Edwin Metcalf
Edwin Metcalf was born on August 23, 1823, in Providence, Rhode Island, to Joseph and Evelyn Metcalf. His father was a leather dealer. He grew up and attended school in Providence, and he graduated from Brown University in 1842. He married Eliza H. Atwell on December 14, 1846, and they had at least two children: Frederick, born around 1848; and Evelyn, born around 1860. He worked as a lawyer in Providence, and he served as a clerk for the state Supreme Court. By 1860, he owned $500 of personal property.
In the fall of 1861, he received a commission as a major in the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. In late 1862, he became the colonel of the 11th Rhode Island Infantry. That November, Union officials transferred him back to the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. The regiment took part in the siege of Charleston, and he resigned on February 5, 1864.
He returned to Providence after leaving the army, and he resumed his work as a lawyer. His wife died on July 18, 1863, and he married Anna Thayer on September 3, 1865. By 1870, he owned $2,000 of personal property. In the early 1880s, he served as president of the Rhode Island Temperance Union. He was elected state attorney general in 1886. His health deteriorated in the early 1890s, and he retired in 1891. He died in Providence on January 18, 1894.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (4667) | Metcalf, Edwin | 1823-08-23 | 1894-01-18 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Major
- Rank out: Colonel
- Rank highest: Colonel
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 106
- (13114) [recipient] ~ Nicholas Van Slyck to Edwin Metcalf, 3 May 1861
- (13115) [recipient] ~ William H. Brown to Edwin Metcalf, 31 August 1861
- (13116) [recipient] ~ Walter S. Burges to Edwin Metcalf, 12 September 1861
- (13117) [recipient] ~ William E. (?) to Edwin Metcalf, 13 September 1861
- (13118) [recipient] ~ Walter S. Burges to Edwin Metcalf, 19 September 1861
- (13119) [recipient] ~ William J. King to Edwin Metcalf, 5 October 1861
- (13175) [recipient] ~ Christopher Blanding to Edwin Metcalf, 18 November 1861
- (13177) [recipient] ~ Charles G. Strahan to Edwin Metcalf, 20 December 1861
- (13219) [recipient] ~ Charles G. Strahan to Edwin Metcalf, 1 January 1862
- (13220) [recipient] ~ Nathaniel W. Brown to Edwin Metcalf, undated
- (13221) [recipient] ~ Christopher Blanding to Edwin Metcalf, 2 January 1862
- (13222) [recipient] ~ Benjamin Dyer to Edwin Metcalf, 5 January 1862
- (13223) [recipient] ~ Charles H. Waterhouse to Edwin Metcalf, 13 January 1862
- (13224) [recipient] ~ Louis H. Pelouze to Edwin Metcalf, 2 February 1862
- (13225) [recipient] ~ Clement Webster to Edwin Metcalf, 17 March 186X
- (13227) [recipient] ~ R. M. Larrude to Edwin Metcalf, 14 May 1862
- (13228) [recipient] ~ Nathaniel W. Brown to Edwin Metcalf, 26 May 1862
- (13229) [recipient] ~ Nathaniel W. Brown to Edwin Metcalf, 27 June 1862
- (13230) [recipient] ~ Nathaniel W. Brown to Edwin Metcalf, 14 January 1862
- (13231) [recipient] ~ Nathaniel W. Brown to Edwin Metcalf, 31 May 1862
- (13283) [writer] ~ Edwin Metcalf to Horace W. Love et al., 6 January 1863
- (13286) [recipient] ~ David A. Holmes to Edwin Metcalf, 17 July 1862
- (13287) [recipient] ~ Joseph J. Comstock Jr. to Edwin Metcalf, 21 July 1862
