Lysander “Gray Wolf” Cutler
Born: February 16, 1807
Birthplace: Royalston, Massachusetts
Father: Tarrant Cutler 1771 – 1842
(Buried: Old Centre Cemetery, Royalston, Massachusetts)
Mother: Lydia Whitney 1776 – 1855
(Buried: Old Centre Cemetery, Royalston, Massachusetts)
Wife: Catherine Walker Bassett 1808 – 1888
(Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Children:
William Graham Cutler 1831 – 1916
(Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Occupation before War:
Schoolmaster in Dexter, Maine
Colonel in the Maine State Militia
Owner of Woolen Mill, Foundry, Flourmill and Saw Mill in Maine
Investor in Factories and tenement housing
Director of a Railroad Company
Trustee of Tufts College
1841: Maine State Senator
1843 – 1853: Owner of a Woolen Mill that Burned in 1853
1857: became 100% financially ruined
Claims Investigator for a Mining Company in Wisconsin
Founder and Owner of a Grain Business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Civil War Career:1861 – 1862: Colonel of 6th Wisconsin Volunteers Infantry Regiment
Alienated his junior officers by making them take exams on military
1862: Served in the Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
1862: Wounded in the right thigh at the fighting at Brawner’s Farm
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers
1862: Served in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: Lightly engaged at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
1863: Heavily engaged at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1863: Had two horses shot from under him at Gettysburg retreat
1864: Assumed Division Command at the Battle of Wilderness, Virginia
1864: Division Commander during the Overland Campaign
1864: Served in the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia
1864: Struck in face and badly disfigured Battle of Globe Tavern
1864 – 1865: Administrator of the draft in Jackson, Michigan
1865: Brevetted to the rank of Major General for his service
1865: Resigned from the Union Army on June 30th
Occupation after War:1865 – 1866: Suffered from Bad Health in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Invalid needing assistance he suffered from his thigh wound
1866: Had a small stroke paralyzing his right leg on July 19th
1866: Suffered another stroke causing him to suffer from hemiplegia of his right side
Died: July 30, 1866
Place of Death: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Cause of Death: Died from the effects of his stroke on July 25th
Age at time of Death: 59 years old
Burial Place: Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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