Maj. Gen. Daniel Butterfield
Born: October 31, 1831
Utica, New York
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Died: July 17, 1901
Cold Spring, New York
2 May 1861: Colonel
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7 September 1861: Brigadier General of Volunteers
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29 November 1862: Major General
1849: Graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York
2 July 1861: 1st Battle of Bull Run
1862: wrote the Army field manual Camp and Outpost Duty for Infantry
Joined Gen. McClellan's Army of the Potomac for the Peninsula Campaign in V Corps commanded by Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter
27 June 1862: Wounded in the Seven Day's Battle at Gaines Mill for which he earned the Medal of Honor
29-30 August 1862: Battle of 2nd Bull Run
17 September 1862: Battle of Antietam
Became Division Commander and then V Corps Commander for the Battle of Fredericksburg. His corps was one of those assaulting through the city before facing the assault from Marye's Heights
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After Gen. Hooker replaced Burnside, became Hooker's Chief of Staff in January 1863
March 1863: Promoted to Major General of Volunteers with a date of rank of 26 November 1862
Hooker was replaced by Gen. Meade, but Meade retained Butterfield as his Chief of Staff
3 July 1863: Wounded and left active duty to convalesce
Returned to duty that fall as Gen. Hooker's Chief of Staff. When there were two depleted corps (XI and XII) were combined to form the XX Corps , was given command of the 3rd Division which he led through the first half of Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
Illness prevented him from continuing with Gen. Sherman and assumed light duties at Vicksburg
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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 110-111
Daniel Butterfield. 25 April 2022. web. 17 May 2022.
Warner, Ezra J. Generals In Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 62-63
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