Gen S G Griffin Camp, No 10 (prev No 30)
Keene, NH
Organized: Prior to 1889, there was a Gen S G Griffin Camp in Keene, numbered 30. It was gone by 1891-92, the camp listed as vacant in the 11th Ann Encampment Journal. They reorganized under this camp name on 24 May 1901 [1903 Street Dir].
In 1997, the camp was revived and still remains active today.
Named for General Simon Goodell Griffin, who served first as a captain in the 2nd New Hampshire Infantry, and later became Lt Col of the 6th NH Infantry in Nov 1861. In April of the following year, he was promoted to colonel of the regiment. In 1864, he was appointed Brig General, and received a breveted Major General rank following the war, for his service to the country.
In 1997, the camp was revived and still remains active today.
Named for General Simon Goodell Griffin, who served first as a captain in the 2nd New Hampshire Infantry, and later became Lt Col of the 6th NH Infantry in Nov 1861. In April of the following year, he was promoted to colonel of the regiment. In 1864, he was appointed Brig General, and received a breveted Major General rank following the war, for his service to the country.
Col T A Barker Camp, No 10
Keene
In the Journal of the 16th Ann Encamp (1897), a new Keene camp was organized, with a charter applied for in March 1897 by 26 applicants, and 21 men were mustered in on 5 April 1897. It was given the number 10. The 1897 NH Register and State Yearbook listed this camp as the Col T A Barker Camp. This version apparently didn't last a year, as the #10 was assigned a new camp the following year, to a Laconia group. The 1901 and 1904 State Registers still listed this camp under the Col Barker name, though the Griffin camp had reorganized in 1901 and the city directories for 1903 and '05 only show the Griffin Camp. Perhaps the register book information hadn't been updated yet.
This camp was named after Col Tilleston A Barker, who had served as captain of the 2nd NH Infantry, and was promoted to Lt Col of the 6th New Hampshire Infantry. He died in Keene in 1879.
This camp was named after Col Tilleston A Barker, who had served as captain of the 2nd NH Infantry, and was promoted to Lt Col of the 6th New Hampshire Infantry. He died in Keene in 1879.
