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Samuel Ryan Curtis (
February 3,
1805 –
December 26,
1866) was an
American military officer, most famous for his role in the
Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.
Born near
Champlain,
New York, Curtis graduated from the
United States Military Academy in 1831. He moved to
Ohio, where he was a lawyer and took several other civilian jobs. During the
Mexican-American War, he served as military
governor of several occupied cities. After the war, he moved to
Iowa, was the mayor of
Keokuk in 1856, and served in
Congress from 1857 to 1861 as a
Republican. He was a supporter of eventual
President Abraham Lincoln, and was considered for a
cabinet position; however, after the Civil War broke out, Curtis was appointed
colonel of the
2nd Iowa Infantry on
June 1,
1861. He was subsequently promoted to
brigadier general, effective
May 17.
After organizing the chaos in
St. Louis, Missouri, Curtis was given command of the
Army of the Southwest on
December 25,
1861, by
Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck. Curtis moved his headquarters south to
Rolla, Missouri, to solidify
Union control in
Arkansas. His units fought at the
Battle of Pea Ridge in 1862, and in July, they captured the city of
Helena, Arkansas. He was promoted to major general for his success, effective
March 21,
1862. In September, Curtis was given command of the District of Missouri, but Lincoln was soon forced to reassign him, after Curtis's
abolitionist views led to conflict with the governor of Missouri.
In 1864, Curtis returned to Missouri, fighting against the
Confederate invasion led by Maj. Gen.
Sterling Price. When that invasion was halted at the
Battle of Westport, Curtis was given a position until the end of the war on the
frontier, commanding the Department of the Northwest.
After the war, he returned to
Keokuk, Iowa, where he was involved with the Union advances in
railroads, until his death in 1866 in
Council Bluffs, Iowa. He is buried in Oakland Cemetery,
Keokuk.
His son
Major Henry Curtis,
adjutant to
Brig. Gen. James G. Blunt, was killed by
Quantrill's Raiders.
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