Cutcheon, Byron M. (1836-1908)
Not joining the Union army as a subaltern until the summer of 1862, New Hamshire-born Byron M. Cutcheon rose to a brevet brigadier generalship and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor before resigning a month before Appomattox.
Graduating from college in 1861 he entered the army the next year, where his assignments included; second lieutenant, 20th Michigan (July 15, 1862); captain, 20th Michigan (August 16, 1862); major, 20th Michigan (October 14, 1862); lieutenant colonel, 20th Michigan (November 19, 1863); colonel, 20th Michigan (January 8, 1864); commanding 2nd Brigade, 1st Division 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac (October 16, 1864-March 10, 1865); and colonel, 27th Michigan (December 19, 1864).
Joining the Army of the Potomac a few days after the battle of Antietam, he fought at fredericksburg before going to Kentucky with the 9th Corps. There, on May 10, 1863, he led his regiment in a charge on an occupied house at Horseshoe Bend, and in 1891 he was awarded the medal for his gallantry. He took part in the fighting at Knoxville before returning to Virginia where he led his regiment through the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Petersburg, earning a brevet brigadier generalship.
During the siege winter he directed a brigade. Resigning on March 6, 1865, he was a lawyer, congressman, writer, and educator after the war.
~ Who Was Who in the Civil War, 1988
You can visit the memorial page for Byron Mac Cutcheon.
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