FIELD, Charles William
Affiliation:
Union
Born: April 6 1828, Woodford Cty KY
Died: April 9 1892, Washington DC
Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1849, resigned 1861.
War Service: September 1861 Col. of 6th Virginia Cavalry, March
1862 Brig. Gen., commanded 1st Bde/Hill's Light Division in Seven Days,
Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas (w), superintendent of the Bureau of
Conscription, February 1864 Maj. Gen., commanded Hood's Divn/I
Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Fort Harrison,
Darbytown Road, and Appomattox.
Post War: Businessman, Egyptian army, doorkeeper of US
House of Representatives, civil engineer, superintendent of Indian reservation.