★  Stevenson, John Dunlap

John Dunlap Stevenson

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Born:
June 8, 1821

Birthplace: Staunton, Virginia

Father: Captain Levi Lamb Stevenson 1787 – 1873
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Churchyard, Staunton, Virginia)​

Mother: Elizabeth Dunlap 1793 – 1850
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Churchyard, Staunton, Virginia)​

Wife: Hannah Letcher 1819 – 1901
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)​

Children:

Sallie Dunlap Stevenson Unknown – 1863​
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)​
Carrie Harman Stevenson Unknown – 1871​
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)​
Virginia Elizabeth Stevenson 1850 – 1943​
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)​
John Chiles Houston Stevenson 1853 – 1922​
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)​

Education:

Graduated from College of South Carolina​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Franklin County, Missouri​
1846 – 1847: Captain of 1st Missouri Mounted Volunteers​
Served in General Kearny’s Invasion of New Mexico Territory​
Moved to Saint Louis, Missouri​
Missouri State Representative​
President of Missouri State Senate​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: Colonel of 7th Missouri Infantry Regiment​
1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​
1862: Union Army Commander of Jackson, Tennessee​
1862: Served in the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi​
1863 – 1864: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​
1863: Presented a sword by his regiment​
1863: Served in the Vicksburg, Mississippi Campaign​
1863: Led an expedition into Northern Louisiana​
1863: Union Army Post Commander in Corinth, Mississippi​
1864: Guarded Tennessee and Alabama Railroad in Decatur, Alabama​
1864: Resigned from the Union Army on April 22nd
1864: Reappointed Brigadier General on August 8th
1864 – 1866: Commander of the District of Harper’s Ferry​
1864 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on January 15th
1866: Brevetted Major General for his service in the war on May 4th

Occupation after War:

1866 – 1869: Colonel of United States Army, 30th Infantry Regiment​
1869 – 1870: Colonel in United States Army with unassigned duty​
1870: Colonel of United States Army, 25th Infantry Regiment​
1870: Discharged from United States Army on December 31st
1870 – 1897: Attorney in Saint Louis, Missouri​

Died:
January 22, 1897

Place of Death: Saint Louis, Missouri

Cause of Death: Chronic Nephritis

Age at time of Death:
75 years old

Burial Place: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri
 
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While he was stationed at Harper's Ferry he was said to greatly "annoy" his superior, Sheridan, with suggestions. Some of his suggestion on how to handle the problem of partisan rangers were acted upon but no credit was given to Stevenson.
 
He served in the siege of Vicksburg and it was his brigade that made one of the assaults on the "Great Reboubt". But the attack failed because they soon found their ladders were too short for scaling the fortification.
 
What was the reason for his resignation in 1864?
The accompanying article states he was without command so he resigned on August 8, 1864. However differant biographys have differant dates concerning his resigation and his reappointment. One has him resigning on April 22,1864 and being reappointed on August 7th.This one has him reappointed on August 8th. Another states he was reappointed in mid summer.They do agree that his reappointment was to rank--the date of his first commission, November 29, 1862.
 
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