Frederick Winthrop

He enlisted as a Private in Company F of the 71st New York State Militia on 20 April 1861 and was mustered out on 30 July 1861. He was appointed Captain in the 12th United States Infantry on 26 October 1861 and was on the Peninsula Campaign of 1862.

He commanded Company B of the Battalion at Antietam in September 1862.

He was with his Company at Gettysburg, PA in July 1863 then was acting Assistant Adjutant General of the Regular Brigade through the Wilderness in May 1864. He commanded the Battalion at Spottsylvania Court House and on the North Anna later that month and was with the Division stagfg at Bethesda Church. He was appointed Colonel of the 5th New York Infantry in August 1864 and led them at Petersburg. He was honored by brevet to Brigadier General of Volunteers on 1 August 1864 and was leading a brigade when he was killed in action at Five Forks, VA on 1 April 1865. He was brevetted Major General for that battle.

His service from Heitman1 and Henry.2 His role at Antietam from Captain Blunt's after-action report. Personal details from family genealogists and his bio sketch from Green-Wood. His gravesite is on Findagrave; he was originally buried at Trinity Church in Manhattan and reinterred in Green-Wood in May 1866. His picture from a photograph at the Library of Congress.

08/03/1839 in NY

04/01/1865; Five Forks, VA; burial in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY