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Fitz John Porter :us34stars: Born: August 31, 1822 Birthplace: Portsmouth, New Hampshire Father: Captain John Porter 1793 – 1831 Mother: Eliza Chauncy Clark Wife: Harriet Pierson Cook 1835 – 1924 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Children: Holbrook Fitz John Porter Unknown – 1939 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Evelina Porter Doggett 1865 – 1952 (Buried: Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut) Education: 1845: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (8th in class) Occupation before War: 1845 – 1846: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1845 – 1846: Garrison Duty at Fort Monroe, Virginia 1846 – 1847: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1847: Served in the...
Robert Brown Potter :us34stars: Born: July 16, 1829 Birthplace: Schenectady, New York Father: Bishop Alonzo Potter 1800 – 1865 Mother: Sarah Maria Nott 1799 – 1839 Wife: Abigail Austin “Abby” Stevens 1836 – 1913 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Children: Robert Burnside Potter 1869 – 1934 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Warwick Potter 1870 – 1893 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Austin Potter 1873 – 1944 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley, Massachusetts) Education: Attended Union College Occupation before War: Attorney in New York City, New York Civil War Career: 1861: Served in New York State Militia, rising to Lt. 1861: Major of 51st New York Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Lt...
Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss Sr. :us34stars: Born: November 23, 1819 Birthplace: Belleville, Virginia (West Virginia) Father: Henry Leonidas Prentiss 1788 – 1849 Mother: Rebecca Mayberry 1797 – 1850 1st Wife: Margaret Ann Sowdosky 1823 – 1860 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois) 2nd Wife: Mary Worthington Whitney 1836 – 1894 (Buried: Miriam Cemetery, Bethany, Missouri) Children: Private Guy C. A. Prentiss – 1889 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois) Harrison Tyler “Tip” Prentiss 1840 – 1897 (Buried: Miriam Cemetery, Bethany, Missouri) Jacob Henry Prentiss 1849 – 1907 (Buried: Miriam Cemetery, Bethany, Missouri) Ella Prentiss Blackburn 1852 – 1927 (Buried: Miriam Cemetery, Bethany, Missouri) Benjamin Mayberry...
Jesse Lee Reno :us34stars: Born: June 20, 1823 Birthplace: Wheeling, Virginia (West Virginia) Father: Lewis Thomas Reno 1795 – 1870 (Buried: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Illinois) Mother: Rebecca Q. Quinby 1795 – 1883 (Buried: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Illinois) Wife: Mary Bradley Beanes Cross 1828 – 1880 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Children: Jesse Wilford Reno 1861 – 1947 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Education: 1846: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (8th in class) Occupation before War: 1846 – 1847: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Ordnance 1846: Assistant Ordnance Officer at Watervliet Arsenal, New York 1847 – 1853: 2nd Lt. United States Army...
John Fulton Reynolds :us34stars: Born: September 20, 1820 Birthplace: Lancaster, Pennsylvania Father: John Reynolds 1787 – 1853 (Buried: Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania) Mother: Lydia Moore Reynolds 1782 – 1857 (Buried: Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania) Fiancé: Catherine Mary “Kate” Hewitt 1836 – 1876 (Buried: Pfordt Family Plot, Saint Agnes Cemetery, Menands, New York) Education: 1841: Graduated from West Point Military Academy - (26th in class) Occupation before War: 1841: Brevet 2nd Lt. In United States Army 3rd Artillery 1841 – 1846: 2nd Lt. In United States Army, 3rd Artillery 1841 – 1842: Garrison Duty at Fort McHenry, Maryland 1842: Garrison Duty at Fort Pickens, Florida 1842 – 1843: Garrison...
Joseph Jones Reynolds Born: January 4, 1822 Birthplace: Flemingsburg, Kentucky Father: Edward Reynolds 1777 – 1868 (Buried: Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, Indiana) Mother: Sarah Longley 1786 – 1854 (Buried: Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, Indiana) Wife: Mary Elizabeth Bainbridge 1827 – 1913 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Sarah Reynolds 1847 – 1909 (Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Captain Bainbridge Reynolds 1849 – 1901 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Admiral Alfred Reynolds 1853 – 1936 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Kate Reynolds Hayden 1859 – 1951 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Education...
