Curtis, Samuel Ryan

Life Span
to
Full name
Samuel Ryan Curtis
Place of Birth
Clinton County, NY
Burial Place
Keokuk, IA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
6
Family
Zarah Curtis (father), Phalley Yale Curtis (mother), Belinda Buckingham (wife)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Attorney or Judge
Other
Other Occupation
Engineer
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Republican
Government
Johnson Administration (1865-69)
US House of Representatives
Local government
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
- In northwest Arkansas, Union forces win a fierce three-day battle at Pea Ridge, around Elkhorn Tavern
General John Schofield replaces abolitionist General Samuel Curtis in the Department of the Missouri
Former Iowa congressman and Union general Samuel Curtis dies in Council Bluffs.
Mexican War
Thirty-Seventh Congress of the United States
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