General D. B. Birney Post No. 63 was formed on August 21, 1874 by G.A.R. members of previously existing Posts. The first muster was on September 11, 1874. The wives of the Post members formed an auxiliary core on March 15, 1876. The Post originally met at Shober’s Hall on Girard Avenue and Eyre Street in Philadelphia, PA, but later moved to different locations throughout the Frankford and North Philadelphia sections of the City. The Post started with twenty-three members and eventually rose to 386, but membership began to drop after the 1890s. It is not known when or how the Post disbanded, although there are no records after 1935.
From the guide to the Records of General D. B. Birney Post No. 63, Grand Army of the Republic, 1874-1935, (Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library)
