WILLCOX, Orlando Bolivar

Affiliation:  Union

Born: April 16 1823, Detroit MI

Died: May 10 1907, Coburg Ontario

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1847, Mexican war, served in New Mexico, Massachusetts and Florida, resigned 1857, lawyer.

War Service: May 1861 Col. of 1st Michigan, commanded 2nd Bde/3rd Divn at First Bull Run (w,c) - Medal of Honor, released August 1862 and appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers (from June 1861), commanded 1st Divn/IX Corps at Antietam, commanded IX Corps at Fredericksburg, served in Kentucky, commanded 3rd Divn/IX Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, commanded 1st Divn/IX Corps at Petersburg.

Post War: Lawyer, Army service from 1866, commanded Dept. of Arizona, Apache wars, retired 1887, governor of Washington's Soldiers' Home