General George Steuart, C.S.A.

General George Steuart, C.S.A.

(In the photograph he has a colonel's insignia on his collar, but the button arrangement of a brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1848. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in April 1861 and was commissioned as a captain in the Confederate Army shortly afterward. After promoting throu...

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General George Steuart, C.S.A.
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Steuart, George Hume, 1828-1903; Soldiers--Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
description (In the photograph he has a colonel's insignia on his collar, but the button arrangement of a brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1848. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in April 1861 and was commissioned as a captain in the Confederate Army shortly afterward. After promoting through the grades, Steuart was promoted to brigadier general in March 1862. Major campaigns and battles include First Manassas, the 1862 Valley campaign, Cross Keys (wounded), Gettysburg, Spotsylvania (captured and exchanged), Petersburg, and Appomattox. After the war, Steuart returned to Maryland to farm. He died in South River, Maryland, and is buried in Baltimore. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 6. National Historical Society, 1991.
spelling Q0000003614Q3614General George Steuart, C.S.A.(In the photograph he has a colonel's insignia on his collar, but the button arrangement of a brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1848. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in April 1861 and was commissioned as a captain in the Confederate Army shortly afterward. After promoting through the grades, Steuart was promoted to brigadier general in March 1862. Major campaigns and battles include First Manassas, the 1862 Valley campaign, Cross Keys (wounded), Gettysburg, Spotsylvania (captured and exchanged), Petersburg, and Appomattox. After the war, Steuart returned to Maryland to farm. He died in South River, Maryland, and is buried in Baltimore. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 6. National Historical Society, 1991.1860-1869Steuart, George Hume, 1828-1903; Soldiers--Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Still imagePhotographs; Cartes-de-visite; Studio portraitsSteiner, Robert E.Robert E. Steiner Confederate officers photographsSPP52v10327Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFSPP00057http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/6615
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