NOTE: There is an A.H. Stanton already listed at this cemetery with no information at all except the name abbreviations. No dates and bio.
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Capt. Alexander H. Stanton was born in Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio to the Honorable Benjamin Stanton and Nancy Davis.
He graduated from Yale College in 1859 and commenced the study of law in his father's office.
As stated (and some paraphrased) in his death notice in the Wheeling Register on January 5, 1870, 'At the first meeting, held for raising troops to suppress the rebellion, on the 19th day of April 1861, he enrolled his name as the first volunteer from Logan County, Ohio, and was assigned with his company to the 13th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. At the expiration of this term, he received Captain's commission in the 16th U.S. Infantry. He was assigned the recruiting service until March, 1863, when he joined the army under General Rosecrans with his regiment at Murfreesboro, Tennessee and participated in all the battles of that campaign until the 10th of September when he was taken prisoner at the battle of Chicamauga. He remained prisoner in Libby prison between four and five months, when he was exchanged.'
Upon returning from Libby he married Lucy Ann Douglas in Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio on March 10, 1864.
Shortly after being married he joined his regiment near Chattanooga. He participated in the battles of General Sherman's campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta. He then transferred to the Cavalry service as Lieutenant in the 1st Cavalry. After Gen. Lee surrendered, he was ordered to Texas and returned to Washington and Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
In the fall of 1866 he went to Fort Superior in Idaho and in the Spring to Camp Harney and then Camp Grant in Oregon. This is where he fell sick, which continued until his death. As his wife and child traveled with him and after being ordered to return home, it took them 33 days by ambulance to reach Los Angeles. They took a steamer to San Francisco and then to Ohio. They arrived in Ohio in mid-November and after a week, he was brought to the home of his father in Wheeling where he stayed until he died.
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Lucy later married Moses McDaniel on October 17, 1882 in Polk, Iowa. She lived the remainder of her life in Columbus, Ohio. She died in 1924.
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Capt. Alexander H. Stanton was born in Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio to the Honorable Benjamin Stanton and Nancy Davis.
He graduated from Yale College in 1859 and commenced the study of law in his father's office.
As stated (and some paraphrased) in his death notice in the Wheeling Register on January 5, 1870, 'At the first meeting, held for raising troops to suppress the rebellion, on the 19th day of April 1861, he enrolled his name as the first volunteer from Logan County, Ohio, and was assigned with his company to the 13th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. At the expiration of this term, he received Captain's commission in the 16th U.S. Infantry. He was assigned the recruiting service until March, 1863, when he joined the army under General Rosecrans with his regiment at Murfreesboro, Tennessee and participated in all the battles of that campaign until the 10th of September when he was taken prisoner at the battle of Chicamauga. He remained prisoner in Libby prison between four and five months, when he was exchanged.'
Upon returning from Libby he married Lucy Ann Douglas in Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio on March 10, 1864.
Shortly after being married he joined his regiment near Chattanooga. He participated in the battles of General Sherman's campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta. He then transferred to the Cavalry service as Lieutenant in the 1st Cavalry. After Gen. Lee surrendered, he was ordered to Texas and returned to Washington and Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
In the fall of 1866 he went to Fort Superior in Idaho and in the Spring to Camp Harney and then Camp Grant in Oregon. This is where he fell sick, which continued until his death. As his wife and child traveled with him and after being ordered to return home, it took them 33 days by ambulance to reach Los Angeles. They took a steamer to San Francisco and then to Ohio. They arrived in Ohio in mid-November and after a week, he was brought to the home of his father in Wheeling where he stayed until he died.
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Lucy later married Moses McDaniel on October 17, 1882 in Polk, Iowa. She lived the remainder of her life in Columbus, Ohio. She died in 1924.
NOTE: There is an A.H. Stanton already listed at this cemetery with no information at all except the name abbreviations. No dates and bio.
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Capt. Alexander H. Stanton was born in Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio to the Honorable Benjamin Stanton and Nancy Davis.
He graduated from Yale College in 1859 and commenced the study of law in his father's office.
As stated (and some paraphrased) in his death notice in the Wheeling Register on January 5, 1870, 'At the first meeting, held for raising troops to suppress the rebellion, on the 19th day of April 1861, he enrolled his name as the first volunteer from Logan County, Ohio, and was assigned with his company to the 13th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. At the expiration of this term, he received Captain's commission in the 16th U.S. Infantry. He was assigned the recruiting service until March, 1863, when he joined the army under General Rosecrans with his regiment at Murfreesboro, Tennessee and participated in all the battles of that campaign until the 10th of September when he was taken prisoner at the battle of Chicamauga. He remained prisoner in Libby prison between four and five months, when he was exchanged.'
Upon returning from Libby he married Lucy Ann Douglas in Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio on March 10, 1864.
Shortly after being married he joined his regiment near Chattanooga. He participated in the battles of General Sherman's campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta. He then transferred to the Cavalry service as Lieutenant in the 1st Cavalry. After Gen. Lee surrendered, he was ordered to Texas and returned to Washington and Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
In the fall of 1866 he went to Fort Superior in Idaho and in the Spring to Camp Harney and then Camp Grant in Oregon. This is where he fell sick, which continued until his death. As his wife and child traveled with him and after being ordered to return home, it took them 33 days by ambulance to reach Los Angeles. They took a steamer to San Francisco and then to Ohio. They arrived in Ohio in mid-November and after a week, he was brought to the home of his father in Wheeling where he stayed until he died.
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Lucy later married Moses McDaniel on October 17, 1882 in Polk, Iowa. She lived the remainder of her life in Columbus, Ohio. She died in 1924.
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Capt. Alexander H. Stanton was born in Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio to the Honorable Benjamin Stanton and Nancy Davis.
He graduated from Yale College in 1859 and commenced the study of law in his father's office.
As stated (and some paraphrased) in his death notice in the Wheeling Register on January 5, 1870, 'At the first meeting, held for raising troops to suppress the rebellion, on the 19th day of April 1861, he enrolled his name as the first volunteer from Logan County, Ohio, and was assigned with his company to the 13th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. At the expiration of this term, he received Captain's commission in the 16th U.S. Infantry. He was assigned the recruiting service until March, 1863, when he joined the army under General Rosecrans with his regiment at Murfreesboro, Tennessee and participated in all the battles of that campaign until the 10th of September when he was taken prisoner at the battle of Chicamauga. He remained prisoner in Libby prison between four and five months, when he was exchanged.'
Upon returning from Libby he married Lucy Ann Douglas in Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio on March 10, 1864.
Shortly after being married he joined his regiment near Chattanooga. He participated in the battles of General Sherman's campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta. He then transferred to the Cavalry service as Lieutenant in the 1st Cavalry. After Gen. Lee surrendered, he was ordered to Texas and returned to Washington and Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
In the fall of 1866 he went to Fort Superior in Idaho and in the Spring to Camp Harney and then Camp Grant in Oregon. This is where he fell sick, which continued until his death. As his wife and child traveled with him and after being ordered to return home, it took them 33 days by ambulance to reach Los Angeles. They took a steamer to San Francisco and then to Ohio. They arrived in Ohio in mid-November and after a week, he was brought to the home of his father in Wheeling where he stayed until he died.
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Lucy later married Moses McDaniel on October 17, 1882 in Polk, Iowa. She lived the remainder of her life in Columbus, Ohio. She died in 1924.
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