- John M. Stotsenburg
Infobox Military Person
name=John M. Stotsenburg
born= birth date|1858|11|24
died= death date and age|1899|4|23|1858|11|24
placeofburial=Arlington National Cemetery
caption=Colonel John M. Stotsenburg
placeofbirth=New Albany, Indiana
placeofdeath=Quingua,Philippines
allegiance=flagicon|United States United States of America
branch=United States Army
serviceyears=1881–1899
rank= Colonel
commands=1st Nebraska Volunteer Infantry
battles=Philippine-American War
*Battle of Quingua John M. Stotsenburg was a Captain of the Sixth U.S. Cavalry, and a Colonel of the First Nebraska Volunteers. He was killed while leading his regiment in action near Quingua,
Bulacan ,Philippines onApril 23 ,1899 ("SeeBattle of Quingua ").History
Colonel Stotsenburg was a native ofNew Albany, Indiana , and entered theUnited States Military Academy from that state onJuly 1 ,1877 . He was graduated in 1881, and assigned to the Sixth Cavalry, with which he served inNew Mexico ,Arizona ,Nebraska , andFort Myer, Virginia .After graduating from the Infantry and Cavalry School of Application at
Fort Leavenworth ,Kansas , he was appointed a Professor ofMilitary Science and Tactics at theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln in December 1897.Immediately after the declaration of war with
Spain , he was assigned as mustering officer for Nebraska and assisted in organizing its first regiment of which he was appointed aMajor (United States) . With that rank, he took the regiment to thePhilippines , where he was promoted to colonel onNovember 10 ,1898 .From the opening of hostilities until after his death, Colonel Stotsenburg's regiment was constantly in the field and always on the firing line. In the first major engagement of the
Philippine-American War , onFebruary 5 ,1899 , Colonel Stotsenburg personally led his troops into action that resulted in the capture of the San Juan Bridge, the powder magazine, the water work reservoir, the Convent of San Juan del Monte, and San Felipe, all of which were contested heavily by GeneralEmilio Aguinaldo 's forces. The following day, his troops drove the enemy across the Santolan River and captured the water works pumping station before the Filipinos could destroy it. During those maneuvers, Colonel Stotsenburg commanded more troops than anybrigadier general on the field in the Philippines had handled up to that time: the First Nebraska, four guns of the Utah Light Battery, and a battalion of the 23rd U.S. Infantry.At the time of his death, he was 41 years old. He was buried at
Arlington National Cemetery onJune 1 , 1899.References
Rosmer, D. (1986). "An annotated pictorial history of Clark Air Base: 1899-1986 (4th ed.)" . Republic of the Philippines: Office of History, Clark Air Base.
ee also
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Fort Stotsenburg
*Clark Air Base
*Battery Stotsenburg within Fort Winfield Scott, Presidio of San FranciscoExternal links
* [http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jmstots.htm John M. Stotsenburg at arlingtoncemetery.net] Persondata
NAME = Stotsenburg, John M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION =United States Army officer killed in thePhilippine-American War
DATE OF BIRTH =November 24 ,1858
PLACE OF BIRTH =New Albany, Indiana
DATE OF DEATH =April 23 ,1899
PLACE OF DEATH = Quingua,Philippines
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