Ayres, Romeyn Beck

Life Span
to
Full name
Romeyn Beck Ayres
Place of Birth
Montgomery County, NY
Burial Place
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
4
Family
Emily Louis Gerry Dearborn (first wife), Juliet Opie Hopkins Butcher (second wife - 1880)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
At Gettysburg, Union General Daniel Sickles disregards orders and loses much of his III Corps and his right leg
The Battle of the Wilderness opens on ground fought over the year before at Chancellorsville
In Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the Battle of the Wilderness continues for a second bloody day
In Spotsylvania County, Virginia, the Battle of the Wilderness ends and Union maneuvering continues
In Dinwiddie County, Virginia, the Union's Fifth Corps capture a vital crossroads at the Battle of Five Forks
Gettysburg Campaign
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