BAYARD, George Dashiell
Affiliation:
Union
Born: December 18 1835, Seneca Falls NY
Died: December 14 1862, Fredericksburg VA
Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1856, frontier duty in
cavalry (killed Kiowa Chief Big Pawnee), instructor at West Point.
War Service: September 1861 Col. of 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry,
Washington defences, fought in Shenandoah Valley during Jackson's campaign,
April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers and chief of cavalry in III Corps,
Cedar Mountain, Fredericksburg (mw).
Post War: Died after the battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862