William Steele
William Steele was born in
Albany, New York, in 1819. He graduated at West Point in
1840. Being assigned to the 2d Dragoons, he served in Florida
during the Seminole War, in the military occupation of Texas and in
the Mexican War.
He was promoted to a
captaincy in 1851 and remained on duty on the frontier until the
outbreak of the Civil War. He resigned his commission in the U.
S. Army, May 30, 1861, and soon afterward was commissioned colonel of
the 7th Texas Cavalry. He was made a brigadier general in
September 1862.
Early in January, 1863,
Gen. William Steele was assigned to the command of the Confederate
military district of the Indian Territory. After the close of
the War, General Steele engaged in business in San Antonio. In
1874 he was appointed adjutant general of Texas. He died at San
Antonio in January 1885.
Source: A
History of Oklahoma by Joseph B. Throburn and Isaac M.
Holcomb, Doub and Company San Francisco 1908.
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