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Below is my biography of
Captain Cuyler. There is no biography of him in the National Archives.
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George A. Cuyler was born in 1821
in Savannah, Georgia. His wife, Bessie B. Steenbergen was born in
1830, in Shenandoah County, Va.; they married at St. Paul's Church,
Richmond, on October 28, 1852. In
1860, they had two small children at home, in Savannah. Cuyler was a
banker (the Cashier at the Central RR and Bank Co.) and reported
Real Estate worth $12,000 and Personal Property of $5,000. He was a
member of the Savannah General Committee in 1862. He died in June, 1867 in Munich, Germany.
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As a banker in Savannah at the
same time that Frederick W. Sims was owner and editor of the city's
newspaper, the two must certainly have know each other before the
war. He must have also know railroad man William W. Wadley who was
in Savannah at the same time.
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Richard R. Cuyler was President
of the Central (of Georgia) Railroad before and during the war and
made his headquarters in Savannah. He died in 1866 in Macon at the
age of 69. Richard was the father of George.
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| October 31, 1862 |
Accepted commission as Aide de Camp to Governor
Brown
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| November 22, 1863 |
Sims requested appointment and assignment of
George A. Cuyler as RR Bureau agent in Charleston
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| November 25, 1863 |
Cuyler's date of rank as Captain and Quartermaster |
| November x, 1863 |
Sims ordered Capt. Cuyler to Richmond for
instructions
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| December 8, 1863 |
Ordered to Savannah to take charge of Government
transportation on 3 RRs
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| December 19,1863 |
Informed Maj. Sims he will go the Charleston
tomorrow
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| December 21, 1863 |
Certified that he was ordered to take charge of
railroad transportation in Savannah, reporting to Capt. Sims
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| December 28, 1863 |
Ordered to confer with Stewart if Sims not
available
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| January 2, 1864 |
Reported to Major Sims that he will be in
Charleston on January 4 and 5
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Official Bond received by QMG
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| January 8, 1864 |
The problem on the North Eastern RR is the
detention of trains in Wilmington
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| About February 1,
1864 |
Reports on coal shipments from Savannah to
Charleston for Navy
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| February 14, 1864 |
Ordered to solve issues with Columbus
transportation
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| February 15, 1864 |
Col. Sims reported encouraging transportation
news from Cuyler and Sims
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| February 18, 1864 |
Visited Charleston, trying to get Charleston
& Savannah RR to South Carolina RR track completed
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| March 8, 1864 |
Wrote Engineer Bureau regarding connecting rack
in Charleston
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Ordered to ship 6 car loads bacon to Richmond
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| April 16, 1864 |
Reported that he would visit Charleston with
Sims in a few days
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| January 5, 1865 |
Ordered to supervise construction of 200 box
cars in Columbus
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| June 12, 1867 |
Died in Germany
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