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General Benjamin Pritchard
Camp No. 20
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Correspondence:| Commander: | John R. Keith |
| Senior Vice Commander: | John C. Keith |
| Junior Vice Commander: | Mike Stone |
| Secretary: | Jeff Baker |
| Treasurer: | Joseph Orbeck |
| Guard: | Thomas Bruce |
| Guide: | Daniel Knight |
| Color Bearer: | Glen Hall |
| Historian: | Gary Gibson |
| Chaplain: | Bill Brennan |
| Patriotic Instructor: | Gary Gibson |
| Boy Scout Coordinator: | Mike Stone |
| Memorials & Monuments: | Art Bonnell |
| Graves Registration Officer: | Bill Costello |
| Members of the Council: | Steve Redinger |
| Art Bonnell | |
| Bill Costello | |
| Visit links to other local organizations at: http://www.kalamazoomi.com | |
About the General Benjamin Pritchard Camp No. 20
The General Benjamin Pritchard Camp No. 20 received its charter November of 1983, and became the fourth SUVCW camp to be organized in Kalamazoo.
Camp No. 20 is involved in several projects, including graves registration, monument care and maintenance, school programs and the proper observance of Memorial Day. The Camp holds services at Riverside Cemetery on May 30th, and also participates in the Allegan parade on the Monday observance, where our Camp also serves as the honor guard at the cemetery services. Another ongoing project is the placement of government headstones on 73 unmarked graves on the Orcutt Post No. 79 GAR cemetery lots at Riverside Cemetery.
The Camp meets on the first Tuesday of the month, March through
November, at the Oshtemo branch of the Kalamazoo Public Library,
located at 7265 West Main Street. Meetings start at 7:00 pm. We
invite you to join us in honoring our grandfathers, the men who
preserved the Union.
Camp
No. 20 is named for Benjamin Pritchard, a native of Allegan, Michigan.
Pritchard was Captain of Co. L, 4th Michigan Cavalry, eventually
rising to the rank of Lt. Colonel. The 4th Cavalry is most famous
for the capture of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy,
on May 10, 1865, at Irwinville, Georgia. Pritchard was brevetted
a Brigadier General for his role in the capture. Following the War,
Pritchard became a banker, and Treasurer of the State of Michigan.
His grave is located in Allegan, Michigan.
