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Major Walter March

Born: 04/16/1823   Detroit
Died: 05/11/1907
Parents: Charles and Almira Powers Willcox
Spouse: Marie Louise Farnsworth (1st); Julia Elizabeth McReynolds (2nd)
Children: 8 by 1st wife: Marie Louise; Elon; Cora; Almira; Grace North; Caroline (died at birth); Orlando; Charles., 2 by 2nd wife: Julian; Louisie
Address(es):
Burial:
Arlington National Cemetery (Section 1, Grave 18)
Arlington , VA
Contact Information:
Website : http://arlingtoncemetery.net/owillcox.htm

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Forgotten Valor: The Memoirs, Journals & Civil War Letters of Orlando B. Willcox
- edited by Robert Garth Scott after discovery in a descendant's attic in Washington D.C. 		Non Fiction , Biography Adult Kent, OH : Kent State University Press 1999
Faca : An Army Memior
- as Major Walter March 		Biography Adult Boston : James French and Company ; Detroit : Raymond & Selleck, 1857 -1858
Shoepac Recollections: A Wayside Glimpse of American Life
- As Major Walter March 		Fiction Adult New York: Bunce & Brother 1856
Other works:
- Author of an artillery manual 		Non Fiction Adult

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Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Medal of Honor
- Medal of Honor citation: Rank and organization: Colonel, 1st Michigan Infantry. Place and date: At Bull Run, Va., July 21, 1861. Entered service at: Detroit, Mich. Birth: Detroit, Mich. Date of issue: March 2, 1895. 		1895
Other Honors:
- The town of Willcox, Arizona is named in his honor.

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Ink Trails II by Dave and Jack Dempsey 2015
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military 2002
Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Humanities 1988
Dictionary of American Biography

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Second Lieutenant U. S. Military Academy West Point , NY 1847

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Breveted Major General in both the Regulars and the Volunteers United States Army 1895
Governor of the Soldiers' Home U. S. Army WashingtonD.C. 1889
Brigadier-general, and assumed command of the Department of the Missouri
- retired from service, 1887 		U. S. Army 1882 -1887
Commanded the Department of Arizona
- Willcox, Arizona was named for him 		U. S. Army operations against the Apache Indians 1878 -1882
12th Infantry except for a brief tour as superintendent of recruiting in New York U. S. Army San Francisco 1869 -1878
Pracitce of law
- upon enlargement of the Regular Army in July, he  was reappointed as Colonel of the 29th US Infantry 		Law practice with brother Eben N. Willcox Detroit 1866
Colonel, 29th Infantry
- mustered out of service in January 1866, and returned to Detroit to resume his law practice 		U. S. Army Virginia 1866
Brigadier General of Volunteers and given command of the 1st Division of Ambrose Burnside's IX Corps.
- He was actively engaged at the Battle of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Knoxville, and in the final campaigns from the Wilderness to Petersburg. 		U. S. Army/ Civil War 1862 -1865
Comanded a Brigade
- He was wounded and captured, and remained a prisoner for over a year 		U. S. Army Bull Run/Manassas , VA 1861 -1862
Colonel of the 1st Michigan Infantry U. S. Army Michigan 1861
Practice Law Law practice with brother Eben N. Willcox Detroit 1857 -1861
First Lieutenant U. S. Army including campaigns against the Seminole Indians Southern and western frontier 1848 -1857
Second Lieutenant U. S. Army War with Mexico 1847 -1848

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search/a?searchtype=X&searcharg=orlando+bolivar+Willcox&SORT=D&submit.x=52&submit.y=10

http://elibrary.mel.org/search~S15?/aMarch%2C+Walter%2C+1823-1907./amarch+walter+1823+1907/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&FF=amarch+walter+1823+1907&1%2C4%2C

Other Comments:

In 1905 he took up residence in Coburg, Ontario, where he remained until his death.

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