g its leaders have been some of the most prominent men of the country.
Its commanders-in-chief have been:
B. F. Stephenson,Illinois,1866
S. A. Hurlbut,Illinois,1866-67
John A. Logan,Illinois,1868-70
Ambrose E. Burnside,Rhode Island,1871-72
Charles Devens,Massachusetts,1873-74
John F. Hartranft,Pennsylvania,1875-76
John C. Robinson,New York,1877-78
William Earnshaw,Ohio,1879
Louis Wagner,Pennsylvania,1880
George S. Merrill,Massachusetts,1881
Paul Van Dervoort,Nebraska,1882
Robert B. Beath,Pennsylvania,1883
John S. Kountz,Ohio,1884
S. S. Burdett,Dist. of Columbia,1885
Lucius Fairchild,Wisconsin,1886
John P. Rea,Minnesota,1887
William Warner,Missouri,1888
Russell A. Alger,Michigan,1889
Wheelock G. Veazey,Vermont,1890
John Palmer,New York,1891
A. G. Weissert,Wisconsin,1892
John G. B. Adams,Massachusetts,1893
Thomas G. Lawler,Illinois,1894
Ivan N. Walker,Indiana,1895
T. S. Clarkson,Nebraska,1896
John P. S. Gobin,Pennsylvania,1897
James A. Sexton,Illinois,1898