★ Dietzler, George W.

George Washington Dietzler ​

Born: November 30, 1826

Birthplace: Pine Grove, Pennsylvania

Father: Jacob L. Dietzler 1800 – 1891

(Buried: Saint Thomas Cemetery, Bernville, Pennsylvania)​

Mother: Maria Mennig 1802 – 1850

(Buried: Saint Thomas Cemetery, Bernville, Pennsylvania)​

Wife: Anna Mary "Annie" Neill 1838 – 1901

(Buried: San Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, California)​

Children:

Mary Macey Dietzler 1865 – 1952​

(Buried: San Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, California)​

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Philip Dietzler 1866 – 1872​

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas)​

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Douglas Dietzler 1867 – 1867​

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas)​

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Stephen Neill Dietzler 1870 – 1870​

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery,Lawrence, Kansas)​

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Georgie Dalton Dietzler Toohy 1874 – 1919​

(Buried: San Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, California)​

Occupation before War:

Lived shortly in Illinois and California before settling in Kansas​

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Farmer and Real Estate Businessman in Lawrence, Kansas​

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One of the organizers of free state government in Kansas​

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1857 – 1858: Member Kansas free state territorial legislature​

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1859 – 1860: Member Kansas free state territorial legislature​

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Kansas State Senator under Topeka, Constitution​

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Mayor of Topeka, Kansas​

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Treasurer for University of Kansas​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: Colonel of 1st​ Kansas Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Wounded during the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri​

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1863: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​

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1863: Brigade Commander during Vicksburg, Mississippi Campaign​

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1863: Resigned as Brigadier General on August 12th​​

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1863: His Resignation was accepted on 27th​​

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1864 – 1865: Major General of Kansas State Militia​

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1864: Commanded 10,000 Kansas State Militia during Price Expedition​

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1864: Participated in the Battle of Westport, Missouri​

Occupation after War:

Active in promoting the town of Emporia, Kansas​

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Active lead in promoting Railroads in Kansas​

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1872: Moved to San Francisco, California​

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1872 – 1884: Resident of San Francisco, California​

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1884: Resident of Tucson, Arizona​

Died: April 11, 1884

Place of Death: Tucson, Arizona

Cause of Death: His wagon team bolted from a singletree being loose his rig overturned and he was killed instantly

Age at time of Death: 57 years old

Burial Place: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas

 

[Pollaco]

He resigned his commission as brigadier general due to illness. While recovering in his hometown of Lawrence, Kansas he narrowly escaped becoming a victim of Quantrill's Raid on that town. He escaped by hiding in a gulch.

 

[Lubliner]

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was signed into law May 30, 1854. and the territory of Kansas was in turmoil. It appears that Deitzler was a member of the second constitutional convention, formed in November, 1857 that drafted the Lecompton Constitution. The Wyandotte Constitution was drafted in 1859. In a conflict of 'free-soilers' vs. pro-slavery radicals, he was indicted with charges of treason for levying war against the state, and kept under guard for 4 months. The charges were dismissed. Due to his support for Kansas being admitted as a free State, and his ability at raising a regiment toward the beginning of the war in 1861, Lincoln nominated Deitzler for promotion to Brig. Gen. from Colonel in March of 1863, backdated to rank from Nov. 29, 1862.
I would like to hear some comment of whether his performance at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, when he was wounded, deserved him the promotion, and how well he fared in the Vicksburg Campaign, in which he commanded the 1st Brigade, 6th Division, XVII Corps. Thanks,
Lubliner.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General George W. Deitzler! Salutes remembering General Deitzler on his birthday.

 

[DixieRifles]

1863: Brigade Commander during Vicksburg, Mississippi Campaign

I enjoy reading these bio's and look at how their career criss paths with other people— either during or before/after the War.

So I checked the Org Table in Tim Smith's last book on the siege of Vicksburg. I didnt see him listed as a brigade commander. Was he a staff officer?