William H. Lytle---Marker CCNMP

[Gettmore]

 

[Buckeye Bill]

William Haines Lytle was born in my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is buried at the Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum in Cincinnati.

 

[bayouace]

Monument framed by color. Nice.

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

William Haines Lytle was born in my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is buried at the Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum in Cincinnati.

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Don't know anything about General Lytle, but now that you posted this I will want to look him up.

 

[Lampasas Bill]

Just a few weeks before the Battle of Chickamauga, the men in his old command gave Lytle a Maltese cross of gold, studded with diamonds and emeralds. He's wearing it in this CDV taken by Schwing & Rudd, Photographers, Army of the Cumberland.

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

Just a few weeks before the Battle of Chickamauga, the men in his old command gave Lytle a Maltese cross of gold, studded with diamonds and emeralds. He's wearing it in this CDV taken by Schwing & Rudd, Photographers, Army of the Cumberland.
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He must have been really well liked by his men.

 

[NFB22]

He must have been really well liked by his men.

Apparently even though the battle was still ongoing, once Confederates learned of his identity, he was treated with the utmost respect with an honor guard posted before his body could taken to the rear where he would be buried. He was later disinterred and returned to friendly lines under a flag of truce.

It seems he was highly regarded by men on both sides.

 

[Stryker65]

I wrote a brief piece on Lytle's poetic side a bit ago. He wrote quite good poetry!

 

[Buckeye Bill]

Don't know anything about General Lytle, but now that you posted this I will want to look him up.

Federal Brigadier General William Haines Lytle | South & Western Theaters

William Haines Lytle (November 2, 1826 - September 20, 1863) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of a leading area family, the Lytle family. He graduated from Cincinnati College (Modern University of Cincinnati) and studied law. After passing the bar exam, he established a law firm in...

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[Nathan Stuart]

As an addendum to the photograph showing the spot where the poetic and popular Lytle fell, thought the below description given of the circumstances of his fatal wounding is worth noting.

…'Hindman knew his danger, and he knew the remedy. In his flanks was a company of skirmishers armed with the Whitworth rifles, and, fortunately, not ten rods away a lieutenant of this company was operating with a dozen marksmen. Hindman called him up, ordered him to fire upon the Federal commander, and kill him if possible, well knowing the effect of his death upon the men. Coolly, as if on dress parade, the young officer stepped out with his men to the front and took deliberate aim under a galling fire. Twelve rifles cracked simultaneously. Rider and steed went down together, and the black mane of the horse waved over Lytle. Three bullets struck him, seven his horse, a wonderful fire and remarkable for terrible accuracy. This daring and gallant officer was Maj. Gen. William H. Lytle, the author of that immortal poem, "I Am Dying, Egypt, Dying."' His fall had the desired effect. His division, no longer inspired by the heroic example of its leader, halted and retreated in disorder, the gap in the Confederate lines was closed, and Hindman pressed on furiously during the entire day. Kind and generous to the body of his fallen enemy, he placed a guard over it, removed Lytle's saber and pistols, and afterwards sent them, together with the body, under a flag of truce to his sisters at Cincinnati.',,,

(Source- 'CV': Vol. 26, @ pp. 248-49)