Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  General George Stoneman

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                                  STONEMAN
                                      
                                      
                             Surname: STONEMAN
                                      
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   STONEMAN, GENERAL GEORGE, born 1822, in New York. He was of the West
   Point Class of 1846, and was made chief of artillery in the Army of
   the Potomac in the campaigns of 1861-62. Afterwards he commanded a
   division and then a corps in the same army. To him was assigned the
   responsibility of leading the great raid against Richmond, in 1863.
   Then he was transferred to the West, and participated in the following
   year, in the campaign of Atlanta. While prosecuting the raid in
   Georgia, in connection with Sherman's advance, he was captured, but
   was soon exchanged. The ability to command a division of cavalry in
   the enemy's country was exemplified in General George Stoneman. He was
   a born cavalryman. At one time he was nearly becoming the popular hero
   of the war. After the close of the conflict he entered public life and
   was elected governor of California in 1883.