David Sloane Stanley (page)
1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry (site)
http://1-22infantry.org/commanders/stanleypers.htm
This page has his history and the doc. image of an old biographical sketch on him.
Note: it says the 22nd Infantry appeared after the Civil War, not during it.
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Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Gen. Robert Mitchell, Chief of Cavalry, Asks to be Relieved, Oct. 1863
General Robert Mitchell, Chief of Cavalry in place of David S. Stanley (on sick leave), also becomes ill and asks to be Relieved of Command
Army of the Cumberland
General David S. Stanley, Chief of Cavalry, grew ill and asked to be relieved of duty in September 1863. He then went into hospital at Stevenson, Alabama. General Robert B. Mitchell then took command of cavalry in September 1863.General Robert B. Mitchell is in ill health; wants to be relieved of command of Chief of Cavalry (October 18, 1863).
Mitchell to Rosecrans, Request to be Relieved of Command
(Official Records, via Google Books)
Official Records, Series 1, Volume 30, Part 4, page 462:
[QUOTE]:
Headquarters Chief of Cavalry,
Decherd, October 18, 1863.
Maj. Gen. W. S. Rosecrans,
Commanding Department of the Cumberland:
General: I have received no dispatch from you since I arrived here, although I have sent you several. Have you not received them? I am doing all in my power to put the command again in good condtion, and am getting rations, clothing, horseshoes, &c., as fast as possible; but it is positively necessary that we get a great many new horses before the command can be of much service--the stock was so badly used up in the pursuit of Wheeler and Roddey. As soon as possible I wish to be relieved from duty in the cavalry command, as I cannot, if I have any regard for my health, continue longer in it. The severe service devolving on me since having been on duty in this arm of the service has rendered the state of my health much worse than formerly, and the chances of my ultimate recovery more remote, and I feel that in justice to myself I should not expose myself any longer as I have been obliged to do for the last four months. When I last saw General R. S. Granger he expressed a desire and seemed very anxious to be assigned to the cavalry command. I should like to see him assigned to that duty. I will not leave anything undone till I get the command in condition.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Robt. B. Mitchell,
Brigadier-General and Chief of Cavalry
[END QUOTE]
[page 462]
Official Records, Series 1, Volume 30, Part 4, page 462
Short URL: http://bit.ly/OR-s1-vol30-pt4-p462-Mitchell-to-Rosecrans
PAGE 462 VIA GOOGLE BOOKS
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David Sloane Stanley
According to a historic source, as presented on the 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry website (under David Sloane Stanley: Commanding Officer 22nd Infantry, 1866-1884), Stanley was on sick leave from September to October 1863, and then returned to his command. He was appointed Major of the 5th Cavalry on December 1, 1863. Source (see doc. image of Cullum's Register, entry on David S. Stanley):David Sloane Stanley (web page).
http://1-22infantry.org/commanders/stanleypers.htm
The doc. image shows the military history of David Sloane Stanley (in Cullum's Registers, 1868-1901). This looks like page or section 1544 from the historic source.
General Stanley was at Cleveland, Tennessee, not long before the troops were to march from Cleveland with the goal of advancing on Atlanta. Here are two sources that put him at Cleveland, Tennessee, around the beginning of April 1864:
The first one is from page 93 of Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook by the Tennessee Historical Commission (edited by James B. Jones, Jr.), for the month of April 1864 (published on Art Circle Library website, a service of Art Circle Public Library, Cumberland County, Tennessee):
Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook, April 1864 (PDF, 128 pages, one chapter of "book")
"LOUDON, April 2, 1864.
Maj.-Gen. SCHOFIELD:
Gen. Stanley reports that a large force rebel cavalry was seen 8 miles east of
Cleveland this morning at sunrise moving in the direction of Charleston. The
commanding officer at that post is on the alert.
