COL Stone, Roy

Roy Stone​

Born: October 16, 1836

Birthplace: Plattsburgh, New York

Father: Ithiel V. Stone 1803 – 1868

(Buried: Cuba Cemetery, Cuba, New York)​

Mother: Sarah A. Gurnee 1803 – 1875

(Buried: Cuba Cemetery, Cuba, New York)​

Wife: Mary Elizabeth Marker 1844 – 1925

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

Occupation before War:

Engineer and Lumber Businessman in Pennsylvania​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Major of 13th​ Pennsylvania Reserves Regiment​

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1862: Served in the Seven Days Campaign in Virginia​

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1862: Participated in the Battle of Antietam, Maryland

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1862: Organized the 149th​ Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment​

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1863 – 1865: Colonel of 149th​ Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Brigade Commander at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania​

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1863: Wounded in the arm and hip near McPherson Barn​

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1863: Captured and Paroled at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania​

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1864: Injured at the Battle of the Wilderness when horse fell on him​

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1864: Union Army Commander of Camp Curtin, Pennsylvania​

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1865 – 1865: Union Army Commander of Alton Military Prison​

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1865: Resigned from the Union Army on January 27th​​

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1865: Brevetted Brigadier General for his service in the War​

Occupation after War:

Engineer and Lumber Businessman in Pennsylvania​

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Advocate for Good Roads Movement in Pennsylvania​

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1876: Inventor of Steam – driven monorail

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1893 – 1899: Served in the Division of Public Roads​

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1898: Served in Spanish – American War as Brigadier General​

Died: August 5, 1905

Place of Death: Mendham, Vermont

Age at time of Death: 68 years old

Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

 

[Pollaco]

Even though he resigned in January, He was not relieved until March, 6th.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Obit:

 

[ErnieMac]

The 13th Pennsylvania Reserves distinguished themselves by attaching whitetail deer tail to their head gear. They eventually gained enough of a reputation that when people mentioned the Bucktail Regiment or the Pennsylvania Bucktails it was understood to mean the 13th Reserves. When Roy Stone recruited enough men to fill his new regiment and one more (149th and 150th Pennsylvania Infantry) and those recruits started to wear bucktails the men of the 13th Reserves weren't impressed. "Bogus Bucktails" was one of the more polite terms used.