{⋆★⋆} BG Steuart, George H.

George Hume Steuart​

Born: August 24, 1828

Birth Place: Baltimore, Maryland

Father: Major General George H. Steuart 1790 – 1867

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

Mother: Anne Jane Edmondson

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

Wife: Maria Hunter Kinzie 1839 – 1906 (1858)

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

Children:

Maria Hunter Steuart Davis 1860 – 1918​

(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York)​

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Ann Mary Steuart Smith 1864 – 1936​

(Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)​

Education:

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1848: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (37th​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

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1848 – 1849: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Dragoons​

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1849 – 1855: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Dragoons​

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1855: 1st​ Lt. United States Army 1st​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1855 – 1861: Captain, United States Army, 1st​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1861: Resigned from United States Army on April 22nd​​

Civil War Career:

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1861: Captain of Confederate Army, Cavalry​

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1861: Lt. Colonel of 1st​ Maryland Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run​

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1861 – 1862: Colonel of 1st​ Maryland Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​

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1862: Participated in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign​

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1862: Injured in the Shoulder during the Battle of Cross Keys​

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1863: Participated in Second Battle of Winchester, Virginia​

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1863: Participated in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania​

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1863: Wounded during the Battle of Payne's Farm​

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1864: Heavily Participated in the Battle of the Wilderness​

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1864: Captured during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House​

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1864: Prisoner of War kept at Hilton Head, South Carolina​

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1864 – 1865: Brigade Commander in Pickett's Division, 1st​ Army Corps​

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1865: Surrendered with General Lee at Appomattox Court House, Virginia​

Occupation after War:

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Farmer at Mount Steuart Farm in South River, Maryland​

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Commander of Maryland Division of United Confederate Veterans​

Died: November 22, 1903

Place of Death: South River, Maryland

Cause of Death: Gastric Ulcer and Hemorrhage

Age at time of Death: 75 years old

Burial Place: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland

 

[Pollaco]

The other Steuart, this one was known as "Maryland Steuart" to distinguish him from JEB Stuart.

 

[Luke Freet]

The other Steuart, this one was known as "Maryland Steuart" to distinguish him from JEB Stuart.

I remember reading of Steuart's capture at the Mule Shoe. When he told his captor that he was "General Stuart", the Union soldier thought he was J.E.B. Stuart.

 

[covers]

I thought it might be interesting to show a cover and part of an 8 page letter from George Hume Steuart (1790-1867) written to his son of the same name, later a CSA Brig. Genl., CSA in 1857 while he was stationed at Ft Leavenworth. The father (at age 71) was captured and released while riding with Lee's Army at First Bull Run.

A couple pages of letter is shown in PDF file

 

[John Wolf Smith]

George Hume Steuart​

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Born: August 24, 1828

Birth Place: Baltimore, Maryland

Father: Major General George H. Steuart 1790 – 1867

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

Mother: Anne Jane Edmondson

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

Wife: Maria Hunter Kinzie 1839 – 1906 (1858)

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

Children:

Maria Hunter Steuart Davis 1860 – 1918​

(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York)​

​

Ann Mary Steuart Smith 1864 – 1936​

(Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)​

Education:

​

1848: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (37th​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

​

1848 – 1849: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Dragoons​

​

1849 – 1855: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Dragoons​

​

1855: 1st​ Lt. United States Army 1st​ Cavalry Regiment​

​

1855 – 1861: Captain, United States Army, 1st​ Cavalry Regiment​

​

1861: Resigned from United States Army on April 22nd​​

Civil War Career:

​

1861: Captain of Confederate Army, Cavalry​

​

1861: Lt. Colonel of 1st​ Maryland Infantry Regiment​

​

1861: Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run​

​

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 1st​ Maryland Infantry Regiment​

