(This merged regiment is sometimes referred to as the "2nd and 3rd Veteran Infantry Consolidated"[4])[3][5][6][7] After the Civil War, Barrett returned to Iowa, and in 1868 he went to Galveston, Texas, where he "engaged in the cattle business, in which he was very successful," and then to Crawfordsville, Indiana, where he was a large-scale railroad contractor.

[3]In 1896, R. F. Jones and R. C. Gillis of the Pacific Land Company purchased a 225-acre (0.91 km2) tract, which lay just south of the Soldier's Home from Sherman and Clark.

When Taft attempted to secure a post office for the new town, the postal authorities objected to the name "Barrett" on account of its similarity to Bassett.

At the time of the elder Barrett's death, the couple were living at 1013 Burlington Avenue in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles.

[17][18][19] Barrett died at Pacific Hospital in Los Angeles[20] on August 17, 1905, at the age of 60, with the cause noted as "cystitis and other complications resulting from this trouble.

"[3] He was interred at Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles,[3] after a service conducted by the Reverend Baker P. Lee of Christ Church and military honors at the gravesite.