David Bell Birney (May 29, 1825 – October 18, 1864) was a businessman, lawyer, and a Union general in the American Civil War. Birney was born in Huntsville...
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David Edwin Birney (April 23, 1939 – April 27, 2022) was an American actor and director whose career included performances in both contemporary and classical...
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Gen. David B. Birney School is a historic school building located in the Logan neighborhood of Philadelphia. Originally built for the School District...
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Augusta Marsh Birney (born July 27, 1999), known professionally as Gus Birney, is an American actress. She is known for her television roles in the The...
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Union army. Birney was a son of prominent Southern abolitionist leader James G. Birney and the older brother of Civil War general David B. Birney. Another...
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David Birney (1939–2022), American actor/director David B. Birney Earle Birney Ewan Birney Jack Birney James G. Birney James M. Birney Matt Birney Reed...
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David Bell Birney IV (November 26, 1929 – February 13, 2004) was twelfth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho. Birney was born on November 26, 1929...
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accordingly consolidated into two divisions; the 1st under General David B. Birney, and the 2nd under General Andrew A. Humphreys, an able officer who...
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as a tourniquet. He ordered his aide, Major Harry Tremain, "Tell General Birney he must take command." As Sickles was carried by stretcher to the III Corps...
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Birney is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include: David B. Birney (1825–1864), American Civil War Union general David Birney...
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Pennsylvania Infantry , Companies A, B and K: Maj Octavus Bull (Provost Marshal 2nd Corps) MG Daniel E. Sickles (w) MG David B. Birney (w) MG George Sykes General...
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transferred intact, and were numbered as the 3rd and 4th, with Generals David B. Birney and Gershom Mott in command. By this accession, the II Corps attained...
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List of people from Huntsville, Alabama (section B)
Bankhead, actress William B. Bankhead, politician Garry Betty, former president and CEO of EarthLink Bo Bice, musician David B. Birney, Civil War general, abolitionist...
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ISBN 9780813030197. Wilson & Fiske 1891. John French Conklin bio Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, California: Stanford University...
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Gen. David B. Birney would cross, followed by his cavalry under Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz. In a two-pronged attack, the right wing (Birney's X Corps...
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His father William Birney and his uncle David B. Birney were both Union generals in the Civil War, and another uncle, James M. Birney, was Lieutenant Governor...
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by Maj. Gen. Daniel Sickles, with divisions commanded by Maj. Gen. David B. Birney and Maj. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys. V Corps, commanded by Maj. Gen....
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Petersburg. On August 13, the X Corps, commanded by Maj. Gen. David B. Birney, and Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg's cavalry division crossed pontoon bridges from...
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applied to the wound. After transferring command of the III Corps to David B. Birney, Sickles was taken off the field on a stretcher while puffing on a...
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position. Meade selected the II Corps, temporarily commanded by Maj. Gen. David B. Birney while Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock was suffering from his lingering...
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commanded by Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, with the divisions of Brig. Gen. David B. Birney, and Maj. Gens. Hiram G. Berry and Amiel W. Whipple. V Corps, commanded...
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Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, including the divisions of Maj. Gen. David B. Birney and Brig. Gens. Francis C. Barlow, John Gibbon, and Gershom Mott. (Mott's...
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Cyrus Edwin Dallin Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg by J. Otto Schweizer Gen. Alfred Pleasonton by J. Otto Schweizer Gen. David B. Birney by Lee Lawrie 4 white...
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frustration was with Brig. Gen. David B. Birney, whose division of the III Corps had been designated to support the attack as well. Birney claimed that his men had...
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remnants of the division became part of the Third Division of Maj. Gen. David B. Birney during the Battle of Spotsylvania, Brewster's brigade became the division's...
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Eyewitness to Gettysburg. Burd Street Press. Birney, David B (August 7, 1863). Reports of Maj. Gen. David B. Birney, U. S. Army, Commanding First Division of...
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Philadelphia) David Farragut School David Landreth School Fairhill Elementary School, closed 2013 Francis Read School, closed 1980 Gen. David B. Birney School...
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division of Maj. Gen. David B. Birney led Hancock's column on the Telegraph Road. As they began to take fire from Henagan's Redoubt, Birney deployed two brigades...
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take advantage of it. Hancock's men, led by the division of Maj. Gen. David B. Birney, overwhelmed Henagan's small force, which fled across the bridge. Union...
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counterattack in the Battle of Williamsburg; army commander Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan telegraphed to Washington that "Hancock was superb today" and the...
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