Stephen
Carr Lyford
1839-1885
Class of June 1861.
Cullum
# 1943.
“11.
Stephen Carr Lyford (New Hampshire) was commander of the Cairo, Illinois,
ordnance depot from February to May, 1862, and chief of ordnance in the
Department of Tennessee from July 11, 1862, to September 6, 1863. Lyford
returned to West Point as assistant professor of mathematics (1865-1867) and as
instructor of ordnance and gunnery (1872). In 1874, he went to Japan, where he
presented the emperor with arms and books. At the 1876 International Exhibition
in Philadelphia, Lyford was a judge for sporting arms, weapons, and explosives.
He died at the Frankford, Pennsylvania, arsenal, which he commanded, in 1885.”
[Ralph Kirschner, The Class of 1861 (1999), p. 163. Pictured on plates between
pages 76 and 77.]
Manuscripts:
Lyford, Stephen Carr, Papers, 1857-1882. SPEC Mss. 146 items. Summary:
103 cadet letters to his mother and father, S.C. Lyford, 1857-1861,
describing West Point, academics, cadet life, the completion of his studies at
West Point and his concern about the coming War; 38 letters to his parents,
1861-1865, describing his experiences during the Civil War; letters to parents,
1865-1866; appointment as chair of centennial exhibition board; standard order
of procedure for accounts and transactions of the Frankford Arsenal issued by
Major Lyford, 1 July 1882