Emanuel Stance received a two-month leave at the end of March 1867 and so did not join the regiment on the Morgan line steamships to Indianola, Texas where troop frontier assignments were to be determined.
16 Facts About Emanuel Stance
For three months of 1868, Emanuel Stance was in charge of soldiers on extra duty in the Quartermaster Department.
Emanuel Stance led his first reconnaissance patrol in September 1868 with eight privates.
Emanuel Stance fought in two major Indian battles in the Fall of 1869.
Emanuel Stance was stationed with Troop F to Fort McKavett at the end of 1869.
At the time of his actions, Emanuel Stance was serving in Troop F of the 9th Cavalry Regiment at Fort McKavett.
Emanuel Stance was reduced to private sometime between July 1870 and April 1871, possibly due to fighting, drinking, or failing to report for duty.
Emanuel Stance completed his first enlistment on October 2,1871, as a private under the name Edmund Stance.
Emanuel Stance reenlisted to Troop M under the Edmund Stance name shortly afterward.
In December 1872, Emanuel Stance got into a fight with First Sergeant Henry Green and bit off a portion of Green's lower lip after Green reported Emanuel Stance as being drunk on duty.
Emanuel Stance was demoted and spent six months in the guardhouse.
Emanuel Stance was among the troops that fought Apache chief Victorio in New Mexico.
Emanuel Stance was among the troops that chased Sooners off native land in Oklahoma before the US government gave approval to settle in those lands.
Emanuel Stance was found shot on Christmas morning of 1887 on the road to Crawford, Nebraska.
Emanuel Stance was shot with a service revolver and all evidence pointed to Stance's privates.
Emanuel Stance was buried at Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska.