★ Stuart, David

David Stuart​

Born: March 12, 1816

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York

Father: Robert Stuart 1785 – 1848

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)​

Mother: Elizabeth Emma Sullivan 1792 – 1866

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)​

Wife: Sarah Lawrence Benson 1820 – 1895

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)​

Children:

Robert Stuart 1843 – 1854​

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)​

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Marion Stuart Terry 1845 – 1906​

(Buried: U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland)​

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Lefferts Brevoort "Leffie" Stuart 1859 – 1865​

(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)​

Education:

1838: Graduated from Amherst College​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Detroit, Michigan​

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1853 – 1855: U.S. Congressman from Michigan​

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1853 – 1855: Congressional Chairman of Treasury Expenditures​

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Attorney for Illinois Central Railroad Company​

Civil War Career:

1861: Lt. Colonel of 42nd​ Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: Colonel of 55th​ Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Served as Brigade Commander at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862: Wounded in Shoulder at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862 – 1863: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers Infantry​

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1862: Brigade Commander at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi​

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1863: Brigade Commander at the Battle of Arkansas Post, Arkansas​

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1863: United States Senate refused to confirm as Brig. General​

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1863: Resigned from the Union Army on April 3rd​​

Occupation after War:

1863 – 1868: Attorney in Detroit, Michigan​

Died: September 11, 1868

Place of Death: Detroit, Michigan

Cause of Death: Paralysis

Age at time of Death: 52 years old

Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan

 

[Pollaco]

Because his commission was rejected by the Senate he was relieved from command by General Sherman on April 4, 1863. Sherman wrote of Stuart "energetic, patriotic,and successful services. Ever present, ever active, and by a high-toned spirit of honor and dignity impartng to his troops similar tone".

 

[James N.]

Stuart held a key position on the first day of the Battle of Shiloh commanding one of Sherman's four brigades; his was posted apart from the other three around Shiloh Meeting House and was instead covering the road nearer the river that led through the deep ravine containing Spain Branch into the Federal left flank. He was attacked there the morning of April 6 and eventually pushed back by the Confederate brigades of Jackson and Chalmers where he went into line supporting the division of Stephen Hurlbut facing the Peach Orchard.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy weekend birthday (March 12th) Brig. General David Stuart! Salutes remembering General Stuart on his birthday weekend.

 

[ErnieMac]

 

[Pollaco]

Because his commission was rejected by the Senate he was relieved from command by General Sherman on April 4, 1863. Sherman wrote of Stuart "energetic, patriotic,and successful services. Ever present, ever active, and by a high-toned spirit of honor and dignity impartng to his troops similar tone".

It is stated that Sherman "reluctantly relieved" Stuart of command.