Israel Bush “Fighting Dick” Richardson :us34stars: Born: December 26, 1815 Birthplace: Fairfax, Vermont Father: Israel Putnam Richardson 1785 – 1870 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Michigan) Mother: Susannah Powers 1785 – 1871 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Michigan) Wife: Fannie Travor 1818 – Education: 1841: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (38th in class) Occupation before War: 1841: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment 1841 – 1846: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment 1846 – 1851: 1st Lt. United States Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment 1847: Brevetted Captain for Gallantry at Contreras & Churubusco 1847: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at Battle of Chapultepec, Mexico...
William Starke “Old Rosy” Rosecrans :us34stars: Born: September 6, 1819 Birthplace: Delaware County, Ohio Father: Crandall Rosecrans 1794 – 1848 Mother: Jemima Hopkins 1794 – 1861 Wife: Ann Eliza Hegeman 1823 – 1883 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Married: August 24, 1843 at St. Paul’s Church in New York City, New York Children: Rev. Adrian Louis Rosecrans 1849 – 1876 (Buried: Saint Paul the Apostle Church Vault, Manhattan, New York) Sister Mary Louise “Sister St. Charles” Rosecrans 1852 – 1878 (Buried: Ursuline Cemetery, Saint Martin, Ohio) Lily Elizabeth Rosecrans Toole 1854 – 1939 (Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Helena, Montana) Anna Delores “Anita” Rosecrans 1857 – 1903 (Buried: Old Saint Mary’s...
Lovell Harrison Rousseau :us34stars: Born: August 4, 1818 Birthplace: Stanford, Kentucky Father: David Quincy Rousseau 1772 – 1833 (Buried: Buried in the road where he died by his children) Mother: Catherine “Caty” Gaines Wife: Maria Antionette Dozier 1826 – 1898 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Mary E. Rousseau Watkins 1844 – 1869 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Lt. Richard Hillaire Rousseau 1848 – 1881 (Buried: Varney Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine) Blanche Rousseau Niles 1849 – 1919 (Died in Switzerland) Lt. George Lovell Rousseau 1852 – 1882 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Occupation before War: Attorney in Bloomfield, Indiana 1844 –...
Rufus Saxton :us34stars: Born: October 19, 1824 Birthplace: Greenfield, Massachusetts Father: Jonathan Asley Saxton 1795 – 1871 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Deerfield, Massachusetts) Mother: Miranda Wright 1799 – 1844 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Deerfield, Massachusetts) Wife: Matilda Gordon Thompson 1840 – 1915 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Education: 1849: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (18th in class) Occupation Before War: 1849 – 1850: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Artillery 1849 – 1850: Served in the Seminole War in Florida 1850 – 1855: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery 1850 – 1852: Frontier Duty at Fort Brown, Texas 1853 – 1854: Served on Northern...
Robert Cumming Schenck :us34stars: Born: October 4, 1809 Birthplace: Franklin, Ohio Father: General William Cortenus Schenck 1773 – 1821 (Buried: Woodhill Cemetery, Franklin, Ohio) Mother: Elizabeth Rogers 1776 – 1853 Wife: Renelche Smith 1811 – 1849 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Ohio) Children: Julia Crane Schenck 1839 – 1905 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Ohio) Mary S. Schenck 1841 – 1848 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Ohio) Sallie L. Schenck 1842 – 1931 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Ohio) Education: 1827: Graduated from Miami University – Ohio Occupation before War: 1827 – 1829: Professor at Miami University – Ohio Attorney in Dayton Ohio...
John McAllister Schofield :us34stars: Born: September 29, 1831 Birthplace: Gerry, New York Father: Rev. James Schofield 1801 – 1888 (Buried: Freeport City Cemetery, Freeport, Illinois) Mother: Caroline McAllister 1810 – 1857 (Buried: Freeport City Cemetery, Freeport, Illinois) 1st Wife: Harriet Whitehorn Bartlett 1833 – 1888 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) 2nd Wife: Georgia Wells Kilbourne 1864 - 1927 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Children: John Rathbone Schofield 1858 – 1868 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Major William Bartlett Schofield 1860 – 1906 (Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California) Henry Halleck...
