Class of 1848

George Hume Steuart: Born Aug. 24, 1828, Baltimore, MD.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1844, to July 1, 1848, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 2d Dragoons, July 1, 1848.

Served: on frontier duty, on the March through Texas to Austin, 1848‑49, — Ft. Graham, Tex., 1849‑51, — Ft. Inge, Tex., 1851‑52, —

(Second Lieut., 2d Dragoons, Nov. 11, 1849)

Ringgold Barracks, Tex., 1852, — Ft. Belknap, Tex., 1852, — Escorting Lieut.‑Colonel Freeman on Inspection tour through Texas, 1853, — Clear Fork of the Brazos, Tex., 1853‑54, — Ft. McIntosh, Tex., 1854, — Ft. Belknap, Tex., 1854, — Corpus Christi, Tex., 1854, — Ft. McKavett, Tex., 1854, — Ft. Chadbourne, Tex., 1854‑55, — Ft. Belknap, Tex., 1855, — and

(First Lieut., 1st Cavalry, Mar. 3, 1855)

Ft. McIntosh, Tex., 1855; on Recruiting service, 1855; on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1855, — Sioux Expedition, 1855, — Ft. Leavenworth,

(Captain, 1st Cavalry, Dec. 20, 1855)

Kan., 1855‑56, — Cheyenne Expedition, 1856, being engaged in a Skirmish near Ft. Kearny, Neb., Aug. 26, 1856, — Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1857‑58, — Utah Expedition, 1858, — Ft. Riley, Kan., 1858‑59, — Scouting to Arkansas River, 1859, — Ft. Riley, Kan., 1859‑60, — Kiowa and Comanche Expedition, 1860, — and Ft. Wise, Col., 1860; and on leave of absence, 1860‑61.

Resigned, Apr. 22, 1861.

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861-66 against the United States.a

Civil History. — Unknown, nothing authentic having been received.