US Con  ★ ★  Curtis, Samuel Ryan - U.S. Congressman, IA

Samuel Ryan Curtis

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Born: February 3, 1805

Birthplace: Chaplain New York

Father: Zarah Curtis 1761 – 1849
(Buried: Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Ohio)​

Mother: Phally Yale 1762 – 1831
(Buried: Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Ohio)​

Wife: Belinda Buckingham 1812 – 1888
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa)​

Children:

Amanda S. Curtis 1831 – 1834​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)​
Major Henry Zarah Curtis 1836 – 1863​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)​
Samuel Stephen Curtis 1838 – 1920​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)​
Sarah Belinda Curtis 1842 – 1862​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)​
G. Buckingham H. Curtis 1844 – 1851​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)​
Yale Curtis 1851 – 1851​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)​
Education:

1831: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (27th in class)​

Occupation before War:
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1831 – 1832: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 7th Infantry Regiment​
1832: Frontier Duty at Fort Gibson Indian Territory​
1832: Resigned from United States Army on June 30th
1833 – 1836: Captain in Ohio State Militia​
1836 – 1841: Civilian Engineer in Ohio​
1837 – 1839: Chief Engineer, Muskingum River Improvement​
1837 – 1842: Lt. Colonel of Ohio State Militia​
1841 – 1846: Attorney in Ohio​
1843 – 1845: Colonel of Ohio State Militia​
1846: Adjutant General for the State of Ohio​
1846 – 1847: Colonel of 2nd Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment​
1847: Governor and Commandant of Camargo​
Served on the Staff of Brigadier General John E. Wool​
1847 – 1848: Military Governor of Saltillo, Mexico​
1847 – 1850: Chief Engineer, Des Moines River Improvement​
1850 – 1853: Chief Engineer, St. Louis Harbor and Public Works​
1853 – 1855: Chief Engineer of American Central Railroad Co.​
1855 – 1861: Attorney in Iowa​
1857 – 1861: United States Congressman from Iowa​
1857 – 1861: Member of U.S. House Committee on Military Affairs​
1858 – 1861: Member of U.S. House Committee on Pacific Railroad​
Civil War Career:

1861: Volunteer Aid on to Colonel Lefferts​
1861: Colonel of 2nd Iowa Infantry Regiment​
1861: Served in Military Occupation of Northern Missouri​
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers​
1861: Commander of Camp of Instruction at Jefferson Barracks​
1861: Commander of Camp of Instruction at Benton Barracks​
1861: Commander of Camp of Instruction in St. Louis, Missouri​
1861 – 1862: Commander of Southwestern Missouri District​
1862: Commander of Union Army of the Southwest​
1862: Served in the Skirmish at Pierson’s Creek, Missouri​
1862: Served in the Occupation of Springfield, Missouri​
1862: Union Army Commander Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas​
1862: Suffered from dysentery at Pea Ridge, Arkansas​
1862 – 1866: Major General Union Army Volunteers Infantry​
1862: Served in the Occupation of Helena, Arkansas​
1862: President of the Pacific Railroad Convention in Chicago​
1862 – 1863: Commander of the Union Army Department of Missouri​
1864 – 1865: Commander of the Union Army Department of Kansas​
1865: Recovered from injured arms he received in a fall​
1865: Commander of the Union Army Department of the Northwest​
1865: United States Commissioner negotiate with Native Americans​
1865 – 1866: U.S. Commissioner to examine Union Pacific Railroad​
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on April 30th

Occupation after War:

1866: Served as U.S. Commissioner to Examine Union Pacific Railroad​

Died: December 26, 1866

Place of Death: Council Bluffs, Iowa

Cause of Death:
Strain and exposure to the elements

Age at time of Death:
60 years old

Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa
 
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Good information about a very under-rated officer. I've always thought that his age may have played a role in keeping him out west while several others were tabbed for Virginia.
 
