Brig. Gen. Daniel Tyler
Born: January 7, 1799
Brooklyn, Connecticut
Died: November 30, 1882
New York City, New York
West Point: 1819
Resigned U.S. Army: May 1834
Colonel: April 1861
Brig. Gen: March 13, 1862
July 21, 1861: 1st Battle of Manassas
March 13, 1862: Brig. Gen. of Volunteers
Commander, Brigade in the Army of the Mississippi
Siege of Corinth
Commander, Harper's Ferry Defenses
Commander, Department of Delaware
April 1864: Resigned commission
1819: West Point Graduate 14 in class of 29
May 1834: Resigned commission
April 1861: Aide-de-Camp to Brig. Gen. Robert Patterson
April 1861: Colonel of 1st Connecticut Infantry Regiment
May 1861: Commander, Division of Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia
July 18, 1861: Battle of Blackburn's Ford
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1959. p 855
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Daniel Tyler. July 27, 2009 web.
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 514-515