serviceyears death_place death_date birth_place allegiance placeofburial_label battles birth_date rank article_title name
1862-1864 new york city , new york 12 april 1873 new york city , new york united states of america place of burial american battle of chancellorsville civil war battle of williamsburg battle of fredericksburg 2 december 1841 brevet -lrb- civil war -rrb- brigadier general -lrb- new york militia -rrb- colonel john watts de peyster , jr. .
 john watts de peyster , jr.
john watts de peyster , jr. .

`` for his father , see john watts de peyster . ''
john watts de peyster , jr. -lrb- december 2 , 1841 -- april 12 , 1873 -rrb- was a union army officer during the american civil war and a member of the famous de peyster family of new york .
his father was major general john watts de peyster .
