| Birth: | Nov. 30, 1826 | | Death: | Apr. 11, 1884 | 
Civil War Union Major General. From 1857 to 1859, he was a member of the Kansas State House of Representatives and served as Kansas State Indian Agent in 1860. At the beginning of the Civil War, he raised the 1st Kansas Infantry US Volunteers and was appointed Colonel. He was wounded leading the regiment at the Battle of Wilson's Creek Missouri, in August 1861 and was placed in command of the Kansas Third Brigade in early 1862. That same year, President Abraham Lincoln promoted him Brigadier General in command of the Army of Tennessee. He led his corps in engagements at the battles of Corinth and Vicksburg Mississippi, until he left the field in August 1863, due illness related to his earlier wounds. He returned to Kansas and was commissioned Major General in comand of the entire Kansas State Militia. On August 23, 1864, he was successful in defeating the Confederates at the Battle of Westport, the last full scale battle of the Civil War in the West. After the war, he engaged in business persuits in the West until his death from a horse and carriage accident at Tucson, Arizona. Son of Maria Menich & Jacob L. Dietzler. Married in 1864, to Anna Mary Neill. Was one of the founding fathers of Emporia, KS. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
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Spouse:
Anna Mary Neill Dietzler (1838 - 1901)*
Children:
Mary Macey Dietzler (____ - 1952)*
Philip Dietzler (1866 - 1872)*
Douglas Dietzler (1867 - 1867)*
Stephen Neill Dietzler (1870 - 1870)*
Georgie Dalton Dietzler Toohy (1874 - 1919)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for George Dietzler | | | Burial:
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lawrence
Douglas County
Kansas, USA
Plot: Section 2, Lot 104 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Oct 26, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 5893213 |
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