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Dan(ie)l Butterfield.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:37.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
Dan(ie)l Butterfield.
Of N.Y. Union Gen. Composer of "Taps." Wounded at Gaines' Mill, for which awarded the Medal of Honor decades later, in 1892. Butterfield was the Army of the Potomac's Chief of Staff during Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, where he was wounded again. In charge of Sherman's funeral, the Washington Centennial in 1889, and Dewey's 1899 return after Manila, Butterfield also found the time to design the system of corps badges. His tomb the most ornate in West Point Cemetery. With "For Col. Badeau" in his hand (see Badeau, Lot 6-11, above). Pale mocha toning, light blotter traces(?) just above "Danl.," else fine.