Daniel Butterfield, Major General (1831-1901). Signed Photograph.  16” x 19”.

Inventory # 20513  $2,500

The inscription reads: “To the brave men who served under my command in days gone by and who are now my comrades in the G. A. R. & belong to Post 353 - Greenpoint Long Island - with kind regards of their old commander.”

Daniel Adams Butterfield (1831–1901) was a New York businessman, Union general in the Civil War, and Assistant U.S. Treasurer in New York. He commanded a brigade at Manassas, and led a corps in the desperate assault on Marye’s Heights during the Battle of Fredericksburg.  He is credited with composing “Taps,” probably the most famous bugle call ever written.