Edgar W. Calhoun
Parents, Sheldon H. and Jane Fenn Calhoun.
Enlisted August 7, 1862 in Company H, 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery.
Mustered September 11, 1862.
Discharged July 7, 1865.
The first year and more were spent in the defenses about Washington D. C. In soldiers parlance called “White Glove Service”. In the spring of ’64 the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery was called into active service under “Grant”.
Participated in battles Cold Harbor, Shenandoah campaign under “Sheridan”, battle of Winchester, also in closing campaign about Petersburg.
Only child of an honored family, he lived after the war closed to honor the family name as a patriot and private citizen.
Died in 1904. Buried in “The Green” cemetery.
Source:
A Brief Record and Characteristics Of Some of the Men who Enlisted in “Judea” and Served in the Civil War As known by Samuel Jay Nettleton, Jay Nettleston, 1911
Enlisted August 7, 1862 in Company H, 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery.
Mustered September 11, 1862.
Discharged July 7, 1865.
The first year and more were spent in the defenses about Washington D. C. In soldiers parlance called “White Glove Service”. In the spring of ’64 the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery was called into active service under “Grant”.
Participated in battles Cold Harbor, Shenandoah campaign under “Sheridan”, battle of Winchester, also in closing campaign about Petersburg.
Only child of an honored family, he lived after the war closed to honor the family name as a patriot and private citizen.
Died in 1904. Buried in “The Green” cemetery.
Source:
A Brief Record and Characteristics Of Some of the Men who Enlisted in “Judea” and Served in the Civil War As known by Samuel Jay Nettleton, Jay Nettleston, 1911