{⋆★⋆} MG Field, Charles W.

Charles William Field​

Born: April 6, 1828

Birthplace: Versailles, Kentucky

Father: Willis Field Sr. 1778 – 1837

(Buried: Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Kentucky)​

Mother: Isabella Miriam Buck 1785 – 1849

(Buried: Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Kentucky)​

Wife: Monimia Fairfax Mason 1835 – 1914

(Buried: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

Children:

Cornelia Mason Field 1859 – 1861​

(Buried: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

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Wiley Roy Mason Field 1861 – 1938​

(Buried: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

Education:

1849: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (27th​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

1849 – 1851: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Dragoons​

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1851 – 1855: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Dragoons​

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1853 – 1855: Quartermaster, U.S. Army, 2nd​ Dragoons​

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1855 – 1861: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1856 – 1861: Assistant Instructor of Cavalry Tactics​

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1861: Captain, United States Army, 2nd​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1861: Resigned from United States Army on May 30th​​

Civil War Career:

1861: Left West Point and traveled to Richmond to offer services​

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1861: Organizer of School for Cavalry Instruction at Ashland, Virginia​

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1861: Major of 6th​ Virginia Cavalry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: Colonel of 6th​ Virginia Cavalry Regiment​

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1862 – 1864: Brigadier General Confederate Army​

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1862: Served in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign in Virginia​

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1862: Served in the Virginia Peninsula Campaign​

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1862: Wounded in the leg at the Second Battle of Manassas, Virginia​

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1863: Chief of Confederate Bureau of Conscription​

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1864: Member of the Court martial of Major General McLaws​

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1864 – 1865: Major General of Confederate Army Infantry​

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1864: Suffered two minor wounds at the Battle of the Wilderness​

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1864: Briefly assumed command of 1st​ Army Corps at Wilderness​

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1864: Division Commander at Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia​

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Division Commander during the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia​

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1865: Paroled at Appomattox Court House, Virginia​

Occupation after War:

Businessman in the States of Maryland and Georgia​

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1875 – 1877: Served in the Egyptian Army rising to Colonel​

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Doorkeeper for the United States House of Representatives​

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Civil Engineer in the State of Maryland​

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1881 – 1888: Superintendent of Hot Springs Reservation​

Died: April 9, 1892

Place of Death: Washington, D.C.

Cause of Death: Lithemia and angina pectoris

Age at time of Death: 64 years old

Burial Place: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Major General Charles W. Field! Remembering General Field on his birthday.

 

[Cavalier]

A colonel in the Egyptian Army too. This guy got around.

John

 

[Pollaco]

It must have been a serious leg wound that he recieved at 2nd Bull Run. It kept him out of service for over a year.

 

[Pollaco]

At the time of his wounding he was serving under Jackson. He had been part of A.P. Hill's Light Division. He had been scheduled to take over command of Hood's division in Febuary 1864.At this then in Tennessee with Longstreet. But it appears he did not join the division until it returned to Virginia in April.

 

[Pollaco]

Just before being promoted to major general he sat on the board for Lafayette McLaw's court martial.

 

[Pollaco]

When Longstreet was wounded in the Wilderness, Field briefly assumed command of the First Corps. He was soon relieved by Maj. General Richard H. Anderson who had more seniority and experience.

 

[Pollaco]

At the battle of Deep Bottom 5, 000 union soldiers broke through the lines and threatened to overrun the Confederates. A counterattack was orchestrated by Fields and a federal retreat was soon on hand.

 

[Cavalier]

I'd love to hear his his opinions about the McLaws court marshal. But the more I read about him the better I like him.

John

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday (Wednesday) Major General Charles W. Field! Salutes remembering General Field on his birthday week.

 

[ErnieMac]

At the time of his wounding he was serving under Jackson. He had been part of A.P. Hill's Light Division. He had been scheduled to take over command of Hood's division in Febuary 1864.At this then in Tennessee with Longstreet. But it appears he did not join the division until it returned to Virginia in April.

Field joined Longstreet in Tennessee in February 1864. One of his first duties upon arriving was to sit on the court-martial of Lafayette McLaws.

 

[Pollaco]

He commanded Hood's old Division from April, 1864 -January 1865. Then again from March to April 1865. Where was he for the month of February 1865?

 

[Pollaco]

There were a dozen "Civil War Generals" from his class of 1849 at West Point but the only one who (to me anyway) even vaguely comes to mind is Quincy Gillmore.