Carl Schurz Born: March 2, 1829 Birthplace: Liblar, Rhein – Erft – Kreis, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany Father: Christian Schurz 1796 – 1876 (Buried: Saint Paul Evangelical Reformed Church, Monee, Illinois) Mother: Marianne Jussen 1798 – 1877 (Buried: Saint Paulus Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri) 1st Wife: Margarethe Meyer 1833 – 1876 (Buried: Ohlsdorfer, Friedhof Ohlsdorf, Germany) 2nd Wife: Frances Chapman 1846 – 1924 (Buried: Doylestown Presbyterian Church, Doylestown, Pennsylvania) Children: Agathe Schurz 1852 – 1915 (Buried: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York) Marianne Schurz 1857 – 1929 (Buried: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York) Emmy Savannah Schurz 1864 – 1867 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit...
Winfield Scott :us34stars: Born: June 13, 1786 Birthplace: Laurel Hill Plantation, Petersburg, Virginia Father: Captain William Scott 1747 – 1791 Mother: Ann Mason 1747 – 1802 Wife: Maria DeHart Mayo 1789 – 1862 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Children: Maria Mayo Scott 1818 – 1833 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) John Mayo Scott 1819 – 1820 (Buried: Montpelier Estate National Historic Site, Montpelier, Virginia) Virginia “Sister May Emmanuel” Scott 1821 – 1845 (Buried: Georgetown Visitation Monastery, Washington, D.C.) Edward Winfield Scott 1823 – 1827 (Buried: Montpelier Estate National Historic Site, Montpelier, Virginia) Cornelia Winfield Scott 1824 –...
John “Uncle John” Sedgwick Born: September 13, 1813 Birthplace: Cornwall Connecticut Father: Benjamin Sedgwick 1781 – 1857 (Buried: Cornwall Hollow Cemetery Cornwall Hollow Connecticut) Mother: Olive Collins 1783 – 1859 (Buried: Cornwall Hollow Cemetery Cornwall Hollow Connecticut) Signature: Education: 1830 – 1831: Attended Cheshire Academy 1837: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (24th in class) Occupation before War: 1837 – 1839: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery 1839 – 1849: 1st Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery 1847: Brevetted Captain for Gallantry at Battle of Churubusco Mexico 1847: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at Battle of Chapultepec Mexico 1849 – 1855: Captain, United States Army...
Philip Henry Sheridan Sr. :us34stars: Born: March 6, 1831 Birthplace: Albany, New York Father: John Sheridan Sr. 1801 – 1875 (Buried: Holy Trinity Cemetery, Somerset, Ohio) Mother: Mary Minah 1801 – 1888 (Buried: Holy Trinity Cemetery, Somerset, Ohio) 1st Wife: Elizabeth “Betsy” Dye 1833 – 1903 (Buried: Chenowith Cemetery, Underwood Heights, Washington) Married: Claimed to be his wife 2nd Wife: Irene Rucker 1856 – 1938 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Married: June 3, 1875 Children: Emma Sheridan Olney 1857 – 1886 Mary Sheridan 1876 – 1959 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Irene Sheridan 1877 – 1964 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Louise...
Major General Daniel Edgar Sickles :us34stars: Born: October 20, 1819 Birthplace: New York City, New York Father: George Garrett Sickles 1800 – 1887 (Buried: Beechwoods Cemetery New Rochelle New York) Mother: Susan Marsh 1799 – 1878 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York) Wife: Teresa DaPonte Bagioli 1836 – 1867 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York) Wife: Carmina Creagh 1840 – 1919 Children: Laura Buchanan Sickles 1853 – 1891 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery Brooklyn New York) George Stanton Sickles 1872 – 1939 Elizabeth Sickles 1894 – 1981 Signature: Education: Attended New York University Apprenticed as a Printer Studied law at office of Attorney Benjamin F. Butler – (Not CW Gen.) Occupation...
