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Civil War Soldiers - Bidwell
| Bidwell, Daniel D., brigadier-general, U.S. Army, was
born about 1816 in Buffalo, N. Y., where he became a prominent and
influential citizen, and for more than twenty years was identified
with the military organizations of the city. When the war broke out he
was holding the office of police justice, but resigned his position
and entered the 65th N. Y. infantry as a private, and was subsequently
appointed brigade inspector. Upon the death of the captain of his
company he resigned that position, accepted the command vacated, and
withdrawing it from the regiment reorganized it as an independent
citizens' corps, thus forming the nucleus of what was afterward known
as the 74th N. Y. infantry. In Sept., 1861, he was commissioned
colonel of the 49th N. Y. infantry, served with it through the
Peninsular campaign, and during the Seven Days' battles was in command
of a brigade, continuing in charge from Harrison's landing to
Washington and up to the time of the battles of South mountain and
Antietam, when he resumed command of his regiment. Col. Bidwell took a
prominent part in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville,
commanded a brigade at Gettysburg, and when Gen. Grant took command of
the armies in Virginia was again placed in charge of a brigade,
participating in all the battles near Petersburg. He was commissioned
brigadier-general of volunteers in July, 1864, and served with honor
in all the battles in the Shenandoah valley, under Gen. Sheridan, up
to the battle of Cedar creek, in which engagement he was killed.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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