Bayard, George Dashiell, 1835-1862

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Bayard, George Dashiell, 1835-1862

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Bayard

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George Dashiell

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1835-1862

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1835-12-18

1835-12-18

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1862-12-14

1862-12-14

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He was born in Seneca Falls, New York on December 18, 1835 to Jane Ann Dashiell and Samuel John Bayard, the son of Samuel Bayard (1766–1840) and the grandson of John Bayard (1738–1807).

His family moved as homesteaders to the Iowa Territory. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1856 as a second lieutenant in the U.S. cavalry. Bayard fought in the Indian Wars in Kansas and Colorado from 1856 to 1861. Bayard was shot in the face with a Kiowa arrow on July 11, 1860 and suffered considerable pain for months.

On August 27, 1861, Bayard was promoted to colonel in the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, based in Tenallytown (now Tenleytown, Washington, D.C.). Late in November 1861, he was involved in a confrontation with rebel soldiers near Dranesville, Virginia, in which his horse and two of his fellow soldiers were killed. He escaped with only minor wounds and was subsequently commissioned Chief of Cavalry of the III Corps and brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers on April 28, 1862.

Bayard fought under John C. Frémont at the Battle of Port Republic. In August 1862, at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, he led a Union Army advance. He was eventually promoted to Chief of Cavalry of the Left Grand Division, Army of the Potomac. With his old wound still bothering him, Bayard took a leave of absence for 13 days in September and consequently missed the Battle of Antietam.

Bayard was struck in the leg with a piece of shrapnel from a Confederate artillery round on December 13, 1862 at the Battle of Fredericksburg. He died the next day from uncontrolled bleeding, just four days short of his 27th birthday. He was buried in Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, New Jersey.

Fort Bayard in Washington D.C., was named in his honor. Bayard Street in Pacific Beach, San Diego, California and in his hometown, Seneca Falls, New York, were named after him. Fort Bayard Park, which replaced the fort, is also named in his memory, as well as Bayard, New Mexico, Fort Bayard, New Mexico, and Fort Bayard National Cemetery. The latter is now part of the Fort Bayard Historic District, a commemoration of the Buffalo Soldiers.

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https://viaf.org/viaf/24535099

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5538389

https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr2002012398

https://id.loc.gov/authorities/nr2002012398

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2935/george-dashiell-bayard

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Cedar Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1862

Civil war

Civil War, 1861-1865

Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862

Indians

Kiowa Indians

Port Republic, Battle of, Port Republic, Va., 1862

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Seneca Falls

NY, US

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Birth

George Dashiell Bayard was born on December 18, 1835.

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DC, US

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George Dashiell Bayard became the commander of the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry which was stationed in Tenleytown.

Kansas

KS, US

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George Dashiell Bayard served in the Indian Wars in Kansas.

West Point

NY, US

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George Dashiell Bayard graduated from the US Military Academy in the Class of 1856.

Virginia

VA, US

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George Dashiell Bayard served a large portion of his Civil War Service in Virginia.

Colorado

CO, US

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George Dashiell Bayard served in the Indian Wars in Colorado.

Fredericksburg

VA, US

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George Dashiell Bayard served a large portion of his Civil War Service in Virginia.

Iowa

IA, US

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George Dashiell Bayard grow up in Iowa.

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