Rank: First Lieutenant
Unit: D Co, 2d Cavalry
Hometown: Lancaster, Ohio
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 4 May 1870
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Miners Delight, Montana Territory
Place of interment: Unknown
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Note: Appointed 2d Lieutenant, 2d Cavalry, March 7, 1867. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant, July 5, 1868.
First Lieutenant Stambaugh’s death is noted in the book “The Army of the United States: historical sketches of staff and line with portraits for generals-in-chief” by Rodenbough, Theophilus F, Publisher New York: Maynard, Merrill in 1896.