28th Anniversary Roster of Buckingham Post No. 12, G.A.R. (Norwalk)

m u^^ i\nm a, WJ5J' ^j|R^B 1 m W: . <,"$ Comblime7its of George I. Buxton, Norwalk, Co?in. ^ ^^'i'^ *'^ :^' Tf^}^^ Ai "^ •'•CrjL^J^/Js^^^'lV: \t .1 till iss E ^u•^. .1 l-KKSKMI II HI ;■»-' .<^ »>N i,^.^^- 28th Anniversary Rostkr OF BUCKINGHAM POST No. 12 Deparimknt of Cow., (j. A. R. AND Buckingham W. R. C. Auxiliary to the Po^ ( ffh/fi^ucMiA^du4M^ With Historical Sketch of the Post ami List ot" gia\es deco- rated oil Memorial Da\ . ^ Also an Appendix giving a List of all Norwalk men vvh,) served during the Civil War, as shown hv the Connecticut State Record, arranged in Alpha- betical order. NORWALK, CONN. February 2§th, igoS RICHARD j. CLTBILL. TWENTY-SIXTH COMMANDER OF KLC KINGHAM Pt)S 1. .Ci^** Post Officers, 1908 Commander RICHARD J. CUTBILL Senior Vice-Commander CHARLES W. BENNETT Junior Vice-Commander AUGUSTUS C. GOLDING Adjutant GEORGE A. WHITE Quartermaster THOMAS BRADLEY Surgeon CHARLES VAN SCHAICK Chaplain JAMES S. LYON Officer of the Day ALONZO WHEELER Officer of the Guard CHARLES J. MARTINET Sergeant Major HENRY I. SMITH Quartermaster Sergeant JOSEPH P. GROSSMAN i?* t^* tf^ Delegates to Department Encampment GEORGE A. WHITE AUGUSTUS C. GOLDING Alternates HENRY L SMITH EDWIN M. BALDWIN ^oard of Trustees GEORGE W. RAYMOND CHARLES F. LOOMIS ALONZO WHEELER PAST POST COMMANDERS BRADLEY S. KEITH. 1280, 1881, J882. FRANK W. PERRY J883 CORNELIUS EL WOOD 18% EDWLM NORTHROP J884 JOHN HENRY i8% JAMES L. AMBLER 1885 AARON DECKER 1897 JAMES SCHOFIELD 1886 EDWARD E. PELTON 18^8, 18^9 WILLIAM A. AMBLER 1887 JAMES E. WIXON 1900 CHARLES F. LOOMIS J888 FLETCHER PIERCE I90i GEORGE I. BUXTON J889 JOHN F. LOVEJOY 1902 ALVAN A. HAUSCHILDT 1890 JAR VIS KELLOGG 1903 THOMAS BRADLEY I89J WESLEY M. NIBLOCK 1904 ALFRED A. CHINERY 1892 JAMES S. LYON 1905 ALONZO WHEELER 1893 FRANK S. MIDDLEBROOK . 190fo GEORGE W. RAYMOND 1894 CHARLES W. BENNETT 1907 JOSEPH P. GROSSMAN, / Past Commanders of Old Post 12, restored to their WILLIAM A. KELLOGG, * honors by Department Encampment of 189J. EDWARD M. LEES, ^ CHARLES H. OLMSTEAD, j p^jj Commanders Post 62. PETER R. FOOTE, | Department of Connecticut, BRADLEY B. BAKER, I disbanded. WILLIAM E. ALBIN. I MYRON W. ROBINSON, Past Commander Post 9, Dep't. of Conn. PAST NATIONAL OFFICERS EDWARD ANDERSON, GEORGE I. BUXTON. Chaplain-in-Chief, 1887. Aid on Staff of Commander in-Chief, 1890 PAST NATIONAL DELEGATES GEORGE I. BUXTON Milwav.k.-e 1369, Washington 1892. San Francisco 1*^3 RICHARD J. CUTBILL Chicago I'^OO, Denver H05 FRANK W. PERRY Louisville 13^5 GEORGE A. WHITE . Saratoga 1907 BRADLEY S.KEITH I880-I88I-I882. FRANK W.PERRY 1883. EDWIN NORTHROP 884. JAMES L.AMBLER IS8S. JAMES SCMOFIELD 1886. WM A. AMBLER 1887 CHAS. F.LOOM 188 LVAN A.HAUSCHILDT ♦ 690. P.AST COMMANDERS OF BUCKINCH \M POST TM0MA5 BRADLEY 1891 ALFRED A. CHIN ERY 1892 ALONZO WHEELER 1893 6E0.W. RAYMOND CORNELIUS ELWOOD JOHN HENRY 1894 1895 1896 AARON DECKER EDWARD E. P ELTON JAMES E.WIXON 1897 1898 - 1899 1900 I'ASI COMMANDKKS t)l liLX KINt.l lAM I'O.SI FLETCHER PIERCE JOHN F.LOVEJOY JARVIS KELL066 1901 1902 1903 WES LEY M.N I BLOCK 1904 JAMES 5. LYON FRANK 5.MIDDLEBR00K 1905 1906 CHARLES W.BENNETT JOSEPH P.CR05SMAN Wm A. KELLOGG 1907 (OLOPO&T) (OLD PO^T) PAST COMMANDERS OF BUCKINGHAM POST PETER R FOOTE BRADLEY B.BAKER I'AST tOMMANlMKS Ol 1 lAKKV NKDONOUGI I l^OSr. No. (.1. WIUSTI'OH! <I)1SHAN1>KI>' NOW MliMliEKS OF BUCKINGHAM I OS V MYROX \V. KOHIXSOX, Past Commander I'ost q, Depavimeiit of Conn. Surgeon, Soldiers Home, Norolon. COMkADI-: A. ll()MI':k l',^■|.\"(i'^( ).\. tli.m-li lil^ military scnicc was brief, it \va> lume the k'>> crcditahlc and fiuitlc- liini to nu'iiiln r^liil» in <'»ir order. At tile breaking out id' the Keliellinn lie wa^ in the City ol' \\'a^liiiii;l(»ti. and wa-- aiiKnii;- the t'ir->t t^ xdlunleer fur the proleclit in ^^i the Capital hetorc Northern inid]):- e<>uld he hnmi^ht there. Me joined the \\'a--hin_;;ton (.'lay Ciiiard>. an orsjanizati" )n from anioni,' the lo\al resident- and ot'tieeholdi-r^ of the city, mustered into service for the jjrotection of (lovernnieiit ])ro|)ert\ and hves. They served till large bodies of troops began to arrive, when they were given honorable discharges. It was. liowever. as a civilian at the front, that Comrade liyington did his be>t service to the cause of the country, far in excess of anything lie might have accomplished as a scjldier in the ranks. As Chief Correspondent in the field, of the Xew York Trihiiiic. the leading Administration organ of the da\', his duties were arduous and exacting, and very important in a national sense. Among many important acts to his credit might be mentioned the fact that it was he who first gave the news of the o])ening l;attle of (ietty^bnrg t() l*re>i- dent Lincoln, and the War Department, which had been cut oti' from tele- graphic communication with the Army. Comrade IJyington. as the re]iresentative of his jiaper. had free range of cami)>. battlefields and ho-^jjilal-. conse(|uently was in ])osition to be of great service to our boys at the front, and in order to afford him more authority in that direction. ( iovernor liuckingham commissioneil him as Commissary ( ien- eral on hi^ -talT. COnn-ade llyington wa> never ha])pier than when doing -ome kind act for a >ick or wunndeil soldier, or using his intUience for their advancement. .Man\ a Xorwalk cunn-ade has reason to hold him in greatful remembrance. It wa^ in C'onn'ade r>\ington"> Mall in ihe Ciazelle lUiilding. that I'.nck- ingham J'<i--t had its birth, and in his paper, the Xorwalk Uaccttc. the I'o^t always had an advocate and friend. Ilis intense loyalty to the cause we rep- resented, ever made him the friend ni the I'nion .Soldier in war and in ])eace. After the war, the ijih Connecticut Regiment \ eterans made him an honorarv member nf their a>sociati()n and presented him with a handsome gold badge, -et with diamonds, in recognition of h\> --ervice^ h^ them in the field. lie ha- recenth' relumed home after an absence of ten year- abroad, as Cnited .*^tate- Con-ul at \a]ile-. llal\. and now in the >''2i\ year of hi- age remain- an honored nienil er of the I'o-t in good ,-tanding. 1() HISTORICAL SKEICH The early liist(ir\- nf the ( iraiid Ariiix dt' ihe l\ei)nl)lic in Xnrwalk is some- what (ih>cure: those >urvivini;' wlio took ])art in the lir^t attempt at ori^anizatitni clilteriiig somewhat in tlieir rect)llection of the matter: but. as near as can be ascertained from tlie records which liave l)een preserved, (juite early in the year j8()J. less than a year after the foundation of the ( )rder in Illinois, a number of ex-soldiers of Xorwalk ai)])lied for a Charter to organize a Tost, which being granted, ten comrade- assembled in the sanctum of the Xorwalk Gazette, and organized what wa> known a> I 'ost Xo. 2. District of I lousa- tonic. Department of Connecticut, G. A. R.. and elected James L. Ambler as its first Commander. The Post subsequently established its headquarters in the Sons of Temperance 1 lall. Gazette Building, and increased in member- ship to some fifty or more. At that time the ."^tate was divided into four district-, one for each Con- gressional District, with District Commanders. Gen. W'm. 11. .Xoble. ot Bridgeport, was the first Commander of thi- Di-trict. .Sul)se(|uently the dis- trict sub-division of the Order was abandoned, leaving as at present, the Post as the unit. Dejiartments representing States, and one Xational organiza- tion. It appears, for some reason not shown, that the name of this Post was. soon after its organization, changed to .Xo. 12. District of the 1 bmsatonic, and continued in existence during the year- iSf )7-oS. but was disbanded early in iSrxj. a fate which l)efell nearly every To^t in the State at that lime. U<r want of sup])ort. It wa- the custom at that ])eriod lo elect officer- -enii-annuallw and the following Comrades served as Conimamler- of the I'o-t : Jame- 1.. Ambler. Charles b". Loomis. loseph P. Cros-man and William .\. Kellogg, all after- wards becoming members of lUickingham Po<t. 'i'he two former have since served as Commanders by election, and the two latter were rein-tated to the honors of Past Po-t Commander- in thi- Deiiarlment. b\ vote of the I'.ncamp- ment at Meriden. in b>bruary. iS<)i. The first Memorial Day services, and the ilecoration of -oldier-' grave-, in accordance with the original order of General Logan were conducted by this Post in May, i86(S; and, according to the report of the .Xorw.m.k Gazette (then the only paper published in Xorwalk. an<l which gave a full list of all the graves decorated), there were but two in St. Paul'- churchyard. 11 three in St. Mary">, and fourteen in I'nion Cemeterv : \\herea> eight are nnw decorated in St. Paul"-. 5^ in St. Mar\">. 13^^ in rnion Cemetery and 74 in the new Riverside Cemetery, an increa-e of 244 >ince the first Decoration Daw During the decade frnm 1S70 {<> 1880, no further attempts at organiza tion c'.])|)ear to have been made. Imt in the .\'oK\\ \i.i< (jAZKTTi-: of Februarv 3r(K 1880. the following call ai)])eared : NOTICF.. "AH old soldiers and sailors of the late war. residents of Xorwalk. who ma\- he desirous of forming a Post of Cj. .\. R., at Xorwalk Ihidge. are re(|ue^ted to meet with the following comrade-^, at the G.\zi-:tti-: ot^ce. on Wednesday evening. l-\-hruary 4th. 1880. Signed. R. L. l^lls. W'm. .\. Kellogg, Jere. B. Rusco, C. C. Piatt. Edwin Xorihrop. Geo. W. Smith, Thomas H. Gibson, Jesse Pollard. 15. S. Keith. I'letcher Pierce, h'rank I'ollard. W'm. P.. Xewcomb, George H. Raymond, h)^. |'. Grossman and Jame> L. Aiuhler. '