Samuel Ryan Curtis

Born: February 3, 1805View attachment 343971

Birthplace:
Chaplain New York

Father: Zarah Curtis 1761 – 1849
(Buried: Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Ohio)​

Mother: Phally Yale 1762 – 1831
(Buried: Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Ohio)​

Wife: Belinda Buckingham 1812 – 1888
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa)​

Children:

Amanda S. Curtis 1831 – 1834​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)​
Major Henry Zarah Curtis 1836 – 1863​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)​
Samuel Stephen Curtis 1838 – 1920​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)​
Sarah Belinda Curtis 1842 – 1862​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)​
G. Buckingham H. Curtis 1844 – 1851​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)​
Yale Curtis 1851 – 1851​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)​
Education:

1831: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (27th in class)​

Occupation before War:View attachment 343972

1831 – 1832: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 7th Infantry Regiment​
1832: Frontier Duty at Fort Gibson Indian Territory​
1832: Resigned from United States Army on June 30th
1833 – 1836: Captain in Ohio State Militia​
1836 – 1841: Civilian Engineer in Ohio​
1837 – 1839: Chief Engineer, Muskingum River Improvement​
1837 – 1842: Lt. Colonel of Ohio State Militia​
1841 – 1846: Attorney in Ohio​
1843 – 1845: Colonel of Ohio State Militia​
1846: Adjutant General for the State of Ohio​
1846 – 1847: Colonel of 2nd Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment​
1847: Governor and Commandant of Camargo​
Served on the Staff of Brigadier General John E. Wool​
1847 – 1848: Military Governor of Saltillo, Mexico​
1847 – 1850: Chief Engineer, Des Moines River Improvement​
1850 – 1853: Chief Engineer, St. Louis Harbor and Public Works​
1853 – 1855: Chief Engineer of American Central Railroad Co.​
1855 – 1861: Attorney in Iowa​
1857 – 1861: United States Congressman from Iowa​
1857 – 1861: Member of U.S. House Committee on Military Affairs​
1858 – 1861: Member of U.S. House Committee on Pacific Railroad​
Civil War Career:

1861: Volunteer Aid on to Colonel Lefferts​
1861: Colonel of 2nd Iowa Infantry Regiment​
1861: Served in Military Occupation of Northern Missouri​
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers​
1861: Commander of Camp of Instruction at Jefferson Barracks​
1861: Commander of Camp of Instruction at Benton Barracks​
1861: Commander of Camp of Instruction in St. Louis, Missouri​
1861 – 1862: Commander of Southwestern Missouri District​
1862: Commander of Union Army of the Southwest​
1862: Served in the Skirmish at Pierson’s Creek, Missouri​
1862: Served in the Occupation of Springfield, Missouri​
1862: Union Army Commander Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas​
1862: Suffered from dysentery at Pea Ridge, Arkansas​
1862 – 1866: Major General Union Army Volunteers Infantry​
1862: Served in the Occupation of Helena, Arkansas​
1862: President of the Pacific Railroad Convention in Chicago​
1862 – 1863: Commander of the Union Army Department of Missouri​
1864 – 1865: Commander of the Union Army Department of Kansas​
1865: Recovered from injured arms he received in a fall​
1865: Commander of the Union Army Department of the Northwest​
1865: United States Commissioner negotiate with Native Americans​
1865 – 1866: U.S. Commissioner to examine Union Pacific Railroad​
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on April 30th

Occupation after War:

1866: Served as U.S. Commissioner to Examine Union Pacific Railroad​

Died: December 26, 1866

Place of Death: Council Bluffs, Iowa

Cause of Death:
Strain and exposure to the elements

Age at time of Death:
60 years old

Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa
One of the many successful Union field commanders who got railroaded because of Halleck.
 
Was appointed Colonel of the 2nd Iowa infantry on June1, 1861and he resigned his Congressional seat on August 4th to take the command.The day he resigned from Congress Curtis was promoted to brigadier. He had been considered for a cabinet post.
 
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