USMA Class of 1871. Cullum No. 2371.
He was the son of Edgar Z. Steever Sr. and Margaret Weaver Steever.
On September 15, 1880 as Edgar Zell Steever, he married Julia Beaumont Collings at the residence of the bride's sister in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
They were the parents of two children.
Fifty-first Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy At West Point, New York, June 14th, 1920, Seemann & Peters Inc., Saginaw, Michigan, 1920.
Edgar Zell Steever
No. 2371. Class of 1871.
Died January 19, 1920, at Washington, D.C., aged 70 years.
Brigadier General E.Z. Steever, United States Army, retired, died January 19, 1920, at his residence, the Cairo, Washington, D.C. He was born in Philadelphia, where he received a school and collegiate education, with degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts. He was graduated from West Military Academy in 1871, second in his class and Adjutant of the Corps of Cadets. His was considered by the West Point authorities as one of the finest minds that had been trained there in the last half century.
During the seventies, Lieutenant Steever served in the Indian campaigns in Arizona, New Mexico, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Utah and the Dakotas. In the summer of 1872 he rode with his command nearly 1,000 miles, rounded up a band of hostile Sioux Indians and returned them to their agency at Standing Rock on the Upper Missouri. Buffalo Bill (Cody) was one of Lieutenant Steever's scouts on this expedition.
In October 1874, with another officer and twenty-two men of Troop G, 3rd Cavalry, he charged a mob of 400 armed Indians drawn up in front of the buildings of the Red Cloud Indian Agency and succeeded in quelling an outbreak which was assuming serious proportions. Following this, Secretary Belknap detailed Lieutenant Steever to command the American Palestine exploring expedition. This expedition materially contributed to the world's geographic and archaeological knowledge of the Holy Land and the River Jordan and Dead Sea regions.
The following year he was selected by Secretary Proctor and President A.J. Cassatt as Engineer and Secretary of the Intercontinental Railway Commission.
With the Spanish American War, Captain Steever gained new laurels as a leader, distinguishing himself in his fight at Monte Bimuwaya, which he won over General Tinio and Colonel Blas Villamore. During his second tour of duty in the Philippines he was Civil and Military Governor of the Sulu Archipelago.
The border troubles of 1911-1918, found Colonel Steever in command of the 4th Cavalry at El Paso, Texas. Soon afterward he was promoted to Brigadier General. This promotion came with the unanimous recommendation of all the general officers of the Army. General Steever retired in 1913, after forty-six years' continuous service.
He leaves a widow and two sons, Colonel E.Z. Steever, resigned, now with the General Electric Company and M.D. Steever, an attorney, member of the War Department Claims Board.
Star, Washington, D.C.
He was the son of Edgar Z. Steever Sr. and Margaret Weaver Steever.
On September 15, 1880 as Edgar Zell Steever, he married Julia Beaumont Collings at the residence of the bride's sister in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
They were the parents of two children.
Fifty-first Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy At West Point, New York, June 14th, 1920, Seemann & Peters Inc., Saginaw, Michigan, 1920.
Edgar Zell Steever
No. 2371. Class of 1871.
Died January 19, 1920, at Washington, D.C., aged 70 years.
Brigadier General E.Z. Steever, United States Army, retired, died January 19, 1920, at his residence, the Cairo, Washington, D.C. He was born in Philadelphia, where he received a school and collegiate education, with degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts. He was graduated from West Military Academy in 1871, second in his class and Adjutant of the Corps of Cadets. His was considered by the West Point authorities as one of the finest minds that had been trained there in the last half century.
During the seventies, Lieutenant Steever served in the Indian campaigns in Arizona, New Mexico, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Utah and the Dakotas. In the summer of 1872 he rode with his command nearly 1,000 miles, rounded up a band of hostile Sioux Indians and returned them to their agency at Standing Rock on the Upper Missouri. Buffalo Bill (Cody) was one of Lieutenant Steever's scouts on this expedition.
In October 1874, with another officer and twenty-two men of Troop G, 3rd Cavalry, he charged a mob of 400 armed Indians drawn up in front of the buildings of the Red Cloud Indian Agency and succeeded in quelling an outbreak which was assuming serious proportions. Following this, Secretary Belknap detailed Lieutenant Steever to command the American Palestine exploring expedition. This expedition materially contributed to the world's geographic and archaeological knowledge of the Holy Land and the River Jordan and Dead Sea regions.
The following year he was selected by Secretary Proctor and President A.J. Cassatt as Engineer and Secretary of the Intercontinental Railway Commission.
With the Spanish American War, Captain Steever gained new laurels as a leader, distinguishing himself in his fight at Monte Bimuwaya, which he won over General Tinio and Colonel Blas Villamore. During his second tour of duty in the Philippines he was Civil and Military Governor of the Sulu Archipelago.
The border troubles of 1911-1918, found Colonel Steever in command of the 4th Cavalry at El Paso, Texas. Soon afterward he was promoted to Brigadier General. This promotion came with the unanimous recommendation of all the general officers of the Army. General Steever retired in 1913, after forty-six years' continuous service.
He leaves a widow and two sons, Colonel E.Z. Steever, resigned, now with the General Electric Company and M.D. Steever, an attorney, member of the War Department Claims Board.
Star, Washington, D.C.
