CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-09-10
CAREER OF A DASFiING
CAVALRYMAN IN BLUE
Samuel c. Stinemeyer Presented with Handsome Me
morial BY Boyhood Friend IN Philadelphia

g-ther. and rode side by side in that
mighty conflict OF forty years ago TO
preserv. the integrity OF the Union.
Mr.. Stinemeyer is credited with a
dash and daring as a soldier of which
any man might be proud. He was a.
brave as a lion and as chivalrous as the
most famous of the knights of did. His
colonel said Of him, ''Stinemeyer was
always ready for fight and was usual
ly in the lead in charge"
The RECORDS esteems it an honor to
be made the Intermediary thought
which Cap. Jas. b. 0'N-ili Of Phiia-
delphia. commnnder-in-chief OF the
Society of the Shenandoah. presents
Mr.. Stinemeyer with this beautiful
memorial.
Following is portion of the record
as shown by the memorial referred to.
Samuel c. Stinemeyer enlisted at
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, in COM
pany A, Fifteenth regiment. Pennsyl-
yania cavalry, and served continuously
from the time of its entry into the army
in August. 1882. until mustered out of
service at Nashville. Tennessee, July
Is. 1865.
Hisjudgment and soldierly qualities
sson commended him TO the officers
Of the regiment and he ~as very fire.
quently detailed for secret duty.
gathering information and carrying
secret dispatches. In December. 1884.
he fell from his horse from exhaustion,
was left for dead by his comrades. and
was captured by Forrest's 3 cavalry. He
Was . prisoner Of war two days and
two nights, when he escaped and re-
joined his regimen. after great suffer
ing from cold and hunger In the mount
aims.
Between Rutherford and Lincoln
ton. North Carolina, he and several
other comrades were on . secret scout
ing expedition at night: while foriinR
= river they were fred upon from both
sides OF the stream. II horse was
killed. when he gra-p-d the stirrup Of
comrades horse and was drawn to
the shore. bot IN going up the bank
the hnrs- fell up,,n him and he ws-
left for dead. Regaining conscious
ne-s the next morni"g he was rescued
and cared for by Union family named
Alhrights.
When he recovered he reioined his
regiment by walking at night along
mountain paths and hiding during the
day. going from Rutherford, via Ashe-
Vile. North Carolina, To Greenviile.
Tennessee. He had been reported
dead. but such was not the case, al
though he almost died from exhaus-
ton, due to cold hunger and exposure.
The regiment with which Mr.. Slime
meyer wcs connected served in the
middle department with detachment
OF cavalry in the Army OF the Potomac
until November. 1892; District OF
Western Kentucky, Department OF the
Ohio. until December. 1862; stsnley's
cavalry brigade. Army Of the Cumber-
land. until June. 1893: cavalry Depart
ment OF the Ohio, until February, 1854 ;
Department OF the Cumberland until
November. 1854; Third brigsds, Sixth
cavalry division, Cavalry Corps, mill
tary division of the Mississippi. until
March. 1896; First brigade. first
cavalry division. district Of East Ten
nessee, Departm. mt of the Ohio, until
June, 1865,
Few volunteer regiments in the
cavalry service of the Union armies
saw as much fighting or were called
upon to undergo as great hardships as
the Fifteenth Pennsylvanis, and Mr..
st'nemeyer's experience during tha'
strenuous war period contained more
OF connict than that OF the cavalry men