David Sloan Stanley was born on June 1, 1828, at Cedar Valley, Ohio; he attended West Point, graduated in 1852, and was assigned to the Western frontier, including duty in Kansas and the Indian Territory. When the Civil War began, Stanley was a captain in the 1st U.S. Cavalry. He participated in the ...
Frank Stanley of Knox County, Illinois, originally enlisted in Company C, 83rd Illinois Infantry, on January 31, 1865; on June 30, 1865, he was transferred to Company D, 61st Illinois Infantry. While with the 83rd Illinois, Stanley served in Nashville, Tennessee, as part of the city’s garrison. He was mustered out of the service ...
Undated post-Civil War photograph of James Stanley, wearing ornate Masonic vest and apron, indicating he was the senior warden in his local lodge; Stanley was a member of the 1st Illinois Cavalry and 7th Missouri Cavalry during the Civil War. Carte-de-Visite by J. Thurlow, Peroia, Ill. Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 30683
Born in Lyon, New Hampshire on March 20, 1836, William Henry Stark moved to Nebraska by 1857, then, by 1860, was living in the First Ward of St. Louis, Missouri and working as a merchant. Stark was mustered into service on October 14, 1861, in St. Louis, Missouri, as a captain in the 24th ...
Two post-Civil War photographs of steamboats on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri; one includes a bridge spanning the river into Illinois; the other features a loading and unloading area with supplies in the foreground. St. Louis was a major supply port for the Union forces in the Trans-Mississippi Theatre. Following the ...
Anna Steele was born on March 29, 1842, one of twelve children born to William and Roxanna Steele. When William Steele died in 1848, Roxanna married John A. Ray. Nineteen-years-old when the Battle of Wilson’s Creek was fought almost literally in her front yard on August 10, 1861, Anna hid in the family’s ...
Born in Delhi, New York, on January 14, 1819, Frederick Steele graduated from the U. S. Military Academy in 1843, in the same class as Ulysses S. Grant. He fought as a second lieutenant with the 2nd U. S. Infantry in the Mexican-American War. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Steele was serving as ...
Henry W. Steele (on left) mustered into Company A, 5th Kansas Cavalry on July 16, 1861, as a corporal. John T. Wasson (on right) was mustered into Company A on the same day, also as a corporal. The 5th Kansas Cavalry was organized at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; the unit saw service in Missouri and Arkansas, including the 1863 battles ...
Isaac Stevens was born on March 25, 1818, in Massachusetts; he attended West Point and graduated first in his class in 1839. After graduation, he served a number of years with the Army Corps of Engineers, and participated in General Winfield Scott’s campaign to capture Mexico City in 1847. In 1853, he was ...
John Stevenson was born on June 8, 1821, in Staunton, Virginia; in 1842 he began practicing law in Franklin County, Missouri. He also served in the Missouri legislature and as a captain of Missouri volunteers during the Mexican-American War. When the Civil War began, Stevenson became colonel of the 7th Missouri Infantry, and commanded a brigade ...
Andrew M. Stoddard, from Burlingame, Kansas, enlisted in Company I, 11th Kansas Infantry on September 1, 1862, as a private; his brother Truman H. Stoddard enlisted with him. In April 1863 the 11th Kansas Infantry was reorganized as the 11th Kansas Cavalry. The 11th Kansas Cavalry fought in the 1864 battles of Lexington, ...
George Stone was born in New Hampshire; at the start of the Civil War, he was appointed a lieutenant of the 1st Missouri Infantry, and was promoted to captain on June 10, 1861. After fighting at Wilson’s Creek, the 1st Missouri Infantry was reorganized at St. Louis as the 1st Missouri Light Artillery. ...
George Stratton, a native of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and a resident of Rockford, Illinois, began his Civil War career as a private in the 12th Illinois Cavalry; on November 30, 1863, he enlisted in Company K of the 17th at Rockford, Illinois, and was mustered in as the company’s captain on January 25, 1864, at ...
Samuel D. Sturgis was born in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, on June 11, 1822; after graduating from West Point in 1846, he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 2nd U. S. Dragoons. During the Mexican-American War, Sturgis was captured near Buena Vista, Mexico, and held as a prisoner of war for eight days. ...
