Samuel Ryan Curtis Military person

Samuel Ryan Curtis (February 3, 1805 – December 26, 1866) was an American military officer, and one of the first Republicans elected to Congress. He was most famous for his role as a Union Army general in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.

Personal facts

Samuel Ryan Curtis
Birth dateFebruary 03, 1805
Birth place
Champlain New York
Date of deathDecember 26, 1866
Place of death
Council Bluffs Iowa
Resting place
Keokuk Iowa

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Military person

allegiance
United States of America
Union
military operations
American Civil War
Battle of Pea Ridge
Mexican–American War
Battle of Westport
military branch
Union Army
military command
Department of the Missouri
Army of the Southwest
Army of the Border

Samuel Ryan Curtis on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.nps.gov/peri/historyculture/curtis.htm