BUTTERFIELD, DANIEL - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date: At Gaines Mill, Va., 27 June 1862.

Entered service at:   Washington, D.C. Born: 31 October 1831, Utica, N.Y.

Date of issue:   26 September 1892.

Citation:   Seized the colors of the 83d Pennsylvania Volunteers at a critical moment and, under a galling fire of the enemy, encouraged the depleted ranks to renewed exertion.

This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)