Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  General Daniel Tyler

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                                   TYLER
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   TYLER, GEN. DANIEL, born in Windham county, Conn., January 7, 1799.
   Graduated at West Point 1819. Engaged in civil life at breaking out of
   Civil war. entered Union service as colonel of 1st Connecticut
   Volunteers April 23, 1861. Commanded a division at Bull Run. Made
   brigadier of volunteers March 13, 1862. Served in Army of Mississippi
   during the siege of Corinth. Commanded at Harper's Ferry and Maryland
   Heights in 1863. Resigned his commission April 6, 1864, and traveled
   in Europe. Engaged in cotton manufacturing in Alabama in 1872, and
   built the town of Anniston, Ala. President of Mobile and Montgomery
   Railroad 1873-79. died in New York November 30, 1882.