Gen. Thomas A. Smyth, Post No. 1
Wilmington, Delaware - As of 1888 (from History of Delaware, Scharf)

        Gen. Thomas A. Smyth, Post No. 1, was organized at the office of Col. A. G. Grimshaw, M.D., in Wilmington, February 11, 1866, with the following officers:

Post Commander - James Lewis
Senior Vice-Commander - D. H. Kent
Junior Vice-Commander - E. C. Jeffries
Adjutant - F. A. Taylor
Quartermaster - R. E. Hayes
Surgeon - A. D. O. Meara
Chaplain - Joseph E. Booth

        The post went under the name of Encampment No. 1, until July 19, 1869, when the present name was adopted. It started with good prospects, and its membership gradually increased until 1871, and then for several years no regular meetings were held.

        A meeting of veterans who had served in the late war was held in Wilmington, in November, 1879, when it was determined to reorganize the Grand Army of the Republic in Delaware. This work was delegated to General Louis Wagner, Department Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in Pennsylvania. He performed this duty on January 14, 1880. Gen. Thomas A. Smyth Post was immediately reorganized, and has since had a prosperous existence. The membership is three hundred and seventy-seven.

The officers for 1888 are

Post Commander - Samuel Lewis
Senior Vice-Commander - Jacob B. Sliffer
Junior Vice-Commander - John Spencer
Surgeon - Thomas Heap
Chaplain - Joseph E. R. Montgomery
Q. M. - James D. Grimes
O. of D. - Amos Arthur
O. of G. - Ferdinand Chairs
Adjutant - Sylvester Solomon.

        The Post meets every Monday evening, at the corner of Third and King Streets.