Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-11-23
GENERAL STEUARI DEAD.
Passes Away At His Home At
mount Steuart" On
South River.
A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER WITH INTER
ESTlN6 CAREER.

General George H. Steuart, a brig
adi6r. general of the Confederate Army,
died yesterday morning at his home II
Mount Steuart, South River. about
ten miles from Annapolis. General
Steuart was seventy-five years old.
Death was caused by q hemorrhage
of the stomach. He had been unwell
for several months, but was compare
lively active within a week of his
death. He leaves two daughters, Mrs.
Edmund r. Davis, of Narragansett
Pier, r. J. and Mrs. Liebig, Of Attain
tic City. The funeral will take place
tomorrow morning from st. Anne 8
Church at ll.B0 O'Clock The remains
will be taken TO Greenm0unt Ceme-
terry, Baltimore, for interment.
General Steuart is graduate of
West Point He attained the rank of
first Lieutenant of cavalry and did
frontier service against the Indians
At the beginning of the war, General
Steuart went South and was appoint
cd under provision Northumberland
of the Confederate Army and later on
he was made colonel. In 1852 he be-
came brigadier- general and was sta
toned at Winchester in command of
ers in the winter of '62 and spring of
'63 at Winchester, where he command
ed until the spring of '63. With the
advance Of General Lees army to
Gettysburg, Steuart's brigade was as
signed to General Edward johnson s
division and fought in the battle of
Winchester ON June 13 and 10, 1858,
when most of Melroy's troops were
arts brigade was one Of those which
took part in the charge in which Pick
EFT was killed. Among the soldiers
under his command were the Second
Maryland Infantry, many of whom
were from Anne Arundel county
and Annapolis.
General Steuart was in active COM
mand and participated in most of the
fights from that time until the sur
render of General Lees army at Ap-
pomatax Court House. La the fight of
the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court
House, Grants army succeeded in
breaking the Confederate lines and
captured large number of troops,
among whom were General Edward
Johson and General Steuart. Hancock
was in command of the troops making
the capture and knew both johnson
and Steuart. When they were taken
in the rear Hancock met them and 0x-
tended his hand to both in q most cor
dial manner. johnson accepted the
extended hand, but Steuart declined to
do so, saying that he would not shake
hands with the enemy Of his country.
General Steuart remained in northern
prisons for some time, but was later
exchanged and again assigned to ac-
tive duty. At the time Of General
Lees surrender, General Steuart rank
ed as brigadier- general in the army of
northern Virginia, and it was cur
rently stated that his commission as
major general had been forwarded from
the War Department, but failed to
reach him in the confusion attendant
upon the retreat Of Lees army.
After the war he returned to Mary
Land and lived for years at the Car
rollton Hotel, Baltimore. He was con-
nected with st. Luke's Church, that
city, and was very active in church
work. Later on he moved to his
place at Mount Steuart' on South
River, this county, where he erected
a handsome country home on the fOun-
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thony Stewart, of Peggy Stewart"
fame, the property once having been
owned by him, though he was not re-
lated to General Steuart. General
Steuart was widower, his deceased
wife having been daughter of Gen.
eral Hunter, of the United States
Army. After the organization Of the
United Confederate Veterans Camps
General Steuart was elected Major
General, commanding the Maryland
camps. A few years since he was sue
ceeded by Genearl Andrew O. Trippe,
but the United Camps of Maryland
elected him commander emeritus. He
took great interest in the Confederate
affairs in Maryland, and while he
was commander of the United Camps
of Maryland he was q private in the
George II. Steuart Camp No. 775.
He was strict disciplinarian as an
officer and demanded obedience by
orders Of those under him. Though
accused by some of being a Martinez,
he was quick to recognize the per-
formance of soldierly duty. AS an in
stance of this, while in command at
Winchester, Beale Hamilton, q private
in the Maryland Infantry, from this
county, while on picket killed citi-
zen of Winchester, who tried to run
the guard without the password.
Great Indignation was felt among the
citizens of the town, but General
Stsuart, after investigating, in recog-
milton of the strict performance Of
duty by Hamilton, had him immedi-
ately promoted. Many similar in
stances might be mentioned to show
his appreciation of the performance Of
duty. He was a man of very method
ical habits, was very peculiar, man
of the strictest truthfulness and above
all other characteristics he scorned a
liar. He owned an estate Of about
nine hundred acres of land in this
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