caption serviceyears laterwork branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
robert o. tyler 1853 -- 1874 author u.s. regular army ; union army artillery reserve ; fourth division , ii corps boston , massachusetts 1 december 1874 hunter , new york united states union army of the potomac place of burial american civil war 31 december 1831 cedar hill cemetery 35px brigadier general robert o tyler.jpg robert o. tyler
 robert o. tyler
robert o. tyler

robert ogden tyler -lrb- december 31 , 1831 -- december 1 , 1874 -rrb- was an american soldier who served as a general in the union army during the american civil war .
he is best known as the commander of the artillery reserve of the army of the potomac , including at the battle of gettysburg in july 1863 , where many of his batteries played important role in the union victory .
tyler later led a division of heavy artillery turned infantry during the overland campaign of 1864 , when he was badly wounded and relegated to administrative duties for the duration of the war .
