Thomas Stephens (Wisconsin pioneer)
Thomas Stephens | |
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From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin (1901) | |
| Born | May 13, 1815 Tavistock, Devonshire, UK |
| Died | July 22, 1871 (aged 56) Dodgeville, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Buried | East Side Cemetery, Dodgeville, Wisconsin |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom United States |
| Service | British Army Wisconsin Militia United States Volunteers Union Army |
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| Commands | 2nd Reg. Wis. Vol. Cavalry |
| Battles / wars | American Civil War |
| Spouse(s) |
Jane W. Hagerman
(m. 1847–1871) |
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Thomas Stephens (May 13, 1815 – July 22, 1871) was an English American immigrant, miner, and Wisconsin pioneer. As a young man he served in the Queen's Life Guard during the reign of Queen Victoria, and after emigrating to the United States, he served as a Union Army cavalry officer in the American Civil War. He was a celebrated swordsman and fencer, and wrote a treatise on swordsmanship which was part of the recommended curriculum for United States Army officers in the Civil War era. During his lifetime, his last name was often spelled Stevens.