John Stotsenburg was a Captain of the Sixth U.S. Cavalry and a Colonel of the First Nebraska Volunteers. He entered the Military Academy on July 1st, 1877, he graduated on June 11th, 1881, from the USMA. He was assigned to the Sixth Calvary where he served in New Mexico, Arizona, Nebraska and Fort Myer, Virginia. He graduated from Infantry and Calvary School of Application at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and was appointed a Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska, in December of 1897. War was declared with Spain, he was assigned as mustering officer for Nebraska and assisted in organizing it's first regiment of which he was appointed a Major. He went to the Philippines where he was promoted to Colonel on November 10th, 1898. Colonel Stotsenburg and his regiment was constantly in the field and always on the firing line. In the first major engagement of the Philippine-American War, February 5th, 1899, he led his troops into action and they captured the San Juan Bridge, the Water Work Reservoir, the Convent of San Juan Del Monte, and the San Felipe, all which were heavily manned by General Emilio Aguinaldo's Forces. During that intense period, Colonel Stotsenburg commanded more troops than any Brigadier General on the Field in the Philippines. He was killed in action near Quingua, Bulacan, in the Philippines. His remains was eventually brought back to the United States, where he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on June 1st, 1899. He was 41 years old. His wife Mary had accompanied him to the Phillippines, where she helped nurse the wounded. He also had commanded Buffalo Soldiers at the Big Dry Walsh, the last White Mountain Apache battle in Arizona.
He was survived by (at time of death): His wife of 14 years, Mary Gouveneur (LaTourette) Stotsenburg, and Two Daughters-Jane Miller Wainwright and Laura Annesley Mayo, and his brother Evan Stotsenburg, plus Three Sisters-Alice Anne Stotsenburg, Emma Stotsenburg, and Laura Helen Stotsenburg, his mother Jane Frances (Miller) Stotsenburg who died 2 years later in 1901, and his father John Hawley Stotsenburg who died 10 years later in 1909.
He was survived by (at time of death): His wife of 14 years, Mary Gouveneur (LaTourette) Stotsenburg, and Two Daughters-Jane Miller Wainwright and Laura Annesley Mayo, and his brother Evan Stotsenburg, plus Three Sisters-Alice Anne Stotsenburg, Emma Stotsenburg, and Laura Helen Stotsenburg, his mother Jane Frances (Miller) Stotsenburg who died 2 years later in 1901, and his father John Hawley Stotsenburg who died 10 years later in 1909.
John Stotsenburg was a Captain of the Sixth U.S. Cavalry and a Colonel of the First Nebraska Volunteers. He entered the Military Academy on July 1st, 1877, he graduated on June 11th, 1881, from the USMA. He was assigned to the Sixth Calvary where he served in New Mexico, Arizona, Nebraska and Fort Myer, Virginia. He graduated from Infantry and Calvary School of Application at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and was appointed a Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska, in December of 1897. War was declared with Spain, he was assigned as mustering officer for Nebraska and assisted in organizing it's first regiment of which he was appointed a Major. He went to the Philippines where he was promoted to Colonel on November 10th, 1898. Colonel Stotsenburg and his regiment was constantly in the field and always on the firing line. In the first major engagement of the Philippine-American War, February 5th, 1899, he led his troops into action and they captured the San Juan Bridge, the Water Work Reservoir, the Convent of San Juan Del Monte, and the San Felipe, all which were heavily manned by General Emilio Aguinaldo's Forces. During that intense period, Colonel Stotsenburg commanded more troops than any Brigadier General on the Field in the Philippines. He was killed in action near Quingua, Bulacan, in the Philippines. His remains was eventually brought back to the United States, where he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on June 1st, 1899. He was 41 years old. His wife Mary had accompanied him to the Phillippines, where she helped nurse the wounded. He also had commanded Buffalo Soldiers at the Big Dry Walsh, the last White Mountain Apache battle in Arizona.
He was survived by (at time of death): His wife of 14 years, Mary Gouveneur (LaTourette) Stotsenburg, and Two Daughters-Jane Miller Wainwright and Laura Annesley Mayo, and his brother Evan Stotsenburg, plus Three Sisters-Alice Anne Stotsenburg, Emma Stotsenburg, and Laura Helen Stotsenburg, his mother Jane Frances (Miller) Stotsenburg who died 2 years later in 1901, and his father John Hawley Stotsenburg who died 10 years later in 1909.
He was survived by (at time of death): His wife of 14 years, Mary Gouveneur (LaTourette) Stotsenburg, and Two Daughters-Jane Miller Wainwright and Laura Annesley Mayo, and his brother Evan Stotsenburg, plus Three Sisters-Alice Anne Stotsenburg, Emma Stotsenburg, and Laura Helen Stotsenburg, his mother Jane Frances (Miller) Stotsenburg who died 2 years later in 1901, and his father John Hawley Stotsenburg who died 10 years later in 1909.
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