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Daniel Tyler (January 7, 1799 – November 30, 1882) was an iron manufacturer, railroad president, and one of the first generals of the American Civil War
American Civil War

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.

r was born in Brooklyn, Connecticut
Brooklyn, Connecticut

Brooklyn is a New England town in Windham County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. It contains the census district of East Brooklyn, Connecticut....
 to Daniel Tyler (May 21, 1750 – April 29, 1832) and Sarah Edwards Tyler (July 11, 1761 – April 25, 1841). He graduated from the United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy

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 in 1819. He resigned his commission in May 1834 and became an iron manufacturer, developing blast furnaces and rolling mills.






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Daniel Tyler (January 7, 1799 – November 30, 1882) was an iron manufacturer, railroad president, and one of the first generals of the American Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
.

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Tyler was born in Brooklyn, Connecticut
Brooklyn, Connecticut

Brooklyn is a New England town in Windham County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. It contains the census district of East Brooklyn, Connecticut....
 to Daniel Tyler (May 21, 1750 – April 29, 1832) and Sarah Edwards Tyler (July 11, 1761 – April 25, 1841). He graduated from the United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy

The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational United States Service academies located at West Point, New York, New York....
 in 1819. He resigned his commission in May 1834 and became an iron manufacturer, developing blast furnaces and rolling mills. He was the president of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad and the Macon and Western Railroad
Macon and Western Railroad

The Macon & Western Railroad was originally chartered as the Monroe Railroad and Banking Company in December, 1833. It was not until 1838 that it opened for business with a line from Macon, Georgia to Forsyth, Georgia....
. Later, Tyler served as the superintending engineer of the Dauphin and Susquehanna Railroad and the affiliated Allentown Railroad
Allentown Railroad

The Allentown Railroad was a rail line proposed in the 1850s to connect the Central Railroad of New Jersey at Allentown, Pennsylvania with the Pennsylvania Railroad's main line across the Allegheny Mountains....
, and became president and engineer when the former was reorganized as the Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad.

At the start of the Civil War, Tyler volunteered to be an aide-de-camp
Aide-de-camp

An aide-de-camp is a personal assistant, secretary, or adjutant to a person of high rank, usually a senior military officer or a head of state....
 to Brig. Gen.
Brigadier General

Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General.The rank can be traced back to the militaries of Europe where a brigadier general, or simply a brigadier, would command a brigade in the field....
 Robert Patterson
Robert Patterson

Robert Patterson was a United States major general during the Mexican-American War and at the beginning of the American Civil War....
 in April 1861. He served briefly as the colonel
Colonel (United States)

In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, Colonel is a senior field officer United States Military Officer military rank just above the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and just below the rank of Brigadier General ....
 of the 1st Connecticut Infantry regiment. He was appointed Brig. Gen. in the Connecticut Militia and commanded a division in Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell
Irvin McDowell

Irvin McDowell was a career United States United States Army, famous for his defeat during the First Battle of Bull Run, the first large-scale battle of the American Civil War....
's Army of Northeastern Virginia, with which he fought in the First Battle of Bull Run
First Battle of Bull Run

The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas , was the first major land battle of the American Civil War, fought on July 21, 1861, near Manassas, Virginia....
. He was promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers on March 13, 1862. He was sent to the west and commanded a brigade in the Army of the Mississippi
Army of the Mississippi

Army of the Mississippi was the name given to two Union Army armies that operated around the Mississippi River, both with short existences, during the American Civil War....
 for a short time during the Siege of Corinth
Siege of Corinth

The Siege of Corinth was an American Civil War battle fought from April 29 to June 10, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi....
. Afterwards he commanded the Harper's Ferry Defenses and later the Department of Delaware.

He resigned his commission in April 1864 and moved to New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
, then to Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
. He founded an Anniston
Anniston, Alabama

Anniston is a city in Calhoun County, Alabama in the U.S. state of Alabama, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the population of the city is 24,276....
 iron manufacturing company and was president of the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad.

Tyler died in New York City
New York City

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 and is buried in Hillside Cemetery, Anniston, Alabama
Anniston, Alabama

Anniston is a city in Calhoun County, Alabama in the U.S. state of Alabama, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the population of the city is 24,276....
.

Tyler's granddaughter, Edith Carow Roosevelt
Edith Roosevelt

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt , second wife of Theodore Roosevelt, was First Lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909....
 would later become First Lady of the United States
First Lady of the United States

First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. Because this position is traditionally filled by the wife of the President of the United States, the title is sometimes taken to apply only to the wife of a sitting President....
 after her marriage to Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt , also known as T.R., and to the public as Teddy, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
. His nephew, Robert O. Tyler
Robert O. Tyler

Robert Ogden Tyler was an United States soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is most known as the commander of the Artillery Reserve of the Army of the Potomac, including at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 where many of his Artillery Battery played important role in the Union victory....
, was also a general in the Union Army.

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