Franz Sigel :us34stars: Born: November 18, 1824 Birthplace: Sinshiem Baden, Germany Father: Franz Moriz Sigel 1788 – 1863 Mother: Anna Marie Pauline Lichtenauer 1796 – Wife: Elise Dulon 1835 – 1910 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Children: Paul Sigel 1858 – 1914 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Leila Sigel Schehl 1865 – 1940 (Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York) Education: 1843: Graduated from Karlsruhe Military Academy Occupation before War: 1843 – 1847: Lt. in the Baden Army Acting Minister of War for Revolutionary Forces, against the Prussians Fled his native country first to Switzerland, then England 1852: Immigrated from England to the United States, settling in New York School...
Henry Warner Slocum Sr. :us34stars: Born: September 24, 1827 Birthplace: Delphi Falls, New York Father: Matthew Barnard Slocum 1788 – 1853 (Buried: Delphi Falls Baptist Church, Delphi Falls, New York) Mother: Mary Lowell Ostrander 1791 – 1865 (Buried: Delphi Falls Baptist Church, Delphi Falls, New York) Wife: Caroline A. Rice 1830 – 1899 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Children: Florence Elizabeth Slocum Kingsbury 1859 – 1939 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1862 – 1949 Major Beach Crowell Slocum 1870 – 1945 (Buried: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, California) Clarence Rice Slocum 1871 – 1912 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)...
Andrew Jackson “Whiskey” Smith :us34stars: Born: April 28, 1815 Birthplace: Bucks County, Pennsylvania Father: Brig. General Samuel Smith 1749 – 1835 (Buried: Thompson Memorial Cemetery, New Hope, Pennsylvania) Mother: Ann Lacey Wilkinson 1776 – 1842 (Buried: Thompson Memorial Cemetery, New Hope, Pennsylvania) Wife: Ann Mason Simpson 1819 – 1900 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Married: October 17, 1844 in Saint Louis Missouri Children: Anna Smith Unknown – 1850 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery Saint Louis Missouri) Robert S. Smith 1852 – 1862 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery Saint Louis Missouri) William Beaumont Smith 1860 – 1901 (Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Education...
Charles Ferguson Smith :us34stars: Born: April 24, 1807 Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Father: Dr. Samuel Blair Smith Jr. 1784 – 1834 (Buried: Old Pine Street Presbyterian, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Mother: Margaret Ferguson 1787 – 1861 Wife: Fanny Mactier 1820 – 1866 (Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Children: Henry Mactier Smith 1841 – 1841 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Brig. General Allen Smith Sr. 1849 – 1927 (Buried: Fort George Wright Cemetery, Spokane, Washington) Education: 1825: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (19th in class) Occupation before War: 1825: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army 2nd Artillery 1825 – 1832: 2nd Lt. United...
Giles Alexander Smith :us34stars: Born: September 29, 1829 Birthplace: Jefferson County, New York Father: Cyrus Smith 1790 – 1855 Mother: Laura Wales 1792 – 1880 Wife: Martha McLain 1838 – 1890 (Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois) Children: Giles Smith 1863 – Mae Smith 1866 – Occupation before War: Businessman in Cincinnati, Ohio Proprietor of a Hotel in Bloomington, Illinois Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain in 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment 1862: Served in the Capture of Fort Donelson, Tennessee 1862: Took part in some of the heaviest fighting at Shiloh 1862: Served in the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi 1862 – 1863: Colonel of 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment 1862: Led his regiment at the...
William Farrar “Baldy” Smith Born: February 17, 1824 Birthplace: Saint Albans, Vermont Father: Ashbel Smith 1785 – 1858 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Vermont) Mother: Sarah Butler 1792 – 1846 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Vermont) Wife: Sarah Ward Lyon 1840 – 1899 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Clara Farrar Smith 1868 – 1926 Stuart Farrar Smith 1874 – 1951 Education: 1845: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (4th in class) Occupation before War: 1845 – 1849: Brevet 2nd Lt. U. S. Army Topographical Engineers 1846 – 1848: Assistant Math Professor at West Point 1849 – 1853: 2nd Lt. United States Army Topographical Engineers 1853 – 1859: 1st Lt. United...
