Facts: - birth name: richard sherwood satterlee - battles: black hawk war - death date: 10 november 1880 - allegiance: us - relations: william satterlee - rank: brigadier general - birth date: 06 december 1796 - serviceyears: 1822 - 1869 - name: richard sherwood satterlee - branch: union army - death place: new york city , united states - birth place: fairfield , new york , united states Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of richard sherwood satterlee .
richard sherwood satterlee was a brigadier general in the union army .