Individual Details

Edward POMEROY

(2 Apr 1836 - 30 Aug 1862)

Events

Birth2 Apr 1836Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Residence1858/59and practiced law after graduating from either Hamilton or Union College - Jackson County, Michigan
Residence28 Apr 1861Jackson County, Michigan
Military29 Apr 1861enlisted and was a Third Sergeant in the First Regiment Michigan Volunteers - Jackson County, Michigan
Military1 May 1861enlisted in Company B, 1st Infantry Regiment Michigan - Michigan
MilitaryJul 1861fought in the battle of Bull Run - Virginia
Military7 Aug 1861mustered out of Company B, 1st Infantry Regiment Michigan - Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Military15 Aug 1861commissioned in Company G, 1st Regiment Michigan as First Lieutenant
Military17 Aug 1861promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant Company D
MilitaryBef 1862Captain of Company D in the 1st Mich. Vol Inf - Michigan
Military7 Jan 1862promoted to Full Adjutant
Military15 Jan 1862promoted to Full Captain (As of Co E)
Death30 Aug 1862during the second battle in a charge to capture a masked battery - Bull Run, Prince William County, Virginia
BurialAft 30 Aug 1862in Mount Evergreen Cemetery - Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan
Miscellaneous1863was honored by Gov. Blair & Dr. Tunnicliff who returned to the battlefield & took his skull as relic - Bull Run, Prince William County, Virginia
MiscellaneousBef 22 Dec 1887had a Post named after him - Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan

Families

FatherEnos POMEROY (1791 - 1870)
MotherSarah Strong NORTON (1804 - )
SiblingLt Col Henry POMEROY (1824 - 1876)
SiblingElizabeth Robinson POMEROY (1826 - 1827)
SiblingJohn Norton POMEROY Sr (1828 - 1885)
SiblingGeorge Whitfield POMEROY (1832 - 1909)
SiblingMary POMEROY (1840 - 1902)