G. GRANGER, Maj.-Gen."
http://www.artcirclelibrary.info/Reference/civilwar/1864-04.pdf
The second one is Lt. Louis A. Simmons, author of The History of the 84th Reg't. Ill. Vols., who says that General Stanley, in person, made a very detailed inspection of troops in April 1864 at Cleveland, Tennessee (161-162). I am a bit puzzled here. I know that the new cavalry chief, James H. Wilson, made a close inspection of cavalry troops at Nashville and other places; but maybe he sent down orders to have other cavalry commanders do the same and report back to him.
History of the 84th Reg't. Ill. Vols.
https://archive.org/stream/historyof84threg00simmo#page/160/mode/2up
Related Posts (this blog):
Robert B. Mitchell, David S. Stanley, Army of the Cumberland, Organization of Army
Muse's link to Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook (and biblio info)
http://musescivilwar.blogspot.com/2016/09/tennessee-civil-war-sourcebook-links.html
Sunday, July 31, 2016
General David S. Stanley ill, relieved from duty, 1863 (source and dates, with link)
General David S. Stanley becomes ill, is temporarily replaced by General Mitchell, Sept. 1863:
Published in The Dispatch, Civil War field notes 1863
During the crossing of Sand Mountain and Lookout Mountain, in September 1863, General David S. Stanley fell ill. On the 18th, he "went to the rear," leaving General Mitchell in (temporary) command (see source). He continued to be ailing for the next two months, and finally asked to be relieved from duty to recruit his health. This source (presented via Perseus Digital Library) is from an extract of Civil War field notes, as published in The Dispatch on September 16, 1863.
Short URL: http://bit.ly/18-Sep-1863-Gen-Stanley-is-ill
Citation:
"Headq'rs in the field, ten miles Northeast of Lafayette, Ga., Sept. 16, 1863," The Daily Dispatch, September 22, 1863 [extract of], Perseus Digital Library [ed. Gregory R. Crane, Department of the Classics, Tufts University; Perseus.tufts.edu]. [Citing: The Daily Dispatch: September 22, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. September 22, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm]. Accessed 2 Aug. 2016. http://bit.ly/18-Sep-1863-Gen-Stanley-is-ill (shortened).
General Stanley is relieved of command, replaced by (permanent replacement) Washington Lafayette Elliott, Nov. 1863:
On November, 16 1863, Stanley was relieved of command and replaced by Washington LaFayette Elliott (W.R. Carter, History of the First Tennessee Volunteers). Dennis W. Belcher, in The Cavalry of the Army of the Cumberland (Jefferson: McFarland, 2016) cites the date as November 12, 1863; see pg. 175. William Randolph Carter, author of History of the First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, states this fact and gives an exact date. Carter, of the First Tennessee Vols, was under Stanley's command and crossed Lookout Mountain with Stanley's Corps.
16 November 1863: General D. S. Stanley (Davis S. Stanley): "relieved from duty as chief of cavalry, Army of the Cumberland, and General W. L. Elliott placed in command."
Citation:
Carter, William Randolph, History of the First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry (The Overmountain Press, 1992 [reprint]), 108.
Short URL: http://bit.ly/Source_David-S-Stanley-relieved-of-duty-for-illness
Promotion of General Elliott, Correspondence of 10 May 1865
Quote from this source: "Brigadier-General Elliott was, October 3, 1863, ordered to duty in the Department of the Cumberland..." (Date given here is later than dates above and may refer to a different event; the date is before the date he relieved Stanley, and is when he was first transferred to the Dept. of the Cumberland, if the date is accurate--it is being mentioned two years later in this recommendation for promotion).
