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Edwin S. Greeley

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After the war Greeley entered a partnership with Luther Tillotson to manufacture telegraph keys. After Tillotson's passing in 1885, Greeley renamed the company The E.S. Greeley & Co. The business suffered greatly following the
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He served with the 10th Connecticut throughout the war and rose to become its commanding officer. The regiment served in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and was at
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and was dissolved in 1897. Following the dissolution of Greeley and Co., Greeley served as an officer of the Yale National Bank in
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on October 22, 1861. The unit was mustered into federal service on October 2, 1861, and sent south to participate in
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in 1920 at the age of 87. His estate had an estimated 1920 value of $ 400,000. He is buried in the
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After a basic education, he trained as a machinist and worked manufacturing locomotives in
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A National Registry of the Society Sons of the American Revolution
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American industrialist, soldier, & philanthropist (1832-1920)
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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
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Nashua, New Hampshire
North Haven, Connecticut
Evergreen Cemetery
New Haven, Connecticut
Union Army
Brevet
Brigadier General
10th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
American Civil War
Nashua, New Hampshire
Revolutionary War
Taunton, Massachusetts
Schenectady, New York
Paterson, New Jersey
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
first lieutenant
10th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
Burnside's North Carolina Expedition
Appomattox Court House
Robert E. Lee
Army of Northern Virginia
Panic of 1893
New Haven, Connecticut
Sons of the American Revolution
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Grand Army of the Republic
North Haven, Connecticut
Evergreen Cemetery

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