General's

UNION and CONFEDERATE Generals interacting with the 14th Missouri State Militia

Name: CURTIS, Samuel Ryan
Born: February 3 1805, Clinton Cty NY
Died: December 26 1866, Council Bluffs IA
Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1831, garrison duty, resigned 1832, civil engineer, Mexican war, lawyer, mayor, US congressman.
War Service: 1861 Col. of 2nd Iowa, May 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded the federal forces at Pea Ridge, March 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded Dept. of the Missouri, removed by Lincoln after an altercation with Governor Gamble, commanded Depts of Kansas and the Northwest.
Post War Career: Peace commissioner to the Indians, railroad commissioner.

Name:BROWN, Egbert Benson
Born: October 4 1816, Brownsville NY
Died: February 11 1902, West Plains MO
Pre-War Profession: Sailor, grain dealer, city clerk, mayor, railroad businessman.
War Service: August 1861 Lt. Col. of 7th Missouri, resigned May 1862, May 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of state militia, commanded Dist. of Southwest Missouri, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Springfield (w), Westport, commanded Dist. of Rolla.
Post War Career: Pension agent, farmer.

Name:BLUNT, James Gillpatrick
Born: July 21 1826, Trenton ME
Died: July 27 1881, Washington DC
Pre-War Profession: Sailor, doctor.
War Service: July 1861 recruited the "Kansas Brigade" in which he commanded a cavalry regiment, April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded Dept. of Kansas, Old Fort Wayne, commanded 1st Divn/Army of the Frontier, Prairie Grove, November 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, dismissed from command after his wagon train was attacked by guerillas, recruiting duty, opposed Sterling Price's Missouri raid, commanded Districts in Arkansas and Kansas.
Post War Career: Doctor, claims agent.

Name:HINDMAN, Thomas Carmichael
Born: January 28 1828, Knoxville TN
Died: September 28 1868, Helena AR
Pre-War Profession: Mexican War, lawyer, politician, US congressman.
War Service: 1861 raised 2nd Arkansas - Col., September 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded 1st Bde/III Corps at Shiloh , April 1862 Maj. Gen., commanded the Dept. of Trans Mississippi, replaced following public opposition to his imposition of martial law, Prairie Grove, reassigned at his own request to the Army of Tennessee, commanded Hindman’s Divn at Chickamauga (w), commanded Hindman’s Divn/Hood’s Corps in Atlanta campaign (w), unfit for further field duty.
Post War Career: Moved to Mexico, returned 1868, lawyer, assassinated - probably as a result of his opposition to carpetbaggers.

Name: MARMADUKE, John Sappington
Born: March 14 1833, nr Arrow Rock MO
Died: December 28 1887, Jefferson City MO
Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1857, Utah expedition, resigned April 1861.
War Service: 1861 Col. of Missouri militia, Lt. Col. of 1st Arkansas Battalion, Col. of 3rd Confederate Infantry, Shiloh (w), November 1862 Brig. Gen., Prairie Grove, command of a cavalry division in Trans Mississippi, Red River campaign, Price's Missouri raid (c), March 1865 Maj. Gen. (while still in prison).
Post War Career: Insurance agent, editor, governor.
Notes: Fought a duel with Gen. L M Walker and killed him in 1863.

Name WATIE, Stand
Born: December 12 1806, near the site of Rome GA
Died: September 9 1871, Delaware Cty OK Pre-War Profession Planter, newspaper publisher, signed a treaty which gave up Cherokee lands in Georgia to move to Oklahoma.
War Service: 1861 induced Cherokees to side with Confederacy after Wilson's Creek, raised the Cherokee Mounted Rifles, appointed Col., Elkhorn Tavern, waged guerilla warfare in Indian Territory, May 1864 Brig. Gen., captured the steamer "J R Williams", surrendered June 1865.
Post War Career: Planter, businessman.
Notes: Cherokee Leader and the last Confederate General to surrender. General Watie has the Cherokee Confederate Battle Flag behind him. (The five red stars on the original Cherokee Battle Flag represents the five civilized Indian tribes which served the Confederacy.)
Further reading: Cunningham, Frank General Stand Watie's Confederate Indians San Antonio, Naylor Co. 1959 Knight, Wilfred Red Fox : Stand Watie and the Confederate Indian nations during the Civil War years in Indian territory Glendale CA, A.H. Clark Co. 1988 Narasingarajan, B Stand Watie : an analytical study Bangalore, India, Mayflower Publications 1984

Special thanks to Mr. Kerry Webb's Civil War Site at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville for supplying the information on the preceding Union and Confederate Generals and to Mr. Joe Grau for the photograph's.

