Hess Post 595
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Hess Post #595 The picture is of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Hess Post #595 in Armstrongs Mills, Washington Township, Belmont County, Ohio, on Decoration Day, about 1910. The post was named for my great-granduncle, Lafayette Hess, Sergeant, Company F, 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was killed at Kennesaw Mountain and is buried in the National Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia. My great-grandfather is on the right end of the middle row. His name was John W. Hess and he served as a Sergeant in Company F, 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Some of the other men are identified on the back of the original picture. Photograph and information submitted by Phil Perkins.
Hess Post #595 (ca 1910)
