Edward P. Brooks
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Jump to navigationJump to searchEdward P. Brooks was an Adjutant of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry.
Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company H on June 11, 1861
- Promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry on June 20, 1861
- Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company D on July 16, 1862
- Promoted to 1st Lieutenant of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company D on September 13, 1862
- Promoted to Adjutant of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry on April 1, 1863
- Taken prisoner on November 4, 1863
- Taken prisoner on June 22, 1864
- Transferred to the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company F on July 25, 1864
- Mustered out on January 7, 1865
Postwar Career
Family
Notes
Sources
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 494, 495, 509, 517, 525)