Julius H. Stahel-Számwald :us34stars: Birthdate: November 5, 1825 Birthplace: Szeged, Hungary Spouse: None Antebellum Years Joined the Austrian Army and had risen from the ranks to be 1st lieutenant 1848-1849 Served in the Hungarian Revolutionary Army 1848 Participated in the Hungarian Revolution 1859: Migrated to the United States Between 1859 and the Beginning of the War, Stahel worked for Deutsche illustrirte Familienblätter, a German-language newspaper in New York City Civil War Service 1861: Recuited in New York City, New York on April 23 as a Lt. Colonel 1861: Mustered into the 8th New York Volunteer Infantry, the 1st German Rifles 1861: Served in the First Battle of Bull Run 1861: Promoted to Colonel of Volunteers...
David Sloane Stanley :us34stars: Born: June 1, 1828 Birthplace: Cedar Valley, Ohio Father: John Bratton Stanley 1799 – 1873 (Buried: Shiloh Cemetery, Wabash, Indiana) Mother: Sarah Peterson 1807 – 1839 (Buried: Congress Cemetery, Congress, Ohio) Wife: Anna Maria Wright 1830 – 1895 (Buried: U.S. Soldiers and Airmen’s Home, Washington, D.C.) Children: Josephine Huntington Stanley Holbrook 1860 – 1927 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Sarah Eliza “Lillie” Stanley Rumbough 1861 – 1952 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Anna Huntington Stanley Holbrook 1864 – 1907 (Buried: U.S. Soldiers and Airmen’s Home, Washington, D.C.) Blanche H. Stanley 1871 – 1951 (Buried: U.S. Soldiers and...
James Blair Steedman :us34stars: Born: July 29, 1817 Birthplace: Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Father: George Steedman 1793 – 1832 Mother: Margaret Sarah Blair 1800 – 1832 1st Wife: Sarah Miranda Stiles 1818 – 1872 2nd Wife: Rosa Nellis Barr 1851 – 1876 3rd Wife: Margaret Gildea 1862 – 1948 Children: Lewis Cass Steedman 1848 – 1876 Rebecca Blair Steedman 1879 – 1916 Samuel Tilden Steedman 1881 – 1952 Mary Mae Steedman 1883 – 1975 Occupation before War: Typesetter for Lewisburg Democrat Newspaper Typesetter for Louisville Journal Newspaper 1835: Served in the Texas War for Independence Supervisor of Public Works Projects in Pennsylvania Public Works Contractor in Ohio Owner of Printing Press in Napoleon, Ohio...
Frederick Steele :us34stars: Born: January 14, 1819 Birthplace: Delhi, New York Father: Nathaniel Steele 1783 – 1862 (Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, California) Mother: Dameras Johnson 1794 – 1859 (Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, California) Education: 1843: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (30th in class) Occupation before War: 1843 – 1846: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Infantry Regiment 1846 – 1848: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Infantry Regiment 1847: Brevetted 1st Lt. for Gallantry at 2 Battles of the Mexican War 1847: Brevetted Captain for Gallantry Battle of Chapultepec, Mexico 1848 – 1855: 1st Lt. United States Army, 2nd Infantry Regiment 1849 – 1855: Adjutant of United States...
Isaac Ingalls Stevens Born: March 25, 1818 Birthplace: North Andover, Massachusetts Father: Isaac Stevens 1785 – 1862 (Buried: Ridgewood Cemetery, North Andover, Massachusetts) Mother: Hannah Cummings 1785 – 1827 (Buried: Ridgewood Cemetery, North Andover, Massachusetts) Wife: Margaret Lyman Hazard 1817 – 1913 (Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island) Children: Brevet Brig. General Hazard Stevens 1842 – 1918 (Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island) Julia Virginia Stevens 1844 – 1845 (Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island) Sue Stevens Eskridge 1846 – 1925 (Buried: Common Burying Ground, Newport, Rhode Island) Gertrude Maude Stevens 1850 – 1907 (Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island) Kate...
George Stoneman Jr. :us34stars: Born: August 22, 1822 Birthplace: Busti, New York Father: George Stoneman Sr. 1799 – 1877 (Buried: Bentley Cemetery, Lakewood, New York) Mother: Catherine Rebecca Cheney 1800 – 1874 (Buried: Bentley Cemetery, Lakewood, New York) Wife: Mary Oliver Hardisty 1836 – 1915 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) Children: Cornelius McLean Stoneman 1862 – 1904 (Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington) Katherine Cheney “Kitty” Stoneman 1866 – 1940 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland) George John Stoneman 1868 – 1928 (Buried: Cremated Ashes given to Julia Stoneman) Adele Stoneman Schmidgall 1874 – 1939 (Buried: East Hillside Cemetery, Glen Head, New York) Education...
