Fletcher GAR Post
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The
Fletcher GAR post was organized in According
to the 15th Annual Encampment of the Department of Virginia
records, Jacob Hollins was commander of the new
post. Riley G. Lee attended the encampment as a Fletcher Post delegate. Early leaders
of the post included Moses Spencer, Francis Turner, Jordan Jones, and Albert
Eldridge. Riley Midgett served as Post commander in
1887. Spencer served as commander for
the post from 1888-1902. Frances
Turner took over as commander in 1903. Through
the efforts of T.T. Whitcomb, the Fletcher Post hosted the 27th
Annual Encampment of the |
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The
following men have been identified as members of Fletcher GAR POST #20 thus
far: |
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Isaac Bunch – USS Ironsides Henry Burgess – Albert Eldridge Sgt. John Gibbs – William Grissom – Jacob Hollins
– Co. L, 1st USCI Jordan Jones – Co. D, 1st
USCC Sgt. Albert Jordan – Co. A, 36th
USCI Jerry Lamb – Co. F, 35th
USCI Sgt. John Laws – Co. C, 35th
USCI Riley G. Lee – 35th
USCI Riley Midget – Co. F, 36th
USCI Benjamin Moore – Co. B, 35th
USCI 1st Sgt. Allen G. Oden – Co. B, 36th USCI Moses Spencer – Co. H&I, 37th
USCI George Sutton – Co. A, 36th
USCI Thomas Trueblood
– USN; Co. B, 35th USCI Francis Turner – Co. F, 37th
USCI Edward Vaughn – Co. F, 37th
USCI Isaiah Wilson – Co. A, 2nd USCC |
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The North
Carolinian, 22 May 1889 Local
Mention. The members of Fletcher Post
G.A.R., are taking up the bodies of their dead
comrades and having them reinterred in the The
Fletcher GAR Post purchased plots within Oak Grove Cemetery in 1889. Photos
of some of the graves can be seen here. |
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