​

1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​

​

1862: Participated in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign​

​

1862: Injured in the Shoulder during the Battle of Cross Keys​

​

1863: Participated in Second Battle of Winchester, Virginia​

​

1863: Participated in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania​

​

1863: Wounded during the Battle of Payne's Farm​

​

1864: Heavily Participated in the Battle of the Wilderness​

​

1864: Captured during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House​

​

1864: Prisoner of War kept at Hilton Head, South Carolina​

​

1864 – 1865: Brigade Commander in Pickett's Division, 1st​ Army Corps​

​

1865: Surrendered with General Lee at Appomattox Court House, Virginia​

Occupation after War:

​

Farmer at Mount Steuart Farm in South River, Maryland​

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Commander of Maryland Division of United Confederate Veterans​

Died: November 22, 1903

Place of Death: South River, Maryland

Cause of Death: Gastric Ulcer and Hemorrhage

Age at time of Death: 75 years old

Burial Place: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland

Did his Father, MG George H. Steuart surrender with him at Appomattox. His father commanded militia during the Baltimore riot and was at 1st Manassas (age 71) and Gettysburg (age 73).

 

[Bruce Vail]

A lot of the war record of Steuart is included in the memoir Recollections of a Maryland Confederate by McHenry Howard (1838-1923).

Young Howard was an officer on Steuart's staff for much of the second half of the war. And the two had social connections before and after the war back home in Baltimore.

His memoir was published about 50 years after the war. It is now free on line.

 

[John Wolf Smith]

A lot of the war record of Steuart is included in the memoir Recollections of a Maryland Confederate by McHenry Howard (1838-1923).

Young Howard was an officer on Steuart's staff for much of the second half of the war. And the two had social connections before and after the war back home in Baltimore.

His memoir was published about 50 years after the war. It is now free on line.

Thanks, I will look into it.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday to Brig. General George H. Steuart! Salutes remembering General Steuart on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

After his capture st Spotsylvania he refused to shake hands with Winfield S. Hancock.

 

[Pollaco]

Said to be buried in the same cemetary as John Wilkes Booth.

 

[Bruce Vail]

Said to be buried in the same cemetary as John Wilkes Booth.

Yes, Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore.

A number of other Confederate generals are in the same cemetery -- Joseph Johnston, Benjamin Huger, Issac Trimble, and John Winder.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Said to be buried in the same cemetary as John Wilkes Booth.

If that is actually Booth however the family is buried there as well as other generals and Colonel Charles Marshall. Assistant secretary of war John A. Campbell. Green Mount is a nice cemetery to visit if your in the Baltimore area.

 

[Pollaco]

If that is actually Booth however the family is buried there as well as other generals and Colonel Charles Marshall. Assistant secretary of war John A. Campbell. Green Mount is a nice cemetery to visit if your in the Baltimore area.

Wasn't Booth disenterred several years ago?

 

[USS ALASKA]

Birthday

24 Aug 1828

Confederate General George Hume "Maryland" Steuart is born in Baltimore, Maryland. Steuart attended West Point and graduated in 1844. He served in various capacities in Texas, Kansas, and Nebraska, and he was part of General Albert S. Johnston's expedition against the Mormons in Utah. Steuart resigned his commission after the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861, because he anticipated that his native state would follow the other Southern states that had already seceded from the Union, and he was appointed major general of the Maryland volunteers who supported secession. When Maryland did not secede, Steuart accepted a commission as lieutenant colonel in the Confederate army. He earned his nickname from his close association with troops from Maryland. Steuart became colonel when his regiment commander was promoted to brigadier general. He fought at the First Battle of Bull Run and in the spring of 1862 he was promoted to command a brigade. Steuart's force served on General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's brilliant 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, and he fought at Gettysburg with Richard Ewell's corps, where his brigade participated in the unsuccessful attacks against Culp's Hill. Steuart was also part of the 1864 campaign in Virginia between Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee. At Spotsylvania Court House in May, he and his entire brigade were captured when Union forces overran the Bloody Angle. He was exchanged in August, and received command of a brigade in George Pickett's division. Steuart remained with the Army of Northern Virginia until the surrender at Appomattox Court House. After the war, Steuart returned to Maryland, where he farmed and remained active in Confederate veterans' groups until his death in 1903.

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USS ALASKA