Lewis R. Stegman

from The New York Times, October 8, 1923:

COL. L. R. STEGMAN
       DIES IN BROOKLYN
Once Sheriff of Kings County,
 Civil War Veteran and Jour-
       nalist was 84.

 Colonel Lewis R. Stegman, Civil War
veteran, journalist, and former Sheriff
of Kings County, died early yesterday
morning at his home, 3,024 Avenue J,
Brooklyn, after a protracted illness, at
the age of 84. Services will be held at
his home at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening.
 Entering the Union Army in Septem-
ber, 1861, Mr. Stegman went through
three years of severe campaigning, dur-
ing which he was wounded several
times. He was made a Captain in 1862
in the 102d New York Volunteers, and
fought at Chancellorsville and Gettys-
burg. In the latter action he took com-
mand of the regiment when Colonel
Lane was disabled. He was with Grant 
at Chattanooga and with Hooker at
Lookout Mountain and Missionary
Ridge. Promoted to Major in 1864, he
fought under Sherman against John-
ston, and while again leading the regi-
ment for a time received a severe
wound that caused his discharge for
disability. In March, 1865, he was
brevetted a Lieutenant-Colonel for "gal-
lant and meritorious service during the
war."
 Both before and after his term as
Sheriff in 1881 Colonel Stegman worked
for Brooklyn newspapers. He was city
editor of the Citizen and The Standard
Union and wrote many political reports
from Albany. He was prominent in the
commemorating of Civil War heroes,
being Chairman from its inception of the
New York Monuments Commission for
the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chat-
tanooga and Antietam. He had charge of
the ceremonies dedicating the memorial
at Antietam three years ago, and his
last work was the preparation of the
report on the memorial and dedication
with an illustrated review of the Mary-
land campaign.