Citation: O.R., Ser. 1, vol. 49, Pt. 2, Ch. , 699 (G. Thomas to L. Thomas, 10 May 1865, Hdqrs. Dept. of the Cumberland)
https://books.google.com/books?id=Qat3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA699#v=onepage&q&f=false
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ROBERT B. MITCHELL ASKS TO BE RELIEVED OF COMMAND, OCT. 1863
About a month after Robert B. Mitchell takes (temporary) command of cavalry, he, too, asks to be relieved for reasons of health, citing the exacting conditions of the command itself.
http://musescivilwar.blogspot.com/2016/08/gen-robert-mitchell-chief-of-cavalry.html
Published in The Dispatch, Civil War field notes 1863
During the crossing of Sand Mountain and Lookout Mountain, in September 1863, General David S. Stanley fell ill. On the 18th, he "went to the rear," leaving General Mitchell in (temporary) command (see source). He continued to be ailing for the next two months, and finally asked to be relieved from duty to recruit his health. This source (presented via Perseus Digital Library) is from an extract of Civil War field notes, as published in The Dispatch on September 16, 1863.
Short URL: http://bit.ly/18-Sep-1863-Gen-Stanley-is-ill
Citation:
"Headq'rs in the field, ten miles Northeast of Lafayette, Ga., Sept. 16, 1863," The Daily Dispatch, September 22, 1863 [extract of], Perseus Digital Library [ed. Gregory R. Crane, Department of the Classics, Tufts University; Perseus.tufts.edu]. [Citing: The Daily Dispatch: September 22, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. September 22, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm]. Accessed 2 Aug. 2016. http://bit.ly/18-Sep-1863-Gen-Stanley-is-ill (shortened).
General Stanley is relieved of command, replaced by (permanent replacement) Washington Lafayette Elliott, Nov. 1863:
On November, 16 1863, Stanley was relieved of command and replaced by Washington LaFayette Elliott (W.R. Carter, History of the First Tennessee Volunteers). Dennis W. Belcher, in The Cavalry of the Army of the Cumberland (Jefferson: McFarland, 2016) cites the date as November 12, 1863; see pg. 175. William Randolph Carter, author of History of the First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, states this fact and gives an exact date. Carter, of the First Tennessee Vols, was under Stanley's command and crossed Lookout Mountain with Stanley's Corps.
16 November 1863: General D. S. Stanley (Davis S. Stanley): "relieved from duty as chief of cavalry, Army of the Cumberland, and General W. L. Elliott placed in command."
Citation:
Carter, William Randolph, History of the First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry (The Overmountain Press, 1992 [reprint]), 108.
Short URL: http://bit.ly/Source_David-S-Stanley-relieved-of-duty-for-illness
In an 1883 letter from General D.S. Stanley to Marshall P. Thatcher, author of A Hundred Battles in the West: St. Louis to Atlanta, 1861-1865, the general identifies his illness as acute dysentery, contracted ten days before the Battle of Chickamauga. That would make the date of the beginning of his illness about September 9th or 10th. The battles happened on the 19th and 20th. He recuperated at Stevenson, Alabama. (Thatcher, p.249, letter from D.S. Stanley).
https://archive.org/stream/ahundredbattles00thatrich#page/248/mode/2up
https://archive.org/stream/ahundredbattles00thatrich#page/248/mode/2up
Promotion of General Elliott, Correspondence of 10 May 1865
Quote from this source: "Brigadier-General Elliott was, October 3, 1863, ordered to duty in the Department of the Cumberland..." (Date given here is later than dates above and may refer to a different event; the date is before the date he relieved Stanley, and is when he was first transferred to the Dept. of the Cumberland, if the date is accurate--it is being mentioned two years later in this recommendation for promotion).
Citation: O.R., Ser. 1, vol. 49, Pt. 2, Ch. , 699 (G. Thomas to L. Thomas, 10 May 1865, Hdqrs. Dept. of the Cumberland)
https://books.google.com/books?id=Qat3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA699#v=onepage&q&f=false
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ROBERT B. MITCHELL ASKS TO BE RELIEVED OF COMMAND, OCT. 1863
About a month after Robert B. Mitchell takes (temporary) command of cavalry, he, too, asks to be relieved for reasons of health, citing the exacting conditions of the command itself.
http://musescivilwar.blogspot.com/2016/08/gen-robert-mitchell-chief-of-cavalry.html
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