Stanley, David Sloane, 1828-1902

Staneley was born (1828) in Chester, Ohio; graduated from West Point (1852); served at various army posts (1852-1861) in Texas, California, Kansas, and Arkansas; and fought in the Civil War, with major engagements at Corinth (1862), the Atlanta Campaign, and in Tennessee (1864). Stanley was mustered out in 1866, served in Indian campaigns in the West, and led an expedition (1873) to the Yellowstone River. He retired from the army in 1892 and died in Washington, D.C. in 1902. His military promotions were to captain (March 1861), to brigadier general (Sept. 1861), and to major general (Nov. 1862).

From the guide to the Memoirs and related papers, 1862-1897., (Minnesota Historical Society)

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