Curtis, Greely Stevenson, 1830-1897.

Greely Stevenson Curtis was born November 21, 1830 in Boston, Massachusetts, to James F. and Curtis. He attended the public Latin school for two years and then spent another year and a half at the Scientific School in Cambridge. He worked as an engineer and traveled to California, East Indies, and Canada. Curtis was commissioned May 24, 1861 in the Second Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Company B, which was mustered on May 25. He was promoted to Major in the First Massachusetts Cavalry in late October 1861 and was mustered on November 1. Curtis was again promoted, this time to Lieutenant Colonel on October 30, 1862. During the battle at Kelley's Ford, March 17, 1863, Curtis was in command of his regiment. He resigned on March 4, 1864 due to disability caused by disease. Curtis married Harriet Sumner Appleton and they resided in Boston. He died in 1897.