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)
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
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
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