Comments on: Daniel Tyler

By: Harry Smeltzer

Harry Smeltzer — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:41:00 +0000

Lots of questions you need to answer – what regiment was O’Leary in? What regiment was Leroy apparetnly in? Check also Connecticut papers after the battle – casualties were reported there. Other places to check are the state archives. Keep in mind also that not all soldiers in Connecticut regiments were necessarily Connecticut resdidents. Jeremiah O’Leary is a name of some significance – there was one of that name who served under Nathaniel Greene in the Revolution, and another who was a radical Sinn Feinnian in the early 20th century.

By: Neil Hogan

Neil Hogan — Fri, 13 May 2011 13:10:55 +0000

Came across your Bull Run site. Very good. Here’s a tough question. Jeremiah O Leroy was one of handful of Ct deaths at B.R. No Jeremiah O Leroy in Ct. census listings. I suspect the soldier was really Jeremiah O’Leary. I’m writing about Ct Irish in the war and so am biased in wanting him to be Irish. There were some Jeremiah Leary and Jeremiah O’Leary in CT and New England 1860 census. No widow pension as far as I can find. One Jeremiah O’Leary pension was filed from CT but for a guy in Rhode Island 7th Inf. Any way to get at this? Thanks – Neil Hogan

By: Pelham Monument « Bull Runnings

Pelham Monument « Bull Runnings — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:50:03 +0000

[...] town for his daughter-in-law, Annie – Annie’s Town – Anniston, was none other than Daniel Tyler, Federal division commander at First Bull Run, likely one of the men Pelham was shooting at that [...]

By: Phillip

Phillip — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:35:19 +0000

Patti,

I need help with information on Daniel Tyler. Please e-mail me at pltutor@aol.com.
- Phillip

By: It’s All Relative « Bull Runnings

It’s All Relative « Bull Runnings — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:53:37 +0000

[...] received this comment to my biographical sketch of Daniel Tyler:Thank you for doing the research and all that you do. I am a descendant of Annie Scott-Tyler [the [...]

By: Harry Smeltzer

Harry Smeltzer — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:51:20 +0000

Patti,

If you are also related to Daniel Tyler via Annie, that makes you the first descendant of a Bull Run participant to contact me. Are you descended from Daniel Tyler, or from Annie via another child not of the Tyler line?

If you have any relevant info you’d like to share, feel free.

By: Patti

Patti — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:04:11 +0000

Thank you for doing the research and all that you do. I am a decedant of Annie Scott-Tyler [the one that Anniston Ala. was named after] I know that Daniel was her father-in-law. He seems to have been a very smart and interesting man.I am always doing what I can to find new information on her and her husband and family, etc….this is very neat.

By: Harry Smeltzer

Harry Smeltzer — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:16:31 +0000

Terry,

Yes, Sherman was referring to the fighting at Blackburn’s Ford, claiming that Tyler did not really want to attack but rather just engage the enemy’s artillery. This is somewhat at odds with modern interpretations that say Tyler saw a chance for glory and intentionally disobeyed McDowell’s orders. I’m not really sure how such an idea can be supported, but “historians” make such conclusions all the time (see Kilpatrick at Gettysburg).

Tyler is still a bit of a mystery. Unlike the other division commanders, as far as I can see he had no USA or USV rank. In 15 years in the army he could not advance past first lieutenant, and he’d been out of the army for about 27 years, yet he recieved the biggest command in McDowell’s army.

I’m glad you found the site and hope you come back often.

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:29:12 +0000

Harry, I came upon “BullRunnings” via GoodSearching Gen Tyler. Gen Sherman’s letter of July 19, 1861, to John Sherman, mentions Tyler experimenting with rifled cannon at Bulls Run, only to “get a Rowland for his Oliver.” This letter is on p 121 of the Simpson-Berlin volume, “Sherman’s Civil War.” I had not ever really heard about Tyler. When I turned to William Scaife’s “Order of Battle,” his name appears as “Taylor.” Well, I was *sure* Sherman knew how to spell the artillery man’s name, but I wanted to confirm and find out more. (I use Scaife to try to visualize the units involved when studying specific battles. This 1997 book has not had very many errors in the eight years I’ve used it.) I have both Eicher and Eicher, and Sifakis, so I appreciate your photos here, and the additional information on Gertrude Carow and Edith Carow Roosevelt. Gen Tyler was one upstanding fellow! Thanks.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:51:00 +0000

Thanks for posting the bio information for Tyler. He was just a fuzzy face before. Especially fun to hear about Anniston, Alabama. Thanks for the plug, too. Keep on rockin’.