CDV, General Daniel E. Sickles

Murdered Philip Barton Key II across the street from the White House!

Severely wounded at Gettysburg resulting in the amputation of his leg

Medal of Honor Recipient for heroism at the Battle of Gettysburg

United States Congressman & New York State Senator

From the personal collection of Surgeon & General Bernard John Dowling Irwin. Irwin has the distinct honor of being the first recipient of the Medal of Honor in U.S. military history by date of action, February 13, 1861

(1819-1914) Born in New York City, he was a...  

CDV, General Francis J. Herron

Medal of Honor Recipient for his heroic actions at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas in 1862 as Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th Iowa Infantry

(1837-1902) Born at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he later joined his three brothers in Dubuque, Iowa, where they established a bank. In 1859, he organized and was elected captain of a militia company known as the "Governor's Greys," which Herron offered to President-elect Abraham Lincoln in January 1861, two months prior to Lincoln's inauguration. He served with General Nathaniel Lyon's forces in...  

CDV, General Daniel E. Sickles

Murdered Philip Barton Key II across the street from the White House!

Severely wounded at Gettysburg resulting in the amputation of his leg

Medal of Honor Recipient for heroism at the Battle of Gettysburg

United States Congressman & New York State Senator

(1819-1914) Born in New York City, he was a controversial New York State senator and congressman. He first achieved national notoriety in 1859 when he shot down, in the shadows of the White House, his young wife's lover, Philip Barton Key, II, who was the son of the...  

CDV, General Orlando B. Willcox

Colonel 1st Michigan Infantry

Medal of Honor Recipient for distinguished gallantry at the 1st Battle of Bull Run where he was wounded and captured

(1823-1907) Born in Detroit, Michigan, he graduated in the West Point class of 1847. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Artillery, and would subsequently serve in the United States Army in various capacities over a period of forty years. Willcox fought in the Mexican War, he fought against the Indians on the frontier, and he fought in the Third Seminole Indian War. At the...  

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...