★ Bayard, George D.

George Daishell Bayard​

Born: December 18, 1835

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

 

[Pollaco]

The only cavalry fatality of the Union Left Grand Division at Fredricksburg.

 

[John Hartwell]

[Philadelphia Inquirer, December 15. 1862]​

 

[Pollaco]

On Dec. 13, 1862, he was struck by shrapnel while standing near the grand division's headquarters.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy birthday weekend Brig. General George D. Bayard! Salutes remembering General Bayard on his birthday weekend.

 

[MikeyB]

I've seen the name, but never knew much about him. How much success and promise did he have for the Union cause? Could he be a more "household" name had he lived, having climbed up the AoP cavalry hierarchy as the war progressed?