G.A.R. Post No. 48, Mansfield PA Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice Bradford County PA Chemung County NY Tioga County PA

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Mansfield's Civil War soldiers in 1907  Label Needed

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Since writing the above, we found the original volume in the Mansfield Public Library and they most generously allowed us to copy its content to present to you. We add them to the list of those who have made this first ever complete publication of this material possible.

 Ten years after the great battles had become history the men of the Mansfield area organized the GAR Post No. 48. General Mansfield Post was organized August 14, 1875. The officers and member were.

A. M. Pitts, Commander
O. D. Goodenough, Senior Vice Commander
C. S. Kingsley, Junior Vice Commander
F. M. Shaw, Orderly
P. V. Clark, Officer of the Day
F. M. Spencer, Officer of Guard
M. D. Bailey, Adjutant
H. H. Lamb, Sgt. Major
M. A. Cass, Q. S.
A. J. Brown, I. G.
E. S. Keen, O. G.
Members: M. L. Clark, Henry Gaylord, John Kiley, H. B. Shaw, W. H. Matt and J. S. Palmer.

 There were 188 mustered in by 1895 and the roll shows 221 names in the history given by Miss Butts.
 The commanders for the first eleven years were as follows: A. M. Pitts, O. D. Goodenough, H. H. Lamb, H. C. Bailey, M. L. Clark, A. J. Brown, O. T. Haight, H. B. Shaw, Dr. Benjamin Moody, M. R. Goodall, W. B. Hall.
 The post was located in a handsomely furnished hall in the Allen building, corner of Main and Wellsboro Streets.
 Its auxiliary was founded on March 3, 1890 and known as the General Mansfield Corps No. 6, Women’s Relief Corps.

Officers were:
Esther M. Doane, Pres.
Frances E. Peterson, S. V. P.
Martha E. Shaw, J. V. P.
Jennie L. Kingsley, S.
Celia C. Shaw, Treas.
Elizabeth Howe, C.
Alice M. Ingalls, C.
Mina M. Parker, A. S.
Mary J. Pitts, G.
Ruby A. Daily, G.
Members: Adelia L. Moody, Rene Dalton and Jennie Welch, in 1896 numbered 30 members.

G.A.R. is the abbreviation for Grand Army of the Republic, an organization for Civil War Veterans.
 

Mansfield Advertiser, 27 October 1897 An Open Letter  Concerning the Hundred-Pounder Parrot Gun Recently Received here from League Island Editors Advertiser: - I wish to say a word to the citizens of Mansfield in regard to the cannon lately located on the triangular plot of ground at the intersection of Sullivan and Academy streets.  It was given by the United States government to Gen. Mansfield Post, GAR. The Post paid for carting, loading, freight and mounting, in all, over $215. It is a splendid memento of the late war and as now located by unanimous consent of council belongs just as much to every citizen of Mansfield as to any member or members of the Grand Army Post. Contributions have been invited to defray in part the expense of bringing the cannon here and mounting it, but as yet less than one-third of the required amount has been pledged. All patriotic citizens who feel an interest in the beautification of Mansfield and appreciate the efforts of Gen. Mansfield Post in this connection, are hereby urged to lend a hand by leaving contributions with Col. M.L. Clark on or before November 10th.  Gen. Mansfield Post has never asked or received the financial aid accorded the Posts in other cities and town toward defraying the expenses of Memorial Day or reunions. As we are all in common interested in the cannon all should contribute to this fund. Let everybody do the fair thing by chipping in something according to his means.  ---------- A.S. Reynolds, Commander

GAR Personal War Sketches Will Be Given In A Series (Mansfield Advertiser 1961)
 