George Crockett Strong :us34stars: Born: October 16, 1832 Birthplace: Stockbridge, Vermont Father: David Ellsworth Strong 1801 – 1840 Mother: Harriet Fay 1803 – 1843 Wife: Margaret Ellis Budd 1838 – 1881 Children: Wilson Budd Strong 1860 – 1914 Education: Attended Williston Seminary 1857: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (5th in class) Occupation before War: 1857 – 1859: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Ordnance Dept. 1857 – 1858: Assistant at Frankford Arsenal, Pennsylvania 1858: Assistant at Fort Monroe Arsenal, Virginia 1858 – 1859: Commander of Mount Vernon Arsenal, Alabama 1859 – 1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army, Ordnance Dept. 1859 – 1861: Assistant at Watervliet Arsenal, New York 1861 – 1863: 1st...
Edwin Vose Sumner Sr. Born: January 30, 1797 Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Father: Elisha Sumner 1760 – 1839 (Buried: Old Burial Ground, Rutland, Massachusetts) Mother: Nancy Vose 1765 – 1848 (Buried: Old Burial Ground, Rutland, Massachusetts) Wife: Hannah Wickersham Foster 1805 – 1880 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Children: Nancy Sumner Jenkins 1823 – 1911 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Margaret Foster Sumner McLean 1828 – 1905 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Sarah Sumner Teall 1831 – 1928 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Brevet Brig. General Edwin Vose Sumner Jr. 1835 – 1912 (Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York) Mary Heron Sumner...
Wager Swayne :us34stars: Born: November 10, 1834 Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio Father: U.S. Associate Justice Noah Haynes Swayne 1804 – 1884 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Mother: Sarah Ann Wager 1810 – 1881 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Wife: Ellen Harris 1846 – 1909 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Children: Virginia Washington Swayne Lomas 1877 – 1937 (Buried: Southampton Cemetery, Southampton, New York) Education: 1856: Graduated from Yale University 1859: Graduated from Cincinnati Law School Occupation before War: 1859 – 1861: Attorney in Columbus, Ohio Civil War Career: 1861: Major of 43rd Ohio Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 43rd Ohio Infantry...
George Sykes :us34stars: Born: October 9, 1822 Birthplace: Dover, Delaware Father: Dr. James Sykes 1793 – 1855 (Buried: Mount Mora Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Missouri) Mother: Angelina Underhill 1799 – 1862 (Buried: Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York) Wife: Emily Virginia Macrae 1825 – 1882 (Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Married: September 2, 1854 in New York City, New York Children: George Norris Sykes 1863 – 1946 (Buried: Watonga IOOF Cemetery, Watonga, Oklahoma) Education: 1842: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (39th in class) Occupation before War: 1842 – 1843: Brevet, 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment 1842: Served in the Seminole War in Florida 1842 – 1843: Garrison...
Alfred Howe Terry :us34stars: Born: November 10, 1827 Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut Father: Alfred Terry 1802 – 1860 (Buried: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) Mother: Clarissa Howe 1803 – 1874 (Buried: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut) Education: 1838: Graduated from Hopkins School Attended Yale University Law School Occupation before War: 1849 – 1854: Attorney in New Haven, Connecticut 1854 – 1860: Clerk for Connecticut State Supreme, & Superior Courts Civil War Career: 1861: Raised the 2nd Connecticut Infantry Regiment 1861: Colonel of 2nd Connecticut Infantry Regiment 1861: Led his regiment at the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia 1861: Organized 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment in New...
George Henry Thomas :us34stars: Born: July 31, 1816 Birthplace: Newsoms, Virginia Father: John Thomas 1779 – 1829 (Buried: Thomas Family Cemetery, Newsoms, Virginia) Mother: Elizabeth Rochelle 1784 – 1844 (Buried: Thomas Family Cemetery, Newsoms, Virginia) Wife: Frances Lucretia Kellogg 1821 – 1889 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York) Married: 1852 in Troy, New York Signature: Education: 1840: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (12th in class) Occupation before War: 1840 – 1844: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Artillery 1840: Garrison Duty at Fort Columbus, New York 1841: Served in the capture of 70 Seminole Natives 1841: Brevetted 1st Lt. for Gallantry in Seminole War 1842: Garrison Duty at New Orleans...
