Significant Events After The War
October 23, 1868
1st Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Montpelier (Encampments)
January 29, 1869
2nd Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Montpelier (Encampments)
January 26, 1870
3rd Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
January 12, 1871
4th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Rutland (Encampments)
January 12, 1872
5th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
January 30, 1873
6th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at St. Albans (Encampments)
August 6, 1873
Special Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Rutland (SA) (Encampments)
January 21, 1874
7th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Brattleboro (Encampments)
January 26, 1875
8th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Montpelier (Encampments)
January 27, 1876
9th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Montpelier (Encampments)
January 24, 1877
10th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
January 30, 1878
11th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
January 21, 1879
12th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Rutland (Encampments)
February 19, 1880
13th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Rutland (Encampments)
February 24, 1881
14th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Brattleboro (Encampments)
February 9, 1882
15th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Brattleboro (Encampments)
August 18, 1882
Special Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Rutland (SA) (Encampments)
February 8, 1883
16th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Bennington (Encampments)
September 6, 1883
Special Vermont GAR Encampment, held at St. Johnsbury (SA) (Encampments)
January 30, 1884
17th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Bennington (Encampments)
February 4, 1885
18th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Rutland (Encampments)
January 21, 1886
19th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
January 20, 1887
20th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at St. Albans (Encampments)
September 28, 1887
Reunion Minutes, Society First Artillery, Eleventh Regiment Vermont Volunteers (Lewis)
January 31, 1888
21st Vermont GAR Encampment, held at St. Johnsbury (Encampments)
September 19, 1888
Constitution and By-Laws, Society First Artillery, Eleventh Regiment Vermont Volunteers, adopted (Lewis)
September 19, 1888
2nd Annual Meeting, Society First Artillery, Eleventh Regiment Vermont Volunteers (Lewis)
February 14, 1889
22nd Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Brattleboro (Encampments)
August 8, 1889
3rd Annual Meeting, Society First Artillery, Eleventh Regiment Vermont Volunteers, St. Johnsbury (Lewis)
January 28, 1890
23rd Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Montpelier (Encampments)
February 3, 1891
24th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
July 3, 1891
The Vermont Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) was organized (MOLLUS)
February 2, 1892
25th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Montpelier (Encampments)
February 14, 1893
26th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Rutland (Encampments)
January 30, 1894
27th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
January 30, 1895
28th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Brattleboro (Encampments)
February 11, 1896
29th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Rutland (Encampments)
June 22, 1897
30th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Bennington (Encampments)
September 22, 1897
The 8th Vermont Infantry held its 24th Reunion at Essex. (Reunion)
June 8, 1898
31st Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
April 2, 1899
Boatswain Robert Blair, Peacham, who received the Medal of Honor, died in Enid, Oklahoma. (profile)
June 21, 1899
32nd Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Montreal, PQ, the only GAR encampment ever held outside the United States. (Encampments)
June 20, 1900
33rd Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Newport (Encampments)
June 19, 1901
34th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
June 11, 1902
35th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Montpelier (Encampments)
June 16, 1902
Charles Edgar Clark, Bradford, is promoted to Rear Admiral. (Links)
February 25, 1903
36th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Rutland (Encampments)
February 24, 1904
37th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Morrisville (Encampments)
February 22, 1905
38th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Brattleboro (Encampments)
February 20, 1906
39th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
July 3, 1906
The 13th Vermont Regiment Association held its 18th Annual Reunion, at Colchester. (Reunion)
February 26, 1907
40th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Rutland (Encampments)
February 26, 1908
41st Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Montpelier (Encampments)
August 28, 1908
1908 Reunion of The Veteran Society of Companies E and G, 11th Vermont Volunteers, Townshend, VT (Reunion Pamphlet)
September 30, 1908
Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Burlington. (MOLLUS)
May 12, 1909
42nd Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
June 16, 1910
43rd Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Montpelier (Encampments)
June 8, 1911
44th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Bennington (Encampments)
September 22, 1911
Sixteenth Reunion Ninth Vermont Regiment, Burlington (Reunions)
June 6, 1912
45th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
February 28, 1913
William G. Pickett, 4th Regiment, a native of Liverpool, England, died at the home of his son after weeks of intense suffering. (Obituary)
June 10, 1913
46th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Rutland (Encampments)
July 1, 1913
50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Memorial to Brevet Major-General William Wells and the 1st Cavalry dedicated. (Gettysburg)
April 21, 1914
47th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at St. Johnsbury (Encampments)
April 13, 1915
48th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at St. Albans (Encampments)
April 18, 1916
49th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
September 1, 1916
Tenth Annual Reunion, Co. D, 5th Vermont Infantry (Reunions)
April 19, 1917
50th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Montpelier (Encampments)
April 18, 1918
51st Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
May 21, 1919
52nd Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Rutland (Encampments)
May 12, 1920
53rd Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Rutland (Encampments)
June 7, 1922
54th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Brattleboro (Encampments)
October 1, 1922
Rear Admiral Charles Edgar Clark, Bradford, dies in San Diego, California, and is buried in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery. (Arlington)
May 7, 1923
Rear Admiral Franklin Cogswell Prindle, Sandgate, dies in Washington, DC, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. (Arlington)
June 20, 1923
55th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at St. Johnsbury (Encampments)
June 6, 1924
57th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
June 8, 1925
58th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Bennington (Encampments)
June 14, 1927
60th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Brattleboro (Encampments)
June 25, 1928
61st Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
June 12, 1929
62nd Vermont GAR Encampment, held at St. Johnsbury (Encampments)
June 9, 1930
63rd Vermont GAR Encampment, held at St. Albans (Encampments)
June 9, 1931
64th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Bennington (Encampments)
June 28, 1932
65th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Springfield (Encampments)
June 27, 1933
66th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Brattleboro (Encampments)
June 26, 1934
67th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Montpelier (Encampments)
June 23, 1936
69th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at St. Johnsbury (Encampments)
June 20, 1939
72nd Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Barre (Encampments)
January 21, 1940
William H. Webb, possibly 9th U.S. Infantry, died in Brattleboro, VT (Last Vets)
January 22, 1940
George A. Peck, Co. I, 13th Vermont Infantry, died in Montpelier, VT (Last Vets)
June 19, 1940
73rd Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Springfield (Encampments)
February 1, 1941
William C. Wheeler, Co. L, 11th Vermont Infantry, died in Woodbury, VT (Last Vets)
February 27, 1941
Charles H. Emerson, Co. D, 8th Vermont Infantry, died in Dalton, NH (Last Vets)
June 24, 1941
74th Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Montpelier (Encampments)
July 26, 1941
John R. Sears, Co. E, 11th Vermont Infantry, died in Greenfield, MA (Last Vets)
February 19, 1942
Edgar A. Francis, Co. D, 2nd Vermont Infantry, died in Montpelier (Last Vets)
June 25, 1942
75th and final Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Burlington (Encampments)
June 30, 1942
William Henry Jackson, Co. K, 12th Vermont Infantry, died in New York City. (Last Vets)
July 13, 1942
Charles S. Heyer, Co. C, 8th Vermont Infantry, died in St. Johnsbury (Last Vets)
July 13, 1942
Brigham Buswell, Co. F, 1st U.S. Sharpshooters, died in Elma, WA (Last Vets)
April 29, 1943
Moody H. Evans, Co. B, 3rd Vermont Infantry, died in St. Johnsbury (Last Vets)
September 22, 1944
Gilbert C. Lucier, Co. F, 11th Vermont Infantry, died in Jay (Last Vets)
August 5, 1945
Harriet H. Holmes, a Civil War nurse, died in Northfield (Last Vets)
December 29, 1945
Russell C. Martin, Co. I, 1st Vermont Cavalry, died in Los Angeles (Last Vets)
April 1, 1946
George A. Coburn, Co. F, 9th Vermont Infantry, died in Minturn, CO; he was 100 years old. (Last Vets)
October 22, 1946
Reuben S. Hurd, Co. A, 10th Vermont Infantry, died in Worthington, MN (Last Vets)
December 28, 1946
Francis M. Atherton, a Civil War recruit, died in Springfield, MA (Last Vets)
July 1, 1948
Henry A. Horton, Co. A, 2nd Vermont Infantry, died in Troy, NY. (Last Vets)
March 15, 1951
Hiram Randall Gale, born Waterbury, Vermont, served in 46th WI INF, Commander in Chief, Grand Army of the Republic, 1945-1946. Died March 15, 1951, aged 104 years, 4 months. (more)
