Samuel Ryan Curtis
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 158 years ago |
Date of birth | February 3,1805 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Champlain |
New York | |
United States | |
Date of died | December 26,1866 |
Died | Council Bluffs |
Iowa | |
United States | |
Party | Republican Party |
Battles and wars | Mexican–American War |
American Civil War | |
Battle of Pea Ridge | |
Battle of Westport | |
Books | Mexico Under Fire: Being the Diary of Samuel Ryan Curtis, 3rd Ohio Volunteer Regiment, During the American Military Occupation of Northern Mexico, 1846-1847 |
Education | United States Military Academy |
Year of servic | 1831–1832, 1846–1847, 1861–1865 |
Previous position | Representative |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 780112 |
Samuel Ryan Curtis Life story
Samuel Ryan Curtis 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, especially for his victories at the Battles of Pea Ridge in 1862 and Westport in 1864.