george dietzler

George Washington Dietzler was born on November 30, 1826 in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania. Dietzler was a farmer and realator before being elected mayor of Lawrence, Kansas. At the outbreak of the Civil War Dietzler raised teh 1st Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was appointed colonel. He led his regiment in Missouri and commanded the 3rd Brigade at the Battle of Wilson's Creek where he was wounded. In November, 1862 he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers and commanded the 1st Brigade, 6th Division, XVII Corps during the Vicksburg campaign. After the fall of Vicksburg he resigned due to ill health and returned to Kansas. There he recieved a commission as major general of Kansas militia. During Sterling Price's Missouri Raid in 1864 Dietzler's Militia refused to cross over the state line and fight in Missouri. Only when Price's Confederate force came within eyesight of Kansas did Dietzler convince the militia to cross into Missouri and participate in the Battle of Westport. After the war Dietzler promoted railroads and died in Tucson, Arizona on April 11, 1884.

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