Edward C. Cooper

Age 25 years. Enlisted May 4, 1861 at New York City and mustered in as Sergeant, Company C, to serve two years. He was promoted regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, May 4, 1861 and commissioned Second Lieutenant, Company E, November 23, 1861.

He was killed in action on 17 September 1862. In his after-action report Colonel Kimball wrote:

We have to lament the death of 2d Lieut. E. C. Cooper, who was wounded just as we entered the charge, who thought his wounds slight and refused to be carried from the field. He was a good officer, a brave and gallant soldier, and much beloved, and his loss is deeply regretted by the regiment.

His funeral was held on 2 October 1862 at the Church of All Souls, NYC.

Basic information from State of New York1. His photograph from a CDV offered for sale by The Horse Soldier. Funeral notice from the New York Times of 1 October 1862, and burial place from the Green-Wood database.

1835 in NY

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY