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Butterfield (DANIEL an American soldier)

DANIEL, an American soldier, born in Utica, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1831. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was Colonel of the 12th New York Militia. He served in the Peninsular campaign, and under Pope and McClellan in 1862. At Fredericksburg he commanded the 5th Corps, and at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg was chief of staff. He served as chief of staff to Hooker at Lookout Mountain, and Ringgold, and Pea Vine Creek; and commanded Roost, a division at Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Dallas, New Hope Church, Kenesaw, Lost Mountain, and other battles. He was brevetted Major- General in the regular army. He resigned in 1869, and became chief of the United States sub-treasury in New York City. He is author of "Camp and Outpost Duty" (1862). He died in 1901.