Edward Lambert Halstead

In 1860 he was a 20 year old clerk in New York City. In April-May 1861 he served 30 days in the 7th Regiment, New York National Guard, then enrolled at Alexandria, VA and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant, Company K, 40th New York Infantry on 1 December 1861. He never joined his regiment, but was detailed to the Signal Corps on 7 March 1862 and assigned to the Department of the Shenandoah with General Banks.

He was at the signal station at the Washington Monument on South Mountain near Boonsboro, MD on the Campaign and during the battle of Antietam on 17 September 1862.

In July 1864 he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Signal Corps, US Volunteers (to date from 3 March 1863) and he resigned on 23 December 1864 (accepted 3 January 1865). He was honored by brevets to First Lieutenant and Captain of Volunteers on 13 March 1865 for his war service.

By 1870 he was a paver living with the Eugene Ellery family in Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, NY. In 1880 he was a bookkeeper back in New York City but by 1900 and to at least 1910 he was a clerk in the Water Department in Manhattan.

His basic service from the Adjutant General,1 also as Edwin L. Halstead, and Brown,2 as Edward L. Halsted. His Maryland Campaign service from Major Myer's Report. Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1860-1910, and a bio sketch from Green-Wood Cemetery. His gravesite is on Findagrave, source also of his picture, from a carte-de-visite contributed by Wayne Augustine.

He married Emily Taylor (1844-1913) and they had 2 children (1866, 1869).

1840 in NJ

07/12/1911; Manhattan, NY; burial in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY