Robert S. Stephenson
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Jump to navigationJump to searchRobert S. Stephenson[1] was a private in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company C.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted May 20, 1861 in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company C
- At the Battle of (I) Bull Run, took temporary custody of the colors and prevented their capture during a Confederate cavalry charge
- Killed in action at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862
Postwar Career
Family
Notes
- ↑ p.441 of Quiner lists his name as "Robert Stevenson"
Sources
- Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 9)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 355)
- Quiner, Edward Bryant. The Military History of Wisconsin: A Record of the Civil and Military Patriotism of the State in the War for the Union. Chicago: Clarke & Co. Publishers, 1866. (Page 441)
