Edward F. Magill.
Joseph Buzby.
George M. Newkirk.
William H. Fowler.
Josiah Fowler.
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Captain, Stacy Nevins; First Lieutenant, Samuel Gahan ; Second Lieutenant, E. E. Kiger ; Quartermaster, L. S. Jackson ; Chaplain, Albert Wolf; Orderly-Sergeant, Wm. Lafferty ; Color- Sergeant, George Nevins; Sergeant of Gnard, A. R. Dease ; Corporal of Guard, F. Fernandes; Camp Guard, Harry Siberlist.
Members.
William D. Brown. E. E. Jefferies.
E. H. Bates.
C. W. Jones.
John C. Cooper.
C. R. McAdams,
Howard Cooper.
James Myers.
Robert Crawford.
A. Pfiel.
Frederick Fenner.
George Reigens.
H. Horton. Wm. Sheridan.
Charles Walton, Jr.
The Camp hold their meetings in G. A. . R. Hall of Colonel William B. Hatch Post.
SIXTH REGIMENT, NATIONAL GUARDS .- In 1869 there were but two military com- panies connected with the State militia, one in the city of Camden and one in Burlington. By an act of the Legislature, approved in March, 1869, the old militia system of the State was abolished and a new law passed organizing the National Guard. By an or- der from headquarters the two companies mentioned were constituted the Fifth Battal- ion of the Third Brigade of the National Gnard of the State of New Jersey, and E. G. Jackson was commissioned as major and as- snmed command of the battalion. In 1870 three additional companies were immediately formed and added to the organization, thus constituting it a full battalion, and the fol- lowing staff officers were appointed : Adju- tant, Solon R. Hankinson ; Paymaster, Wil- liam B. Sexton ; Quartermaster, Jacob Hill ; Surgeon, H. Genet Taylor, M.D .; Assistant- Surgeon, J. Orlando White, M.D .; and Chap- lain, Rev. William H. Jefferys. Adjutant Hankinson resigned, and in January, 1870, Daniel B. Murphy was commissioned first lieutenant and adjutant of the battalion.
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