{"id":75,"date":"2014-05-31T21:17:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T21:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/?p=75"},"modified":"2014-05-31T21:17:39","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T21:17:39","slug":"evansville-light-guards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/?p=75","title":{"rendered":"Evansville Light Guards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the Civil War veterans sought to be prepared for any future wars and formed independent military organizations. One of the last formed in southwestern Indiana was the Evansville Light Guards. This group was organized in June 1876 by Capt. Charles Myeroff, Lieut. August August Leigh, and Lieut. Will Warren as its officers. Many of these were also organizers of the Farragut G.A.R. post. They stayed as a unit until 1883.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a picture of the Light Guards, including (in no order) Philip C. Halbrook, August Leigh, A.J. McCutchan, Charles Myerhoff, and William Warren. The only man identified is William Warren, sitting in the front row, second from right.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1024px;\"><a data-fancybox-title=\"\" class=\"zoom-hover fb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Evansville-Light-Guards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Evansville-Light-Guards-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Evansville Light Guards\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\" size-large wp-image-76\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Evansville-Light-Guards-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Evansville-Light-Guards-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Evansville-Light-Guards-80x60.jpg 80w, http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Evansville-Light-Guards-980x735.jpg 980w, http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Evansville-Light-Guards-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Evansville-Light-Guards-940x704.jpg 940w, http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Evansville-Light-Guards-748x561.jpg 748w, http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Evansville-Light-Guards-364x273.jpg 364w, http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Evansville-Light-Guards-160x120.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Evansville-Light-Guards-1496x1122.jpg 1496w, http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Evansville-Light-Guards-728x546.jpg 728w, http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Evansville-Light-Guards-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.suvcwfostercamp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Evansville-Light-Guards.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Civil War veterans sought to be prepared for any future wars and formed independent military organizations. One of the last formed in southwestern Indiana was the Evansville Light Guards. This group was organized in June 1876 by Capt. Charles Myeroff, Lieut. August August Leigh, and Lieut. Will Warren as its officers. 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