★  Bayard, George D.

George Daishell Bayard

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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
 
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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?
 
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