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  Daniel Butterfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Butterfield continued in brigade command at the Second Battle of Bull Run and the Battle of Antietam, became division commander, and then V Corps commander for the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Butterfield was wounded by a spent artillery shell fragment at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, and left to convalesce.
Butterfield died in Cold Spring, New York, and was buried with an ornate monument in West Point Cemetery at the United States Military Academy, although he had not attended that institution.
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 MAJOR GENERAL DANIEL BUTTERFIELD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Daniel Butterfield was the son of John Butterfield of the Overland Mail Company.
In 1861 during the national tumult, Daniel Butterfield was enrolled as a sergeant in the Washington D.C. militia.
Daniel Butterfield was an unofficial ambassador to several nations and was a famous businessman and public ceremonial official.
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 Daniel Butterfield: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
"taps" ("butterfields lullaby"), sometimes known by the lyrics of its second verse, "day is done," is a famous musical piece, played in the united states...
The second battle of bull run, known as the second battle of manassas in the south, was fought august 30, 1862, as the major battle in the northern...
Butterfield was wounded by a spent artillery shell fragment at Gettysburg on July 3, EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/da/daniel_butterfield.htm   (2781 words)

  
 National Obituary Archive(NOA) - Arrangeonline.com
Daniel Butterfield, one of the most disliked of Union Civil War generals, died July 17, 1901.
Butterfield was born October 31, 1831 in Utica, New York.
Butterfield was wounded at Gettysburg and was taken out of action until the fall of 1863 when he commanded 20th Corps during the battle of Atlanta.
www.arrangeonline.com /Obituary/obituary.asp?ObituaryID=60527407   (325 words)

  
 DANIEL BUTTERFIELD - LoveToKnow Article on DANIEL BUTTERFIELD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
After General Hooker succeeded Burnside, Butterfield was appointed chief of staff, Army of the Potomac, and in this capacity he served in the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg campaigns.
Not being on good terms with General Meade he left the staff, and was soon afterwards sent as chief of staff to Hooker, with the XI.
General Butterfield died at Cold Spring, N.Y., on the 17th of July 1901.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BU/BUTTERFIELD_DANIEL.htm   (304 words)

  
 DANIEL BUTTERFIELD, USA
Daniel Butterfield was born on October 31, 1831, in Utica, New York.
Butterfield won a medal of honor for his bravery at Gaines' Mill, in the 1862 Peninsular Campaign.
Butterfield also designed the system of corps badges used by the federal army.
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 TAPS
The music for Taps was adapted by Union General Daniel Butterfield for his brigade (Third Brigade, First Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac) in July, 1862.
Daniel Adams Butterfield (31 October 1831-17 July 1901) was born in Utica, New York and graduated from Union College at Schenectady.
Butterfield as stated above, was a Colonel before the War and in General Order No. 1 issued by him on December 7, 1859 had the order: The Officers and non-commissioned Officers are expected to be thoroughly familiar with the first thirty pages, Vol.
www.west-point.org /taps/Taps.html   (2968 words)

  
 Expansion template/patriotic documents
The music for Taps was changed by Union General Daniel Butterfield for his Brigade (Third Brigade, First Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac) in July of 1862.
Then Butterfield changed it somewhat, lengthening some notes and shortening others, but retaining the melody as he first gave it to me. If you compare that statement while looking at the present day Taps, you will see that this is exactly what happened to turn the early (Scott) Tattoo in Taps.
Although Butterfield merely revised an earlier bugle call, his role in producing those 24 notes gives him a place in the history of music as well as the history of war.
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 Philipstown Snapshots "Daniel" (Part 1 of 5)
Historical references have such military contemporaries coming to view Butterfield as one often of angry temperment and self- willfulness, while displaying a demeanor of aggressive interference in matters not wholly pertinent to his concern.
Yet in a more refreshing light of thought, Butterfield could well have considered the nickname as being one of salute to his ability as a Military man; Napoleon having been, perhaps, the greatest general in history.
Butterfield’s physical makeup could well have implied the image of one of brusk disposition and militant tendency.
www.pcnr.com /news/2005/0519/Columns.html   (471 words)

  
 Daniel Butterfield Biography Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Thoroughly hated by his fellow officers, Daniel Butterfield was wounded at Gettysburg and "fortunately for him and to the joy of all has gone home." A New York businessman with the American Express company, he had been active in the militia before the war.
During the fighting at Chancellorsville, Butterfield was left behind at Falmouth to coordinate the actions of the two wings and communicate with Washington.
The problem was finally solved when Butterfield was struck by a spent piece of shell on the third day of the battle.
www.civilwarhome.com /butterfieldbio.htm   (426 words)

  
 GENERAL DANIEL BUTTERFIELD STATUE - Historical Sign
Daniel Butterfield (1831—1901) was born October 31, 1831.
Demonstrating leadership in military engagements on the upper Potomac in the Shenandoah Valley, Butterfield rose rapidly in the ranks to brigadier-general of volunteers in the 12th Infantry.
Butterfield distinguished himself as an officer, and during the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg campaigns he served as chief of staff to the Army of the Potomac.
www.nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=12318   (580 words)

  
 Black Friday (1869) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They used Corbin to get close to Grant in social situations, where they would argue against government sale of gold, and Corbin would support their arguments.
Corbin convinced Grant to appoint General Daniel Butterfield as assistant treasurer of the United States.
Butterfield agreed to tip the men off when the government intended to sell gold.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Friday_(1869)   (372 words)

  
 Descendants of Thomas Butterfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Daniel BUTTERFIELD2 was born on 18 September 1759 in Wilton, Hillsboro., NH..
Daniel E. BUTTERFIELD2 was born on 2 July 1804 in Granville, Addison County., Vermont..
Ira Daniel BUTTERFIELD2 was born on 15 February 1850 in Shelby Twp.
www.usgennet.org /family/butterfield/families/moore2.html   (2757 words)

