Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  General G. B. Willcox

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                                  WILLCOX
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   WILLCOX, GEN. O.B., born in Detroit, Mich., April 16, 1823. Graduated
   at the United States Military Academy in 1847, and was assigned to the
   Fourth Artillery. He served in the latter part of the Mexican War, on
   the Plains, and in the final campaign against the Seminoles in
   1856-57, but resigned his commission on September 10, 1857, studied
   law, and in 1858 was admitted to the bar at Detroit, Mich., where he
   practiced till the opening of the Civil War. He became colonel of the
   First Michigan Regiment on May 1, 1861, and his command was Charleston
   and Columbia, S. C., till August 17, 1862, he was exchanged and
   commissioned rigadier general of volunteers. He commanded a division
   in the Ninth Corps of the Army of the Potomac in the Richmond
   campaign, and on August 1, 1864, was brevetted major general of
   volunteers for "distinguished and gallent services in the several
   actions since crossing the Rapidan. At Petersburg his division was the
   first to break through and receive the actual surrender of the city.
   From April 26 - July 28, 1865, he had charge of the district of
   Washington, N. C., and from August 7th of that year till January 15,
   1866, he commanded that of Michigan; on the latter day he was mustered
   out and returned to the practice of law at Detroit.