CDV, General Daniel Butterfield

Medal of Honor Recipient for gallantry at the Battle of Gaines's Mill, Virginia

He was wounded at Gaines's Mill, Va., and Gettysburg, Pa.

(1831-1901) Born in Utica, New York, he was mustered into the Federal service as colonel of the 12th New York Infantry, on May 2, 1861, the first Union regiment to set foot on Virginia soil. He was appointed brigadier general to rank from September 7, 1861; commanded a brigade and division of the 5th Corps; he fought at the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861; in the Seven Days Battles; was...  

CDV, General Alexander S. Webb

Medal of Honor recipient for gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg in repulsing Pickett's Charge

(1835-1911) Born in New York City, he graduated in the West Point class of 1855. He fought against the Florida Seminoles after his graduation, and returned to the U.S. Military Academy in 1856 as an instructor in mathematics. At the outbreak of the Civil War he took part in the defense of Fort Pickens, Florida, and also served at 1st Bull Run and in the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign. During the 1862 Antietam campaign, Webb was chief of staff...  

CDV, General Oliver O. Howard

Medal of Honor Recipient

At the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., he received two serious wounds and had his right arm amputated!

11th Corps Commander at the battle of Gettysburg

(1830-1909) Howard was born in Leeds, Maine, and graduated #4 in the West Point class of 1846. Was appointed Colonel of the 3rd Maine Infantry, in June 1861, and saw action as a Brigade Commander at the 1st Battle of Bull Run. He was promoted to brigadier general on September 3, 1861, and fought at Yorktown, and Fair Oaks where he received two serious wounds...  

CDV General Orlando B. Willcox

Medal of Honor Recipient

(1823-1907) Graduated in the West Point class of 1847. He was commissioned colonel of the 1st Michigan Infantry in 1861. At the 1st battle of Bull Run, he was wounded and captured while in command of a brigade, remaining a prisoner for more than a year, part of the time as a hostage for Rebel privateersmen whom the Federal authorities had threatened to hang as pirates. On the day of his release he was commissioned a brigadier general and he led a division at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Knoxville, and in Grant's...