  
 XFC 3 Photo's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Butterfield started off the fight with a big lift and almost slammed White to the mat Quinton Jackson style but White held on to the ropes and stifled the big slam early in the first round.
When it went to the mat Butterfield found himself on the bottom and used the position to attack with triangle and armbar attempts while White worked a methodical ground and pound effort.
In the end Butterfield found his mark and finished the fight with a tight triangle choke to end the bout and take the victory at of the first round.
www.mmaringreport.com /news_stories/xfc_3_photos_butterfield.htm   (160 words)

  
 Daniel Butterfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Daniel Butterfield was George Meade's Chief-of-Staff during the Battle of Gettysburg, and was wounded on 3 July.
Butterfield was originally appointed to the position by his friend Joseph Hooker who resigned as Commander, Army of the Potomac on 27 June 1863.
In the summer of 1864, before the Congressional Hearing on the Conduct of the War, Daniel Sickles and Butterfield, in an attempt to have Meade removed and replaced by Hooker, cited this Circular as evidence that Meade never intended to fight at Gettysburg.
schwartz.eng.auburn.edu /ACW/lrtmap.docs/butterfield.html   (219 words)

  
 Taps
Major General Daniel Butterfield who commanded a brigade in the Army of the Potomac during the Peninsular Campaign of 1862.
The music for “Taps”; was changed by Union General Daniel Butterfield for his brigade (Third Brigade, First Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac) in July, 1862.
General Butterfield was not pleased with the call for “Lights Out,” feeling that it was too formal to signal the day’s end.
www.pmel.org /Taps.htm   (1801 words)

  
 uticaOD.com :: The meeting place and marketplace of the Mohawk Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Butterfield was disliked by his fellow officers in the Civil War.
Daniel Butterfield had a varied career in the Civil War, with titles including Sergeant, Colonel, Major General and Chief of Staff.
Butterfield is buried at West Point Academy, which he never attended.
www.uticaod.com /community/halloffame/history/butterfield_daniel.htm   (147 words)

  
 Sculpture 11   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Butterfield (1831-1901) was raised in the family that founded the American Express Company and the Butterfield Overland Express (St. Louis to San Francisco, by way of Texas and Arizona).
Butterfield’s revised version, known as “Taps,” was an immediate favorite and remains popular to this day.
Butterfield’s widow left money in her will for “a colossal statue of General Daniel Butterfield, representing him standing with his arms folded and wearing a cocked hat, as shown in a picture of him in bronze bas relief in the rooms of the Historical Society at Utica, New York.”
www.forgottendelights.com /sculpturemystery/Sculpturemonth11.htm   (394 words)

  
 TAPS
In answer to the inquiry from the editor of the Century, General Butterfield writing from Gragside, Cold Spring, under the date of August 31, 1898 wrote: I recall, in my dim memory, the substantial truth of the statement made by Norton, of the 83rd Pa., about bugle calls.
Also Butterfield's words seem to suggest that he was not composing a melody in Norton's presence, but actually arranging or revising an existing one.
Then Butterfield changed it somewhat, lengthening some notes and shortening others, but retaining the melody as he first gave it to me. If you compare that statement while looking at the present day Taps, you will see thatthis is exactly what happened to turn the early (Scott) Tattoo in Taps.
www.der-adler.com /food/taps.htm   (2961 words)

  
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Subj: Re: ?Taps Taps "is generally ascribed to Gen. daniel Butterfield in July 1862, while in command of a brigade in the army of the potomac in Confederate territory, on the banks of the James River in Va." It was first played by his bugler and aide-de-camp Oliver Willcox Norton.
Butterfield was born in 1831, died in 1901.
Butterfield and Norton developed it into a night call to replace "Tattoo," although the Army would keep the latter but sound it a half hour or so ahead of the new one.
www.regiments.org /wombats/classics/taps.txt   (1336 words)

  
 Pageten   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Butterfield was a 30 year old, college educated lawyer and businessman in New York City when the Civil War began.
Butterfield was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in May 1861 during the Peninsular Campaign.
The General Daniel Butterfield Civil War Roundtable was founded in June 1997, to provide the Utica and Central New York area with a forum in which to discuss topics and events related to the Civil War.
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 Carroll County, Ohio , Obituaries for   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Her grandfather John Pillers was a Pa. German his family consisted of six children named; William, Samuel, Daniel, Polly, Becky and Sally, Daniel.
Butterfield's father was born in Wash Co. Pa.
She married John Butterfield in 1841 and eight children where born.
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 The Meade Archive: Testimony of General Daniel Butterfield
Testimony of General Daniel Butterfield before the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
The following testimony was given by Major General Daniel Butterfield during a congressional investigation into the management of the Army of the Potomac during the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns.
The investigation was conducted by the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War.
members.cox.net /jcampi/butterfd.htm   (8929 words)

  
 TAPS
Up to the Civil War, the infantry call for Lights Out was that set down in Silas Casey's (1801-1882) Tactics, which had been borrowed from the french.
The music for Taps was changed by Union General Daniel Butterfield for his Brigade in July 1862.
Daniel Adams Butterfield was born in Utica, New York and graduated from Union College at Schenectady.
www.qcpolicememorial.com /TAPS.html   (408 words)

  
 History of Taps excerpt, page 1
The music for Taps was adapted by Union General Daniel Butterfield for his
Daniel Adams Butterfield (1831-1901) was born in Utica, New York and graduated from Union College at Schenectady.
As the story goes, General Butterfield was not pleased with the call for Extinguish Lights, feeling that the call was too formal to signal the days end, and
www.tapsbugler.com /24NotesExcerpt/Page1.html   (381 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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