| Birth: | 1841 | | Death: | Aug. 13, 1880 | 
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. Born in Ireland, he immigrated to New York at an early age. When the Civil War began, in support of the Union he enlisted as a Private into Company I, 11th New York Infantry in May, 1861. Showing leadership and courage in battle, he was commissioned a First Lieutenant and appointed adjutant of the 163rd New York Infantry in July, 1862. In February, 1864, he was appointed Colonel of the 18th New York Cavalry, part of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks' Army of the Gulf and saw extensive action in Louisiana during the Red River Campaign. For gallantry at the Battles of Pleasant Hill and Campti, he was brevetted Brigadier General. For his conduct at the Battles of Moore's Plantation and Yellow Bayou in May, 1864, he was brevetted Major General of US Volunteers on March 13, 1865. When he mustered out of the volunteer service on May 13, 1866, he was the youngest general in the United States Army. After the war, President Andrew Johnson appointed him United States Marshal for the Northern District of Texas. On August 10, 1880, Byrne left Fort Quitman Texas, for the Pecos on a stagecoach when it was attacked by a band of Apache led by War Chief Victorio. The stage managed to turn around and start for the shelter of the fort, when the Indians overtook the coach and fired into it wounding Byrne in the hip and the back. He died four days later of gangrene. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Search Amazon for James Byrne | | | Burial:
Pioneers Rest Cemetery
Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Texas, USA
Plot: At Rear Of Cemetery
GPS (lat/lon): 32.4591, -97.19694 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jun 03, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 9761 |
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