| Birth: | Dec. 22, 1831 | | Death: | Dec. 1, 1874 | 
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Graduated from the USMA in 1853, and served in the artillery in a number of various posts across the United States. In April 1861 he was part of the relief expedition that was prevented from reinforcing Fort Sumter by the Confederates. In September of that year he was commissioned in the Volunteers as Colonel of the 4th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, which, after his tutelage, was renamed the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery. His unit fought in the 1862 Peninsular Campaign, and Colonel Tyler command the Army's siege gun train. In November 1862 he was promoted to Brigadier General, US Volunteers. He commanded the artillery of the "Center Grand Division" at the Battle of Fredericksburg, and the Union artillery reserved at the Battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg (where his guns helped to destroy the Confederates in Pickett's Charge). In the 1864 he was given command of a brigade of Heavy Artillery units that were converted to infantry, which he led at the Battles of Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor. At Cold Harbor he was severely wounded in the foot, and was unable to render any more field service. In March 1865 he received the brevet of Major General, US Volunteers for "great gallantry at the Battle of Cold Harbor". In 1866 he was mustered out of Volunteer service, and was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel in the Regular Army, serving as deputy Quartermaster General. His injuries during the war contributed to his declining health, and he died at age 43. (bio by: Russ Dodge)
Search Amazon for Robert Ogden Tyler | | | Burial:
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Hartford
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA
Plot: Section 2, Lot 54
GPS (lat/lon): 41.72187, -72.69942 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 25, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 19739 |
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