Chas. Sumner Post, No. 4
United States Colored Troops & Sailors
Wilmington, Delaware - As of 1888 (from History of Delaware, Scharf)

        Chas. Sumner Post, No. 4, G.A.R., composed of colored veterans, was instituted October 11, 1880. The first officers were:

 Post Commander - L. F. Fisher
Senior Vice-Commander - Simeon Hood
Junior Vice-Commander - Nero Backus
Sergeant Major - John W. Wiggins
Chaplain - Thomas Chambers
Q. M. - Edward Hogans
O. of D. - Philip H. Burton
O. of G. - William E. Rain
Adjutant - P. H. Boyd
S. M. - Raymond Trusty
Q. M. - Samuel Dill

 The officers for 1888 are:

 P. C. - William G. Hays
S. V. - Theodore Anderson
J. V. - Isaac Wilson
Surgeon - William Myers
O. of D. - Allen H. Anderson
O. of G. - William Banks
Q. M. - L. J. Dale
Adjutant - P. H. Burton
S. M. - Simeon Hood
Q. M. - L. F. Fisher
Chaplain - Elijah Williams
Trustees - Simeon Hood, David Murray, James Harman.

        The membership is 103.

         Place of meeting, G. A. R. Hall, Tenth and Shipley Streets, Wilmington. Time of meeting, every Monday evening.