Person:Stevens Norvell (6)

He enlisted in the army on January 23, 1858 as a private in Company A 5th Infantry. He took part in actions against the Mormons in Utah and later in the campaign against the Navajos. He became a sergeant on May 1, 1861. During the early part of the Civil War he served in Utah until 1860. As a first sergeant assigned to the 5th Infantry, he was engaged in battle with the Apache at Peralto, New Mexico in 1862. He was discharged from the enlisted ranks on January 23, 1863, and became a 2d Lt. of the 13th Infantry on February 19, 1863, and a 1st Lt. July 12 of that year. Later in the Civil War, he was assigned to the Military Division of Mississippi in 1865 and with the reorganization of the Army after theWar was at Ft. Stevenson, Dakota Territory in 1868. He was transferred to the 31st Infantry on September 21, 1866, and promoted to Captain on June 10, 1868. From May 15, 1869, until January 1, 1871, when he went to the 10th Cavalry he was unassigned. He became a Major on March 25, 1890 and a Lt Colonel on July 1, 1898, retiring on February 14, 1899. He was promoted to Colonel on the retired list on April 23, 1904. During the Spanish AmericanWar he commanded a squadron of the 10th Cavalry at the battles of La Guasima, San Juan, and subsequent actions leading to the surrender of Santiago.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} History of the Norvell and Related Families, John Edward Norvell, 4thd ed, 2006
   p. 233.