Lewis “Lew” Wallace :us34stars: Born: April 10, 1827 Birthplace: Brookville, Indiana Father: Governor David Wallace 1799 – 1859 (Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana) Mother: Esther French Test 1806 – 1834 (Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana) Wife: Susan Arnold Elston 1830 – 1907 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana) Married: May 6, 1852 Children: Henry Lane Wallace 1853 – 1926 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana) Occupation before War: Copyist for Marion County, Indiana, Clerk’s Office Served in the Marion Rifles militia in Marion Co., Indiana 1846 – 1847: Served in Mexican – American War Adjutant and 1st Lt. Half Owner and Editor of The Free-Soil Banner...
Gouverneur Kemble Warren Born: January 8, 1830 Birthplace: Cold Spring, New York Father: Sylvanus Warren 1799 – 1859 (Buried: Mountain Avenue Cemetery, Cold Spring, New York) Mother: Phebe Lickley 1804 – 1870 (Buried: Mountain Avenue Cemetery, Cold Spring, New York) Wife: Emily Forbes Chase 1840 – 1928 (Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island) Children: Algernon Sydney Warren 1866 – 1907 (Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island) Emily Braem Warren 1875 – 1965 (Buried: Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island) Education: 1850: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (2nd in class) Occupation before War: 1850 – 1854: Brevet 2nd Lt, U. S. Army Topographical Engineers 1850 – 1852: Assistant Topographical...
Cadwallader Colden Washburn :us34stars: Born: April 22, 1818 Birthplace: Livermore, Massachusetts (Maine) Father: Israel Washburn 1784 – 1876 (Buried: Waters Hill Cemetery, Livermore, Maine) Mother: Martha “Patty” Benjamin 1792 – 1861 (Buried: Waters Hill Cemetery, Livermore, Maine) Wife: Jeanette Garr 1819 – 1909 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wisconsin) Children: Jeanette Garr Washburn Kelsey 1850 – 1931 (Buried: Center Cemetery, Shirley, Massachusetts) Frances “Fanny” Washburn 1852 – Occupation before War: 1838 – 1839: School Teacher in Wiscasset, Maine School Teacher and Store Clerk in Davenport, Iowa Territory Attorney in Mineral Point, Wisconsin Territory Half Owner of Wisconsin Mining Company Helped...
Godfrey Weitzel :us34stars: Born: November 1, 1835 Birthplace: Winzeln Pirmasens, Bavaria Father: Ludwig Weitzel 1807 – 1861 Mother: Susanna Krummel 1813 – 1896 1st Wife: Louisa Moor 1840 – 1859 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) 2nd Wife: Louise Bogen 1841 – 1927 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Children: Irene Weitzel Nye 1876 – 1936 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Education: 1855: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (2nd in class) Occupation before War: 1855 – 1856: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Engineers 1855 – 1859: Assistant Engineer for Defenses of New Orleans 1856 – 1860: 2nd Lt. United States Army, Engineers 1859 – 1860: Assistant Engineering...
Amiel Weeks Whipple :us34stars: Born: October 21, 1817 Birthplace: Greenwich, Massachusetts Father: David Whipple 1783 – 1850 (Buried: West Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts) Mother: Abigail Brown Pepper 1787 – 1823 (Buried: West Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts) Wife: Eleanor Mary “Ellen” Sherburne 1824 – 1874 (Buried: Proprietors Burying Ground, Portsmouth, New Hampshire) Children: Elizabeth Sherburne Whipple Huntington 1845 – 1922 (Buried: Wayland Family Cemetery, Heards, Virginia) Charles Sherburne Whipple 1846 – 1848 (Buried: Proprietors Burying Ground, Portsmouth, New Hampshire) Lt. Colonel Charles William Whipple 1846 – 1916 (Buried: Memorial Cemetery of Saint John’s Church, Laurel Hollow, New York) David Whipple 1849 –...

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