George Stoneman

Birth Date

1822-08-08

Death Date

1894-09-05

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

California soldier. Busti, New York, native. Married to Mary Oliver Hardisty Stoneman. Father of Cornelius Stoneman, George Stoneman, Jr., Katherine Stoneman, and Adele Stoneman. Attended Jamestown Academy in Jamestown, New York. Graduate of West Point Military Academy in 1846. Quartermaster in the Mormon Batallion at Santa Fe in 1847. Appointed Chief of Cavalry in the Army of the Potomac (U.S.A.) in August 1861. Served in in the U.S. Army as brigadier general, major general, and brevetted colonel from August 13, 1861, to September 1, 1866. Adjutant to George B. McClellan.

"George Stoneman," in The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861-65, Vol. VIII (Madison, WI: Federal Publishing Company, 1908), p. 258-59.
"George Stoneman," Governors of California, California State Library, http://governors.library.ca.gov/15-Stoneman.html (accessed May 7, 2017).
"California Military History: Californians and the Military," California Military Museum, http://www.militarymuseum.org/Stoneman.html (accessed October 12, 2018).

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