Parents:
Joseph McLaren Steger (1814-1852)
America Vespucci (Toney) Steger (1810-1871)
Spouse 1:
Mary Elizabeth Maxey (1843-1898)
Married 18 Nov 1869
6 children
Spouse 2:
Married 30 Mar 1890
Bettie J. Ford (1869-1918)
No children
Charles Edward Steger (Private (later Corporal), Company D, 56th Virginia Infantry, CSA) was in General Richard Brooke Garnett's Brigade during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg
"Charles R [sic] Steger. The foremost man in the great charge of Pickett's Division at Gettysburg except the gallant Lieutenant-Colonel Rawley Martin, of another regiment who wears that distinguished honor. Charles R. [sic] Steger was sitting straddle of a cannon on the heights cheering with all his might, and states that the Federal army had commenced to retreat when he was grabbed in the collar and jerked down..."
Source - Southern Historical Society, R A Brock, Southern Historical Society Papers: (Richmond: Virginia Historical Society, 1902), Volume XXX, page 159
https://mashable.com/2015/04/10/civil-war-oldest-veterans/#hJIpKWk6yOq4
Sixth from right, no hat, white beard - Charles Edward Steger
(Thanks to FAG Member "greatcouloir" for the Military info on Charles Edward Steger).
Joseph McLaren Steger (1814-1852)
America Vespucci (Toney) Steger (1810-1871)
Spouse 1:
Mary Elizabeth Maxey (1843-1898)
Married 18 Nov 1869
6 children
Spouse 2:
Married 30 Mar 1890
Bettie J. Ford (1869-1918)
No children
Charles Edward Steger (Private (later Corporal), Company D, 56th Virginia Infantry, CSA) was in General Richard Brooke Garnett's Brigade during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg
"Charles R [sic] Steger. The foremost man in the great charge of Pickett's Division at Gettysburg except the gallant Lieutenant-Colonel Rawley Martin, of another regiment who wears that distinguished honor. Charles R. [sic] Steger was sitting straddle of a cannon on the heights cheering with all his might, and states that the Federal army had commenced to retreat when he was grabbed in the collar and jerked down..."
Source - Southern Historical Society, R A Brock, Southern Historical Society Papers: (Richmond: Virginia Historical Society, 1902), Volume XXX, page 159
https://mashable.com/2015/04/10/civil-war-oldest-veterans/#hJIpKWk6yOq4
Sixth from right, no hat, white beard - Charles Edward Steger
(Thanks to FAG Member "greatcouloir" for the Military info on Charles Edward Steger).
Parents:
Joseph McLaren Steger (1814-1852)
America Vespucci (Toney) Steger (1810-1871)
Spouse 1:
Mary Elizabeth Maxey (1843-1898)
Married 18 Nov 1869
6 children
Spouse 2:
Married 30 Mar 1890
Bettie J. Ford (1869-1918)
No children
Charles Edward Steger (Private (later Corporal), Company D, 56th Virginia Infantry, CSA) was in General Richard Brooke Garnett's Brigade during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg
"Charles R [sic] Steger. The foremost man in the great charge of Pickett's Division at Gettysburg except the gallant Lieutenant-Colonel Rawley Martin, of another regiment who wears that distinguished honor. Charles R. [sic] Steger was sitting straddle of a cannon on the heights cheering with all his might, and states that the Federal army had commenced to retreat when he was grabbed in the collar and jerked down..."
Source - Southern Historical Society, R A Brock, Southern Historical Society Papers: (Richmond: Virginia Historical Society, 1902), Volume XXX, page 159
https://mashable.com/2015/04/10/civil-war-oldest-veterans/#hJIpKWk6yOq4
Sixth from right, no hat, white beard - Charles Edward Steger
(Thanks to FAG Member "greatcouloir" for the Military info on Charles Edward Steger).
Joseph McLaren Steger (1814-1852)
America Vespucci (Toney) Steger (1810-1871)
Spouse 1:
Mary Elizabeth Maxey (1843-1898)
Married 18 Nov 1869
6 children
Spouse 2:
Married 30 Mar 1890
Bettie J. Ford (1869-1918)
No children
Charles Edward Steger (Private (later Corporal), Company D, 56th Virginia Infantry, CSA) was in General Richard Brooke Garnett's Brigade during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg
"Charles R [sic] Steger. The foremost man in the great charge of Pickett's Division at Gettysburg except the gallant Lieutenant-Colonel Rawley Martin, of another regiment who wears that distinguished honor. Charles R. [sic] Steger was sitting straddle of a cannon on the heights cheering with all his might, and states that the Federal army had commenced to retreat when he was grabbed in the collar and jerked down..."
Source - Southern Historical Society, R A Brock, Southern Historical Society Papers: (Richmond: Virginia Historical Society, 1902), Volume XXX, page 159
https://mashable.com/2015/04/10/civil-war-oldest-veterans/#hJIpKWk6yOq4
Sixth from right, no hat, white beard - Charles Edward Steger
(Thanks to FAG Member "greatcouloir" for the Military info on Charles Edward Steger).
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