Edwin Erasmus Finney
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Jump to navigationJump to searchEdward Erasmus Finney was a private in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Regimental Band.
Antebellum
- Born on July 11, 1838 in Sackett's Harbor, Jefferson County, New York
- Enlisted from Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
War Career
- April 21, 1861 - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company E as a drummer
- June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
- May ?, 1861 - Transferred to the Regimental Band
- August 24, 1862 - Mustered out of federal service
Postwar Career
- Died on March 18, 1910
Family
- PARENTS
- Father Erasmus Darwin Finney - Born in 1808 in Henderson, Jefferson County, New York. Died in April 1859 in Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
- Mother Betsey Whitney Wright - Born on January 2, 1814 in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York. Died on March 18, 1910 in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
- Married ?
- Further genealogy information available HERE
Notes
Sources
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 347, 360)
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Genealogy - Edwin Erasmus Finney
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- Soldiers from Winnebago County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Wisconsin Mustered In
- Wisconsin Musicians
- Union Musicians on 1861.06.11 (Drummer)
- Wisconsin Musicians on 1861.06.11 (Drummer)
- Source: RWV (1) 0347
- Source: RWV (1) 0360