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THOMAS HUSTON POST No. 51

G.A.R. - GRAND ARMY of THE REPUBLIC

THOMAS HUSTON POST No. 51 - G.A.R., August 11, 1911 Back Row, left to right: unknown, T. A. ARNEAL, John S. HOFFMAN, Jim EDWARDS, D. W. HUDSON, unknown

Seated, left to right: F. M. OLIVER, Harrison NORRIS, Wilson STATON, unknown

Civil War Flags.jpg In 1883, the Thomas HUSTON G.A.R. Post No. 51 was organized in Redding, Ringgold County, Iowa. Officers in 1883 were: William ANTHONY, Commander, A. AMICK, Adjutant, L. W. PARSONS, Officer of the Day, and S. OLIVER, Quartermaster. Officers of 1886 were: M. A. WAUGH, D. W. POOR, I. T. OWENS, Rev. William GOLDING, A. AMICK, David HILLHOUSE, and J. T. MEDARIS.

Some of the G.A.R. members had seen duty during the Civil War. Others were commission into the Southern Iowa Border Brigade of the Home Guards, Company C of the Third Battalion. The Southern Border Brigade guarded the Iowa/Missouri border during the early days of the Civil War. When Confederate troops retired south of Saint Joseph, Missouri, the men of the Border Brigade were detailed to guard the Ringgold County portion of Iowa's border each night with relief every ten days. After three months of service when the danger of invasion by Confederate troops had passed, the patrol of the Border Brigade was discontinued.

With the death of the last member of the Thomas HUSTON G.A.R. Post, John C. ABARR who died at the age of 90 years in 1936, the Post was discontinued.

A G.A.R. monument was erected in 1911 at Redding's town park, commemorating Redding's Civil War Soldiers. It was unveiled on Thursday, October 12 of 1911 with representatives of Redding, Blockton, Mount Ayr, and Grant City, Missouri, present. School was dismissed at noon so that the children could attend the dedication services. Miss Edith STEWART did the unveiling. Rev. W. J. STEWART offered the dedicatory prayer. The program for the services noted, "May this shaft register alike the sacrifice of our fallen brothers, and our purpose to perpetuate their memory by citizenship with the heritage they left us, a reunited and glorious union."

A bronze eagle was on the top of the mounument. However, after it had been vandalized, the bronze eagle was relocated to the top of the flagpole in the town's park.

VETERANS INTERRED at FAIRVIEW CEMETERY
Section 22, Clinton Township, Ringgold County, Iowa

ABARR, Bartley R.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. I, 5th MO Cavalry. Died 1869

ABARR, John C.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. D, 43rd MO Infantry. Died 1936

ABARR, Joseph W.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. I, 5th MO Cavalry. Died 1904

BAIRD, Absalom
Civil War - Southern Border Brigade, Co. C, 3rd Battalion. Died 1904

BAIRD, Samuel M.
Civil War - Southern Border Brigade, Co. C, 3rd Battalion. Died 1896

DERICKSON, Dwight
Civil War - Union Army, Bn. 23rd IA Infantry. Died 1915

GATES, Rufus A.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. G, 3rd IA Cavalry. Died 1922

GERMAN, Elmer E.
World War I - U.S. Army. Died 1969

HERRINGTON, Willard M.
World War I - U.S. Army. Died 1972

HUDSON, Oscar
World War I - U.S. Army, 351 Infantry. Died 1954

LOGAN, John A.
Civil War - Union Army. Died 1898

MARLER, William J.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. H, 15th KS Cavalry. Died 1902

SHAW, Daniel B.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. G, 3rd IA Cavalry. Died 1898

STEPHENS, James L.
World War I - U.S. Army, 28th Infantry. Died 1939

THOMPSON, H. M.
Civil War - Union Army, 5th IA Infantry. Died unknown

VETERANS INTERRED at MIDDLE FORK CEMETERY
Section 16, Middle Fork Township, Ringgold County, Iowa

ATHEY, John W.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. E, 39th IA Infantry. Died 1899

BARRETT, William H.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. 83rd &63rd IL Infantry. Died 1890

BISHOP, John R.
Civil War - Union Army. Died 1903

COSSAIRT, George W.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. G, 4th IA Infantry. Died 1865

CRECELIUS, Harrison R.
Civil War - Southern Iowa Border Brigade, Co. C, 3rd Battalion. Died 1945

DENNIS, E. M.
Civil War - Southern Iowa Border Brigade, Co. C, 3rd Battalion. Died 1914

EDWARDS, J. B.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. B, 18th IA Infantry. Died 1916

GLENDENNING, James W.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. G, 4th IA Infantry. Died 1916

HOFFMAN, John S.
Civil War - Union Army, 2nd IN Infantry. Died 1917

HOFFMAN, Martin P.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. G, 72nd IN Mounted Infantry. Died 1915

IMUS, Seth
Civil War - Union Army, Co. M, 3rd IA Infantry. Died 1898

KNAPP, Ariel F.
World War I - U.S. Army. Died 1956

LOCKE, B. Z.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. I, 1st Heavy Artillary. Died 1890