USMA Class of 1871. Cullum No. 2371.
He was the son of Edgar Z. Steever Sr. and Margaret Weaver Steever.
On September 15, 1880 as Edgar Zell Steever, he married Julia Beaumont Collings at the residence of the bride's sister in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
They were the parents of two children.
Fifty-first Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy At West Point, New York, June 14th, 1920, Seemann & Peters Inc., Saginaw, Michigan, 1920.
Edgar Zell Steever
No. 2371. Class of 1871.
Died January 19, 1920, at Washington, D.C., aged 70 years.
Brigadier General E.Z. Steever, United States Army, retired, died January 19, 1920, at his residence, the Cairo, Washington, D.C. He was born in Philadelphia, where he received a school and collegiate education, with degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts. He was graduated from West Military Academy in 1871, second in his class and Adjutant of the Corps of Cadets. His was considered by the West Point authorities as one of the finest minds that had been trained there in the last half century.
During the seventies, Lieutenant Steever served in the Indian campaigns in Arizona, New Mexico, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Utah and the Dakotas. In the summer of 1872 he rode with his command nearly 1,000 miles, rounded up a band of hostile Sioux Indians and returned them to their agency at Standing Rock on the Upper Missouri. Buffalo Bill (Cody) was one of Lieutenant Steever's scouts on this expedition.
In October 1874, with another officer and twenty-two men of Troop G, 3rd Cavalry, he charged a mob of 400 armed Indians drawn up in front of the buildings of the Red Cloud Indian Agency and succeeded in quelling an outbreak which was assuming serious proportions. Following this, Secretary Belknap detailed Lieutenant Steever to command the American Palestine exploring expedition. This expedition materially contributed to the world's geographic and archaeological knowledge of the Holy Land and the River Jordan and Dead Sea regions.
The following year he was selected by Secretary Proctor and President A.J. Cassatt as Engineer and Secretary of the Intercontinental Railway Commission.
With the Spanish American War, Captain Steever gained new laurels as a leader, distinguishing himself in his fight at Monte Bimuwaya, which he won over General Tinio and Colonel Blas Villamore. During his second tour of duty in the Philippines he was Civil and Military Governor of the Sulu Archipelago.
The border troubles of 1911-1918, found Colonel Steever in command of the 4th Cavalry at El Paso, Texas. Soon afterward he was promoted to Brigadier General. This promotion came with the unanimous recommendation of all the general officers of the Army. General Steever retired in 1913, after forty-six years' continuous service.
He leaves a widow and two sons, Colonel E.Z. Steever, resigned, now with the General Electric Company and M.D. Steever, an attorney, member of the War Department Claims Board.
Star, Washington, D.C.
He was the son of Edgar Z. Steever Sr. and Margaret Weaver Steever.
On September 15, 1880 as Edgar Zell Steever, he married Julia Beaumont Collings at the residence of the bride's sister in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
They were the parents of two children.
Fifty-first Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy At West Point, New York, June 14th, 1920, Seemann & Peters Inc., Saginaw, Michigan, 1920.
Edgar Zell Steever
No. 2371. Class of 1871.
Died January 19, 1920, at Washington, D.C., aged 70 years.
Brigadier General E.Z. Steever, United States Army, retired, died January 19, 1920, at his residence, the Cairo, Washington, D.C. He was born in Philadelphia, where he received a school and collegiate education, with degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts. He was graduated from West Military Academy in 1871, second in his class and Adjutant of the Corps of Cadets. His was considered by the West Point authorities as one of the finest minds that had been trained there in the last half century.
During the seventies, Lieutenant Steever served in the Indian campaigns in Arizona, New Mexico, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Utah and the Dakotas. In the summer of 1872 he rode with his command nearly 1,000 miles, rounded up a band of hostile Sioux Indians and returned them to their agency at Standing Rock on the Upper Missouri. Buffalo Bill (Cody) was one of Lieutenant Steever's scouts on this expedition.
In October 1874, with another officer and twenty-two men of Troop G, 3rd Cavalry, he charged a mob of 400 armed Indians drawn up in front of the buildings of the Red Cloud Indian Agency and succeeded in quelling an outbreak which was assuming serious proportions. Following this, Secretary Belknap detailed Lieutenant Steever to command the American Palestine exploring expedition. This expedition materially contributed to the world's geographic and archaeological knowledge of the Holy Land and the River Jordan and Dead Sea regions.
The following year he was selected by Secretary Proctor and President A.J. Cassatt as Engineer and Secretary of the Intercontinental Railway Commission.
With the Spanish American War, Captain Steever gained new laurels as a leader, distinguishing himself in his fight at Monte Bimuwaya, which he won over General Tinio and Colonel Blas Villamore. During his second tour of duty in the Philippines he was Civil and Military Governor of the Sulu Archipelago.
The border troubles of 1911-1918, found Colonel Steever in command of the 4th Cavalry at El Paso, Texas. Soon afterward he was promoted to Brigadier General. This promotion came with the unanimous recommendation of all the general officers of the Army. General Steever retired in 1913, after forty-six years' continuous service.
He leaves a widow and two sons, Colonel E.Z. Steever, resigned, now with the General Electric Company and M.D. Steever, an attorney, member of the War Department Claims Board.
Star, Washington, D.C.
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