Erastus B. Tyler

Biography

Erastus B. Tyler answered the call to service during the Civil War, organizing Maryland volunteers and rising to the rank of brigadier general in the Union Army. He led troops in the Peninsula Campaign and the battles around Antietam, where his steady guidance kept his brigade intact amid great danger.

After mustering out, he returned to private business and devoted himself to the well-being of veterans and the civic life of Baltimore, leaving a memory of disciplined leadership.