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E. Harland
(1832 - 1915)
Home State: Connecticut
Command Billet: Brigade Commander
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Corps
see his Battle Report
Before Antietam
He was a lawyer before the war. In May 1861 he was commissioned Captain in the 3rd Connecticut Infantry and fought at First Bull Run, VA in July. In October 1861 he was appointed Colonel of the 8th Connecticut and was on General Burnside's North Carolina expedition.
On the Campaign
He commanded the 2nd Brigade in the Third Division/Ninth Corps in Maryland and assumed command of the Division after General Rodman was wounded on the afternoon of 17 September 1862 at Antietam.
The rest of the War
He continued in command of the Brigade at Fredericksburg and in November 1862 was appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers commanding districts in North Carolina.
After the War
He continued his law practice and was later a politician, judge, and bank president.
References & notes
Birth
06/24/1832; Norwich, CT
Death
03/09/1915; Norwich, CT; burial in Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, CT
1 Warner, Ezra J., Generals in Blue, Lives of the Union Commanders, Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1964 [AotW citation 29466]
2 US Army, Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC), Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS)-Massachusetts Photograph Collection, Published 2009, <https://arena.usahec.org/web/arena>, Source page: Vol. 56, pg. 2768 [AotW citation 29467]