John Dunlap Stevenson
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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