Heald GAR Post No. 253.
Dushville (now the village of Winn), Isabella County Michigan.
Photograph of Heald Post No. 253 of Dushville, Department of Michigan, Grand Army of the Republic May 30, 1895. From screen left to screen right:
Berdett Caldwell, unknown drummer boy, Theodore Victory, Rev. Edwin R. Coburn, Lute Priest, Warren Wing, Louis Schrader, George Osborn, Chris Reen, Dr. Mark H. Hillyard, Charlie Delo, Vet Johnson [center] Henry Brayton, Steve Smith, George Layman, E. Little, George Dourghty, Marshall Bachelder, Theodore Beuch, Elzy Dush, Jobe Priest, Thomas Williamson, George W. Foglesong, George Cullimore.
The town of Dushville was renamed Winn. It is located in Freemont Township, Isabella County, Michigan. Note that the Post Charter and the American Flag are both prominently displayed in the photograph. Also, almost everyone has on a slouch hat with a GAR hat wreath.
Christopher Columbus Reen was my great grandfather. He served 3 years with Pennsylvania 36th Regiment, Company B (Seventh Reserve) and 1 year with the 210th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry.
