Rufus Daggett

Rufus Daggett (October 6, 1837 – February 9, 1912) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. On February 18, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln nominated Daggett for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from January 15, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 3, 1865.

Born in New Berlin, New York on October 6, 1837, Daggett first served in the Union Army as a first lieutenant with the 14th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment from May 17, 1861, until he was mustered out of the volunteers on December 4, 1861. He returned to the army and was appointed major, August 20, 1862, lieutenant colonel, September 5, 1863, and colonel, August 12, 1864, of the 117th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Rufus Daggett died February 12, 1912, at Utica, New York. He was interred at New Forest Cemetery in Utica.