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Vermont Civil War Timeline
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)

January 31, 1888

21st Vermont GAR Encampment, held at St. Johnsbury (Encampments)

February 14, 1889

22nd Vermont GAR Encampment, held at Brattleboro (Encampments)

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)

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)