Orlando Bolivar Willcox
Born: April 16, 1823
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan
Father: Charles Willcox 1783 – 1827
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)
Mother: Almira Rood 1790 – 1870
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)
1st Wife: Marie Farnsworth 1831 – 1873
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)
2nd Wife: Julia Elizabeth McReynolds 1841 – 1923
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Children:
Marie Louise Willcox Mills Unknown – 1889
(Buried: Cementerio Ingles, Puerto de la Cruz, Spain)
Major Elon Farnsworth Willcox 1855 – 1910
(Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California)
Education:
1847: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (8th in class)
Occupation before War:
1847 – 1850: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery
1847 – 1848: Served in Mexico City, Mexico and Cuernavaca
1848 – 1849: Garrison Duty at Fort McRee, Florida
1849 – 1850: Garrison Duty at Jefferson Barracks
1850 – 1857: 1st Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery
1855: Escorted U.S. Army Recruits to Texas
1856 – 1857: Served in the Seminole Indian War in Florida
1856: Author of Shoepac Recollections
1857: Author of An Army Memoir by Major March
1857: Resigned from United States Army on September 10th
1857 – 1861: Attorney in Detroit, Michigan
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel of 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment
1861: Served in the capture of Alexandria, Virginia
1861: Wounded right forearm and Captured at First Battle of Bull Run
1861 – 1866: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers
1861: Prisoner of war kept at Confederate hospital at Lewis House
1861: Kept for six weeks at St. Mark’s Hospital in Richmond, Virginia
1861–1862: Prisoner of War held in Charleston, South Carolina and Columbia, South Carolina
1862: Served in the Battle of South Mountain and Antietam
1862: Served in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: Temporary Commander of 9th Army Corps
1863: Temporary Commander of District of Central Kentucky
1863: Commander of District of Indiana and Michigan
1863: Served in suppressing the draft riots in Indiana
1863 – 1864: Served in Eastern Tennessee
1863: Served in the Battle of Blue Springs, Tennessee
1863: Served in the fighting at Walker’s Ford on Clinch River
1864 – 1865: Division Commander in 9th Army Corps
1864: Served in the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
1864: Served in the Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia
1864: Served in the Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia
1864: Served in the fighting on the Weldon Railroad
1864: Brevetted Major General for gallantry since crossing Rapidan
1865: Served in the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia
1865: Commander of District of Washington, North Carolina
1865 – 1866: Commander of District of Michigan
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on January 15th
Occupation after War:
1866: Attorney in Detroit, Michigan
1866: Assessor for United States Internal Revenue Service
1866 – 1869: Colonel of United States Army, 29th Infantry Regiment
1866 – 1869: Commander of the District of Lynchburg, Virginia
1867: Brevetted Brigadier General for gallantry at Spotsylvania
1867: Brevetted Major General for gallantry at Petersburg Capture
1869 – 1886: Colonel of United States Army, 12th Infantry Regiment
1869 – 1873: Regimental Commander at Alcatraz Island, California
1873 – 1874: Superintendent of General Recruiting Service in New York City
1874 – 1878: Regimental Commander at Angel Island, California
1878 – 1882: Commander of the U.S. Army Department of Arizona
1885: Treated for Carbuncle of his neck
1886 – 1887: Brigadier General, United States Army Infantry
1886: Commander of Madison Barracks in New York
1886 – 1887: Commander U.S. Army Department of Missouri
1887: Retired from United States Army due to his age
1889 – 1892: Governor of Soldiers Home in Washington, D.C.
1895: Recipient of the Medal of Honor for his duty at First Bull Run
1896 – 1897: President of Michigan Association of Washington
1896 – 1897: President of Willcox Division Society, 9th Corps
1897: President District of Columbia Commandry
Died: May 11, 1907
Place of Death: Coburg, Ontario, Canada
Cause of Death: Acute bronchitis
Age at time of Death: 84 years old
Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
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