Queens County G.A.R. Posts

# 50 - Flushing - Chartered June 24, 1869.
Private George Huntsman, Co. A, 5th NYSV. Joined as "George A. Huntsman" Oct. 1861 at Baltimore, MD, age 18; promoted to Corporal May 1862; WIA Aug. 30, 1862 at Second Bull Run; died of wounds Sept. 4, 1862 at First Division Hospital, Alexandria, Va.
# 283 - Long Island City - Aug. 5, 1882 to 1920.
Colonel Benjamin Ringold, 103d NYSV. KIA May 3, 1863 at Suffolk, Va.
# 368 - Jamaica - Chartered Sept. 21, 1889.
Colonel Alfred M. Wood, 84th NYSV. Mustered as Colonel May 23, 1861, age 33; captured in action July 21, 1861 at First Bull Run; exchanged May 1862; discharged for disability Oct. 18, 1862.
# 451 - College Point - Chartered Feb. 21, 1883.
Private Adam Worth, 2d NY Artillery. Enlisted Sept. 1861 at Flushing, age 20; mustered into Battery L; promoted to Corporal Nov. 1861; Battery L separated from 2d NY Artillery in March 1862 (designated as 34th NY Battery in Nov. 1863); promoted to Sgt. May 1862; WIA Aug. 30, 1862 at Second Bull Run; died of wounds Sept. 25, 1862 at Seminary Hospital, Georgetown, Washington, DC.
# 560 - Elmhurst - Chartered June 20, 1885.
Private Robert J. Marks, Co. H, 72d NYSV. "Robert Marks" joined at Dunkirk, NY, Aug. 1862; died of disease Feb. 28, 1863 at General Hospital, Annapolis, MD.
# 628 - Long Island City - Chartered June 20, 1888.
Major General Philip H. Sheridan. Died in 1888, post named in memoriam.
# 636 - Oceanus - March 26, 1892 to 1921.
John Corning.

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