2204. Orlando Bolivar Willcox (2469) (2470)(2471) (2472) (photo) was born on 16 Apr 1823 in Detroit, Wayne Co., MI. He died on 10 May 1907. He has reference number 1062. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA. Orlando graduated from the U.S. Military academy at West Point in 1847. promoted in the army 2nd lieutenant, 4th artillery, July 1. 1847, and served in the war with Mexico, 1847-48. He was promoted 1st lieutenant, April 30, 1850; was on garrison duty in New Mexico, Kansas and Maryland, 1850-52; was on garrison duty in New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, 1852-56, and took part in the Seminole Indian war, 1856-57. He resigned from the army, Sept. 10, 1857; practiced law in Detroit, 1857-61, but on the outbreak of the civil war, was commissioned colonel of the 1st Michigan volunteers, May 1, 1861, and took part in the capture of Alexandria, Va. He was promoted brigadier-general, U.S.V, July 21, 1861, and commanded the 2nd brigade, 3rd division of the army under Gen. Irvin McDowell at the 1st battle of Bull Run, where he was taken prisoner and confined as a hostage for Confederate privateers, Nov., 1861 - Feb., 1862. He commanded the 1st division, 9th army corps, Army of the Potomac, at the battle of South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862, and in the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862; took part in the Rappahannock campaign; commanded the 9th army corps, Sumner's right grand division, Army of the Potomac, in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va.; was given command of the district of Central Kentucky, April-June, 1863, and commanded the district of Indiana and Michigan during the draft riots in Indiana, June-September, 1863. He took part in East Tennessee, 1863-64, and commanded the 3rd division, 9th army corps, Army of the Potomac, in Grant's campaign against Richmond, participating in the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, and in the actions on the Weldon railroad, and the operations about Petersburg. He was brevetted major-general, U.S.V., "for gallant services since crossing the Rapidan." He was given command of the district of Washington, NC., April 26, 1865, and of the district of Michigan, Aug. 7, 1865, and was mustered out of service, Jan. 15, 1866. He engaged in the practice of law at Detroit in 1866; and was appointed U.S. assessor of internal revenue, but on July 28, 1866, was re-appointed in the U.S. army with the rank of colonel of the 28th infantry, and served in command of the district of Lynchburg, Va., Nov. 30, 1866. He was brevetted brigadier-general, U.S.A., March 2, 1867, for gallant services at Spottsylvania, and major-general the same date for services at Petersburg. He was sent west as commander of the Arizona Military District and he there had an important part in various Indian campaigns. The town of Willcox in Arizona is named in his honor. He married first, Mary Louise Farnsworth, married second, Elizabeth (McReynolds) Wyeth. He was retired from active service, April 16, 1887. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1895 for his gallant service at Bull Run, Va., July 21, 1861, in which he led repeated charges until wounded and taken prisoner.
He was married to
Mary Louise Farnsworth (daughter of Chancellor Elon Farnsworth
and Hannah _______) on 15 Oct 1852.
Mary Louise Farnsworth(2473)
(photo) was born on 15 Dec 1831. She died on 15 Apr 1873. Orlando Bolivar
Willcox and Mary Louise Farnsworth had the following children:
+3528 i.
Marie Louise Willcox.
+3529 ii.
Major Elon Farnsworth Willcox.
3530 iii.
Caro Farnsworth Willcox(2474)
was born on 28 Jun 1858. He died on 13 Oct 1859.
3531 iv.
Almira Caro Willcox(2475) was
born on 9 Mar 1860. She died on 30 Jun 1866.
+3532 v.
Grace North Willcox.
3533 vi.
Caroline Blake Willcox(2476)
was born on 28 May 1866. She died on 10 Oct 1866.
+3534 vii.
Orlando Blodgett Willcox.
+3535 viii.
Charles Mcallister Willcox.
He was married
to Julia Elizabeth McReynolds on 24 Nov 1881. Julia Elizabeth
McReynolds(2477) was born on 24
Nov 1841. Widow of Charles Jones Wyeth Orlando Bolivar Willcox and Julia Elizabeth
McReynolds had the following children:
+3536 i.
Colonel Julian Parsons Willcox.
+3537 ii.
Louise Willcox.
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