Daniel Butterfield
Date of Birth: October 31, 1831
Hometown: Utica, NY
Education: Union
College
Final Wartime Rank: Major General
Final Peacetime Rank: Colonel
Date of Death: July 17, 1901
Place of Death: Cold Spring, NY
Buried At: West
Point
Major Battles: Peninsula Campaign, Seven Days, Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Atlanta Campaign
Interesting Fact(s): Prior to the Civil War, Butterfield worked for his father, who was part owner, of the American Express Company. Butterfield wrote the bugle call, "Taps," while at Harrison's Landing, in 1862.
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