George Daishell Bayard
Birthplace: Seneca Falls, New York
Father: Judge Samuel John Bayard 1801 – 1878
(Buried: Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey)
Mother: Jane Ann Daishell 1810 – 1898
(Buried: Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey)
Education:
1856: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (11th in class)
Occupation before War:
1856 – 1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 1st Cavalry Regiment
1858: Served in the Utah Expedition
1860: Served in Kiowa and Comanche Expedition
1860: Wounded in face at Skirmish near Bent’s Ford
1861: Assistant Cavalry Instructor at West Point Military Academy
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Captain United States Army, 4th Cavalry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
1861: Served in the Battle of Dranesville, Virginia
1862: Cavalry Brigade Commander Department of the Rappahannock
1862: Brigadier General of Union Army Cavalry
1862: Served in the Battle of Falmouth, Virginia
1862: Served in the Battle of Cedar Mountain
1862: Served in the Second Battle of Bull Run
1862: Mortally Wounded in leg at Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
Died: December 14, 1862
Place of Death: Fredericksburg, Virginia
Cause of Death: Leg Wounds
Age at time of Death: 26 years old
Burial Place: Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey
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