The personal war sketches of the members of the General Mansfield Post No. 48, Mansfield Department of Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Republic will be presented by the Mansfield Advertiser. These will be given in a series of articles taken from the records as presented to the Post by Miss Byrissa B. Butts in memory of her father, Lorin Butts, in 1896. The Advertiser will run the series on the centennial anniversary of the Civil War, 1861-1865. The volume was presented to the GAR Post on the 11^th day of January 1896. The presentation address was made by Rev. William C. Scofield and accepted by Col. M. L. Clark, Commander at a special program of the Post. Deacon Lorin Butts was born Oct. 28, 1796 and died in 1874. He was represented in the Grand Army by his two sons Lorin Hyde and Dyer Johnson. Many of the men, who formed the General Mansfield Post, fought with the Tioga County volunteers. Company "B", The Mountaineers, was from Mansfield and its Captain was Joseph S. Hoard, later promoted to Major. Captain Melvin L. Clark was later promoted to Lt. Col. and was also with the Mountaineers and was from Mansfield. Several others from this area also served in the company. Several members of the Post were with the famed ""Bucktail Regiment"" recruited partly in Tioga County. Others were in the ""Harlans Light Cavalry", "The Saber Regiment", and many others. The Gen. Mansfield Post represented nearly every battle of the Civil War.

Note from Joyce - Chester Bailey's 1964 Article (linked above) indicates a membership of over 200 at one time in Post 48. Only about half of the biographies from the Butts book were publishedin the Mansfield Advertiser in 1961, but we have located the original book in the Mansfield Library and will be adding all those that were missed.
 

GEN. MANSFIELD POST NO. 48 – PREFACE This volume is designed to contain the record of the war services (1861-1865) of the living and deceased members of this Post; the living to certify to the statement of their services, and the facts relating to the dead to be certified to by the Post Historian. The supplementary part of the Volume is for a continuance of the personal sketches as occasion may require in the opinion of the Post Historian, also for the preservation of the names, and record of other soldiers’ or sailors who enlisted from the immediate locality. Resolution pages are provided for containing the resolutions passed by the Post upon the death of a member. Record of burial pages are intended for the comrades of the Post and also for the names of all soldiers & sailors whose graves the Post may decorate from year to year. Record of presentation page is designed to contain the action of the Post upon receipt of the Volume. The Post should obtain permission of the donors for the insertion of a personal sketch, blank pages being provided for that purpose. A sketch of the person after whom the Post is named should also be prepared. When the Post shall have surrendered its charter this Volume can be preserved by the local municipality, if a suitable depository for safe keeping is provided, or it can be preserved in the archives of the State. The Volume is respectfully dedicated to the last surviving comrade of the Post by the – Author.

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Miss Byrissa Butts - 1820- 1907 Buried in Prospect Cemetery - Obituary and GAR Resolution and Biography in 1897 History
 

John F. Daily, Member of “Bucktail” Regiment John F. Daily, born at the Daily Farm, Tioga Township in 1840. He died near Tioga at the age of 91 in 1931. He was next to the last surviving member of the famous Bucktail Regiment of the Civil War. At the age of 13 he began working in the woods on Pine Creek every winter until the call from President Lincoln for 75,000 in April 1861 for 80 days, to quell the disturbance following the firing on Fort Sumpter. Mr. Daily enlisted at Tioga in a Company organized by Capt. H. McDonald, known as Company G. of the old “Bucktail” Rev. 1st Rifles or 13th Infantry Vol. Reserves. A Captain Biddle was Commander. On arriving at Harrisburg they found all the 90-day companies filled but were told they could join three-year companies. Mr. Daily enlisted in one of these companies. He took part in the following battles: New Creek Station, Drainsville, South Mountain, Seven Day’s Fight on the Peninsula, Mechanicsville, Cole Harbor Savage Station, Chickahorning, Peach Orchard, White Oak Swamp, Glendale, Nelson Farm, Turkey Bend, Gettysburg, Mine Run and the Battle of the Wilderness. In July 1861, he was sent from Cumberland, Md. With a scouting party of 34 picked men under Col. Kane to a point near Romney to clear the B & O RR for passage of trains with Union Troops and supplies. At New Creek Station, the enemy got between them and their camp.

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