Edwin Vose Sumner

Edwin Vose Sumner
Nickname(s)	Bull, Bull Head
Born	(1797-01-30)January 30, 1797 Boston, Massachusetts, US
Died	March 21, 1863(1863-03-21) (aged 66) Syracuse, New York, US
Place of burial	Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York)
Allegiance	United States Union
Service/branch	United States Army Union Army
Years of service	1819–1863
Rank	Major General
Commands held	1st U.S. Cavalry Department of the Pacific II Corps, Army of the Potomac
Battles/wars	Black Hawk War Mexican–American War Indian Wars Bleeding Kansas American Civil War Peninsula Campaign Battle of Williamsburg Seven Days Battles Battle of Glendale Maryland Campaign Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg
Spouse(s)	Hannah W. Foster
Children	6, including Edwin Jr. and Samuel

Edwin Vose Sumner (January 30, 1797 – March 21, 1863) was a career United States Army officer who became a Union Army general and the oldest field commander of any Army Corps on either side during the American Civil War.^[1] His nicknames "Bull" or "Bull Head" came both from his great booming voice and a legend that a musket ball once bounced off his head.

Sumner fought in the Black Hawk War, with distinction in the Mexican–American War, on the Western frontier, and in the Eastern Theater for the first half of the Civil War. He led the II Corps of the Army of the Potomac through the Peninsula Campaign, the Seven Days Battles, and the Maryland Campaign, and the Right Grand Division of the Army during the Battle of Fredericksburg. He died in March 1863 while awaiting transfer.