STONEMAN, George

Affiliation:  Union

Born: August 22 1822, Busti NY

Died: September 5 1894, Buffalo NY

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1846, Mexican war, Indian wars.

War Service: May 1861 Maj. in 1st US Cavalry, served on McClellan's staff in West Virginia, chief of cavalry in Army of the Potomac, August 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Peninsula campaign, commanded II Corps at Fredericksburg, November 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, led Stoneman's raid during the Chancellorsville campaign, chief of cavalry bureau in Washington, commanded XXIII Corps in the West, commanded cavalry in XXIII Corps, captured during a raid in July 1864, exchanged after 3 months, commanded the Dist. of East Tennessee, raided in North Carolina during the Carolinas campaign.

Post War: Army service, retired 1871, railroad commissioner, governor of California.