Name: CURTIS, Samuel Ryan Born: February 3 1805, Clinton Cty NY Died: December 26 1866, Council Bluffs IA Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1831, garrison duty, resigned 1832, civil engineer, Mexican war, lawyer, mayor, US congressman. War Service: 1861 Col. of 2nd Iowa, May 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded the federal forces at Pea Ridge, March 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded Dept. of the Missouri, removed by Lincoln after an altercation with Governor Gamble, commanded Depts of Kansas and the Northwest. Post War Career: Peace commissioner to the Indians, railroad commissioner.
Name:BROWN, Egbert Benson Born: October 4 1816, Brownsville NY Died: February 11 1902, West Plains MO Pre-War Profession: Sailor, grain dealer, city clerk, mayor, railroad businessman. War Service: August 1861 Lt. Col. of 7th Missouri, resigned May 1862, May 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of state militia, commanded Dist. of Southwest Missouri, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Springfield (w), Westport, commanded Dist. of Rolla. Post War Career: Pension agent, farmer.
Name:BLUNT, James Gillpatrick Born: July 21 1826, Trenton ME Died: July 27 1881, Washington DC Pre-War Profession: Sailor, doctor. War Service: July 1861 recruited the "Kansas Brigade" in which he commanded a cavalry regiment, April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded Dept. of Kansas, Old Fort Wayne, commanded 1st Divn/Army of the Frontier, Prairie Grove, November 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, dismissed from command after his wagon train was attacked by guerillas, recruiting duty, opposed Sterling Price's Missouri raid, commanded Districts in Arkansas and Kansas. Post War Career: Doctor, claims agent.

Name:HINDMAN, Thomas Carmichael Born: January 28 1828, Knoxville TN Died: September 28 1868, Helena AR Pre-War Profession: Mexican War, lawyer, politician, US congressman. War Service: 1861 raised 2nd Arkansas - Col., September 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded 1st Bde/III Corps at Shiloh , April 1862 Maj. Gen., commanded the Dept. of Trans Mississippi, replaced following public opposition to his imposition of martial law, Prairie Grove, reassigned at his own request to the Army of Tennessee, commanded Hindman’s Divn at Chickamauga (w), commanded Hindman’s Divn/Hood’s Corps in Atlanta campaign (w), unfit for further field duty. Post War Career: Moved to Mexico, returned 1868, lawyer, assassinated - probably as a result of his opposition to carpetbaggers.
Name: MARMADUKE, John Sappington Born: March 14 1833, nr Arrow Rock MO Died: December 28 1887, Jefferson City MO Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1857, Utah expedition, resigned April 1861. War Service: 1861 Col. of Missouri militia, Lt. Col. of 1st Arkansas Battalion, Col. of 3rd Confederate Infantry, Shiloh (w), November 1862 Brig. Gen., Prairie Grove, command of a cavalry division in Trans Mississippi, Red River campaign, Price's Missouri raid (c), March 1865 Maj. Gen. (while still in prison). Post War Career: Insurance agent, editor, governor. Notes: Fought a duel with Gen. L M Walker and killed him in 1863.
Name WATIE, Stand Born: December 12 1806, near the site of Rome GA Died: September 9 1871, Delaware Cty OK Pre-War Profession Planter, newspaper publisher, signed a treaty which gave up Cherokee lands in Georgia to move to Oklahoma. War Service: 1861 induced Cherokees to side with Confederacy after Wilson's Creek, raised the Cherokee Mounted Rifles, appointed Col., Elkhorn Tavern, waged guerilla warfare in Indian Territory, May 1864 Brig. Gen., captured the steamer "J R Williams", surrendered June 1865. Post War Career: Planter, businessman. Notes: Cherokee Leader and the last Confederate General to surrender. General Watie has the Cherokee Confederate Battle Flag behind him. (The five red stars on the original Cherokee Battle Flag represents the five civilized Indian tribes which served the Confederacy.) Further reading: Cunningham, Frank General Stand Watie's Confederate Indians San Antonio, Naylor Co. 1959 Knight, Wilfred Red Fox : Stand Watie and the Confederate Indian nations during the Civil War years in Indian territory Glendale CA, A.H. Clark Co. 1988 Narasingarajan, B Stand Watie : an analytical study Bangalore, India, Mayflower Publications 1984 Special thanks to Mr. Kerry Webb's Civil War Site at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville for supplying the information on the preceding Union and Confederate Generals and to Mr. Joe Grau for the photograph's.