Alexander E. Steen
Alexander E. Steen | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Alexander Early Steen |
| Born | c. 1827 |
| Commands held | Fifth Division, Missouri State Guard 10th Missouri Infantry, CSA |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
| Relations | brother-in-law of Henry M. Rector |
| Other work | antebellum officer in the United States Army |
Alexander Early Steen (c. 1827 – December 7, 1862) was a career
Military career
Steen was commissioned from civilian life as a
With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, many Missourians were forced to choose sides, especially after the state's neutrality came under test when pro-secessionist forces began organizing, and fighting between Unionists and secessionists became imminent. Steen returned to Missouri and was commissioned as the Lt Colonel of the Second Regiment,
On June 11, 1861, Steen was appointed as a
Death and burial
When his Missouri State Guard brigade was sent to northern Mississippi in April 1862, he became ill at Memphis, Tennessee and returned to Missouri.[8] In November 1862, with the Missouri troops still east of the Mississippi River, Steen was appointed colonel, commanding the 10th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate).[5] He was killed during the fighting at the Battle of Prairie Grove on December 7, 1862,[5] and his body was recovered and shipped to Fort Smith.[9]
Steen is buried in the Fort Smith National Cemetery.[5] A memorial to Unknown Confederate Dead, made of marble, commemorates Steen, as well as Brigadier General James M. McIntosh, an Arkansan who was killed at the Battle of Pea Ridge.[10]
Relations
Steen was a brother-in-law of fellow Confederate general
See also
References
- ^ Historical register & dictionary of the US Army
- ^ Missouri SCV
- ^ Fort Union website
- ^ Missouri Brothers in Grey, edited by Michael Banasik, Camp Pope Books, 1998, p. 155.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1. p. 508.
- ^ Missouri in the Civil War, Vol. 9, Chapter 6.
- ^ Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, Volume 1, p. 706. Steen's resignation from the U.S. Army "became effective" on May 10, 1861.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8071-3148-0.
- ^ Prairie Grove order of battle
- ^ NPS website for Fort Smith National Cemetery
Bibliography
- Allardice, Bruce S. More Generals in Gray. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. ISBN 978-0-8071-3148-0.
- Eicher, John H., and ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
- Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865, Richmond, Virginia: Printer of the Confederate States Congress, 1861.
- National Park Service website for Fort Union
- "Missouri in the Civil War" adapted from Confederate Military History by Clement A. Evans, Confederate Publishing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, 1899.
- National Park Service website for Fort Smith National Cemetery
- Missouri Sons of Confederate Veterans website for Jefferson Barracks
External links
- Alexander Early Steen at Find a Grave
- Alexander Early Steen: Veteran of Two Wars, Fort Smith National Cemetery, Sebastian County, Arkansas
- Reenactors, 10th Missouri Infantry, CSA