Maj. Gen. Israel B. Richardson
Born: December 26, 1815
Fairfax, Vermont
Died: November 3, 1862
Mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam
West Point: 1841
2nd Lieutenant:
1st Lieutenant:
Captain: 1851
Resigned U.S. Army: 1855
Colonel: May 25, 1861
Brig. Gen. Volunteers: May 17, 1861
Maj. Gen: July 4, 1862
Maj. Gen. Israel B. Richardson
1841: West Point Graduate - 23 out of class of 58
Second Seminole War
1846 - 1848: Mexican War
August 20, 1847: Battle of Contreras
August 20, 1847: Battle of Churubusco
September 13, 1847: Battle of Chapultepec
1855: Resigned U.S. Army
May 25, 1861: Colonel, 4th Brigade, 1st Division
July 18, 1861: Battle of Blackburn's Ford
July 21, 1861: 1st Battle of Manassas
March - July 1862: Commander, 1st Division II Corps during Peninsula Campaign
April 5 - May 4, 1862: Battle of Yorktown
May 31 - June 1, 1862: Battle Seven Pines
May 26 - July 6, 1862: Seven Days Battle
August 29-30, 1862: 2nd Battle of Manassas
September 14, 1862: Battle of South Mountain
September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam - Mortally wounded and died at Antietam November 3rd.
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1959. p 697
Portrait of Brig. Gen. Israel B. Richardson, officer of the Federal Army. Courtesy Library of Congress.
Warner, Ezra. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 402-403