George Stoneman

        THE OBITUARY RECORD.
       Gen. George Stoneman.
 Gen. George Stoneman, ex-Governor of
California, died in Buffalo yesterday, at the
home of Mrs. Benjamin H. Williams, his
sister.
 Gen. Stoneman was born at Busti, Chau-
tauqua County, N.Y., August 8, 1822. He
was graduated from the United States Mili-
tary Academy in 1846 and attached to the
First Dragoons.
 In 1847, at Santa Fe, he was acting as
Quartermaster to the Mormon battalion,
and went with it to Mexico. He was in
active service on the Pacific coast until
1857.
 In March, 1857, he became Captain of
the Second Cavalry, and served in Texas
principally, until 1863. Then he was in com-
mand of For Worth. His superior officer,
Gen. David E. Twiggs, ordered him to
surrender the Goverment property which
which was under his charge to the State in seces-
sion. He refused to obey the General's or-
der, evacuated the fort, and came to  New-
York by steamer.
 He became Major of the First Cavalry
May 9, 1861. He served in Virginia until
August, when he was appointed Brigadier
General of Volunteers and Chief of Cavalry
of the Army of the Potomac. He organized
the cavalry of that army, and was in com-
mand during the peninsular campaign of
1862. When the Confederate Army evacu-
ated Yorktown his cavalry and artillery
pursued it and brought on the battle of
Williamsburg, May 5, 1862.
 After the second battle of Bull Run, Gen.
Stoneman was placed in command of Gen.
Philip Kearney's division. Then he suc-
ceeded Gen. Samuel P. Hientzelman as
Commander of the Third Army Corps, Nov.
15, 1862. He was its leader at Fredericks-
burg Dec. 13, 1862.
 He was promoted Major General Nov. 29,
1862. He led a cavalry corps in the raid
toward Richmond from April 13 until May
2, 1863, and commanded the Twenty-third 
Corps from January to April, 1864.
 At the reorganization by Gen. Grant of
the armies against Richmond, Gen. Stone-
man was appointed to a cavalry corps in
the Departmant of the Ohio. He was engaged
in the operations of the Atlanta campaign
in May-July, 1864, and conducted a raid for
the capture of Macon and Andersonville,
but was captured at Clinton, Ga., July 31,
and retained a prisoner until Oct. 27, 1864.
 In December of the same year he led a
raid to Southwestern Virginia. In Febru-
ary and March of 1865 he commanded the
District of East Tennessee. A month later
he conducted an expedition to Aheville,
N.C. He was engaged at Wytheville, at
the capture of Salisbury, N.C, and at
Asheville.
 Gen. Stoneman became Colonel of the
Twenty-first Infantry July 28, 1866, and was
brevetted Colonel, Brigadier General, and
Major General for gallant conduct. He
retired from the army Aug. 10, 1871.
 The California Democratic Convention at
San Jose, in June, 1882, nominated him for
Governor. He was elected and served in
that office with signal credit until 1887.
He had resided in California since his re-
tirement from the army.