Edward Ephraim Cross
Birthplace: Lancaster, New Hampshire
Father: Colonel Ephraim Cross 1795 – 1876
(Buried: Wilder Cemetery, Lancaster, New Hampshire)
Mother: Abigail C. Everett – 1884
(Buried: Wilder Cemetery, Lancaster, New Hampshire)
Occupation before War:
Writer for Coos Democrat Newspaper
Printer for Cincinnati Times Newspaper
Washington Correspondent for Cincinnati Times Newspaper
Supporter and Campaigner for Know – Nothing political party
Newspaper Article Writer for New York Herald Newspaper
Member of Santa Rita Silver Mining Company
Investor of Mines in Arizona Territory
Founder and Owner of Weekly Arizonian Newspaper
Scout for United States Army during the Apache Expeditions
1860: Commander of Sonoran Army Garrison in Mexico
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: Colonel of 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia
1862: Served in the Seven Days Campaign in Virginia
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Antietam, Maryland
1862: Regimental Commander at Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: Regimental Commander at Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
1863: Brigade Commander at Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1863: Mortally Wounded at Rose Woods at Battle of Gettysburg
Died: July 3, 1863
Place of Death: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: War Wounds
Age at time of Death: 31 years old
Burial Place: Wilder Cemetery, Lancaster, New Hampshire
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