Bidwell, Daniel D
soldier, was born about 1816 in Buffalo, N. Y. Colonel Bidwell took a prominent part in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, commanded a brigade at Gettysburg, and when General Grant took command of the armies in Virginia was again placed in charge of a brigade, participating in the overland campaign. He was commissioned brigadier-general in July, 1864, and served with honor in the Shenandoah campaigns during the summer preceding the action at Cedar Creek, where he lost his life. He died Oct. 19, 1864, near Cedar Creek, Va.