MAUDLIN, Lodus Wayn
World War II - U.S. Army. Died 1968

MILLER, R. M.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. A, 28th IL Infantry. Died 1898

OLIVER, F. N.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. I, 7th IA Infantry. Died 1926

REYNOLDS, A. L.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. B, 105th IL Infantry. Died 1905

SANDERS, Albert
World War I - U.S. Army. Died 1972

VOLLNOGEL, Micahel
Civil War. Died 1907

WAUGH, Harvey C.
Civil War - Southern Border Brigade, Co. C, 3rd Battalion. Died 1895

WAUGH, Miletus A.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. B, 116th In INFANTRY. Died 1909

VETERANS INTERRED at REDDING CEMETERY
Section 13, Clinton Township, Ringgold County, Iowa

AMICK, Andrew
Civil War - Union Army, Co. I, 23rd IN Infantry. Died 1910

AMICK, Guy M.
World War I - Union Army, Co. I, 5th MO Cavalry. Died 1869

ARNEAL, Thomas A.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. D, 106th OH Infantry. Died 1935

BULLOCK, William S.
World War II - U.S. Navy. Died 1982

DANIELS, Walter E.
World War I - SeaBees. Died 1955

FISHER, John B.
Civil War - Union Army, MO State Militia. Died 1922

HARRIS, Lloyd W.
Peace Time Service - U.S. Navy. Died 1931

HARRIS, Howard Verne
World War I - U.S. Navy. Died 1959

HOLLAND, Hubert Cox
World War II - U.S. Naval Reserve. Died 1978

HUDSON, D. W.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. E, 13th IA Infantry. Died 1925

JEFFERSON, William M.
World War I - U.S. Army. Died 1978

JACKSON, Howard Lee
World War II - AUS. Died 1979

KOBBE, Wilbur C.
World War II - HQ Co. 17, Sig. Operations Battalion. Died 1959

MALANEY, Earl
World War I - U.S. Navy. Died 1916

MEKEMSON, William B.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. G, 84th IL Infantry. Died 1926

MILLER, Robert LeRoy
World War II - U.S. Army, 222 AAA Battalion, CAG. Died 1945

NORRIS, George W.
Civil War - Union Army. Died 1917

NORRIS, Virgil L.
World War II - U.S. Army. Died 1968

ORTWEIN, Jerry James, Jr.
Vietnam War. Died 1979

PARKER, Jas. L.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. D, 2nd KS Cavalry. Died 1912

PARKER, John L.
Korean War - U.S. Navy. Died 1980

RAINS, Allen
Civil War - Union Army, Co. G, 4th IA Infantry. Died 1900

RICHARDSON, J. G.
Civil War - Southern Iowa Border Brigade, Co. C, 3rd Battalion. Died 1908

QUICK, Carl M.
World War I - U.S. Navy. Died 197*9

SAVILLE, Jacob A.
Civil War - Confederate States Army, Longstreet's Command. Died 1921

SCOTT, J. P.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. B, 2nd IA Infantry. Died 1908

SHEUMAKER, E. M.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. G, 17th OH Infantry. Died 1905

STATON, William M.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. L, 5th IA Infantry. Died 1933

STERNER, Delbert M.
World War II - AUS. Died 1975

SHAW, Lewis E.
World War II - U.S. Army. Died 1945

WARNER, Algie Claire
Korean War - U.S. Air Force. Died 1969

WAUGH, Dolpha Eldred
World War II - U.S. Army. Died 1954

VETERANS INTERRED at HICKORY GROVE CEMETERY
Section 23, Middle Fork Township, Ringgold County, Iowa

BROWN, Willis
Civil War - Union Army, Co. G, 35th MO Infantry. Died 1922

GREGG, Job
Civil War - Union Army, Co. B, 29th Mo Cavalry. Died 1897

JAMES, Darrell A.
Vietnam War - AUS. Died 1980

MILLER, Nathan
Civil War - Southern Iowa Border Brigade, Co. C, 3rd Battalion. Died 1895

RANDOLPH, Clifford W.
World War II - 35th Fighter Squadron. Died 1967

WOLFORD, S. W.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. E, 31st IL Infantry. Died 1917

VETERANS INTERRED at FOREST HOME CEMETERY
Section 35, Benton Township, Ringgold County, Iowa

SEATON, Frank L.
World War I - U.S. Army. Died 1939

WELLS, ABSOLAM
Civil War. Died 1887

VETERANS INTERRED at TENT CHAPEL CEMETERY
Section 30, Clinton Township, Ringgold County, Iowa

NYE, William C.
Civil War - Union Army, Co. I, 38th IA Infantry. Died 1896

RIDGE, Thompson
Civil War - Union Army, Co. M, 2nd CA Cavalry. Died 1895

SOURCE: Redding, Iowa: The First Hundred Years: 1882 - 1982 Pp. 99-103. 1982

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker

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