{⋆★⋆} BG Steuart, George H.

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​
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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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

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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​
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).
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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