- (13399) [recipient] ~ Lemuel H. A. Salisbury to Edwin Metcalf, 2 August 1862
- (13400) [recipient] ~ Horatio Rogers Jr. to Edwin Metcalf, 6 August 1862
- (13401) [recipient] ~ Charles R. Brayton to Edwin Metcalf, 8 August 1862
- (13402) [recipient] ~ David B. Churchill to Edwin Metcalf, 16 August 1862
- (13403) [recipient] ~ Nathaniel W. Brown to Edwin Metcalf, 12 August 1862
- (13404) [recipient] ~ Elisha T. Read to Edwin Metcalf, 12 August 1862
- (13405) [recipient] ~ Horatio Rogers Jr. to Edwin Metcalf, 5 September 1862
- (13406) [recipient] ~ Jeremiah Lanahan to Edwin Metcalf, 18 September 1862
- (13407) [recipient] ~ Nathaniel W. Brown to Edwin Metcalf, 11 September 1862
- (13408) [recipient] ~ H. Barstow to Edwin Metcalf, 2 November 1862
- (13409) [recipient] ~ Henry S. Olney to Edwin Metcalf, 12 November 1862
- (13448) [recipient] ~ Thomas Fidler to Edwin Metcalf, 29 November 1862
- (13449) [recipient] ~ Edwin J. Pond to Edwin Metcalf, 3 November 1862
- (13450) [recipient] ~ Henry S. Olney to Edwin Metcalf, 19 December 1862
- (13451) [recipient] ~ James T. Edwards to Edwin Metcalf, 22 December 1862
- (13452) [recipient] ~ Isaac Brown to Edwin Metcalf, 4 January 1863
- (13453) [recipient] ~ Fenner H. Peckham to Edwin Metcalf, 5 January 1863
- (13454) [recipient] ~ Unknown to Edwin Metcalf, 5 January 1863
- (13455) [recipient] ~ (?) Terry to Edwin Metcalf, 10 January 1863
- (13464) [recipient] ~ (?) Terry to Edwin Metcalf, 21 December 1862
- (13465) [recipient] ~ John Frieze to Edwin Metcalf, 29 August 1863
- (13466) [recipient] ~ Horatio Rogers Jr. to Edwin Metcalf, 25 January 1863
- (13467) [recipient] ~ Henry S. Olney to Edwin Metcalf, 4 February 1863
- (13468) [recipient] ~ Nathan F. Moses to Edwin Metcalf, 5 February 1863
- (13469) [recipient] ~ Henry S. Olney to Edwin Metcalf, 1 March 1863
- (13470) [recipient] ~ Horatio Rogers Jr. to Edwin Metcalf, 3 April 1863
- (13474) [recipient] ~ Charles R. Brayton to Edwin Metcalf, 18 April 1863
- (13475) [recipient] ~ Charles R. Brayton to Edwin Metcalf, 22 April 1863
- (13476) [recipient] ~ Charles R. Brayton to Edwin Metcalf, 11 May 1863
- (13477) [recipient] ~ Charles R. Brayton to Edwin Metcalf, 12 May 186X
- (13478) [writer] ~ Edwin Metcalf to Unknown, 17 May 1863
- (13479) [recipient] ~ Horatio Rogers Jr. to Edwin Metcalf, 18 May 1863
- (13480) [recipient] ~ Charles R. Brayton to Edwin Metcalf, 18 May 1863
- (13481) [recipient] ~ Charles R. Brayton to Edwin Metcalf, 22 May 1863
- (13482) [recipient] ~ Horatio Rogers Jr. to Edwin Metcalf, 28 May 1863
- (13483) [recipient] ~ Thomas E. Brown to Edwin Metcalf, 31 May 1863
- (13484) [recipient] ~ Frederic Denison to Edwin Metcalf, 8 June 1863
- (13485) [recipient] ~ Horatio Rogers Jr. to Edwin Metcalf, 22 June 1863
- (13486) [recipient] ~ William P. Martin to Edwin Metcalf, 28 June 1863
- (13487) [recipient] ~ Charles R. Brayton to Edwin Metcalf, 14 July 1863
- (13489) [recipient] ~ Unknown to Edwin Metcalf, 17 July 1863
- (13490) [recipient] ~ Charles R. Brayton to Edwin Metcalf, 19 July 1863
- (13513) [recipient] ~ James E. Bailey to Edwin Metcalf, 19 July 1863
- (13514) [recipient] ~ William Ames to Edwin Metcalf, 19 July 1863
- (13515) [recipient] ~ Unknown to Edwin Metcalf, 20 July 1863
- (13516) [recipient] ~ Frederic Denison to Edwin Metcalf, 21 July 1863
- (13517) [recipient] ~ William H. Hamner to Edwin Metcalf, 21 July 1863
- (13518) [recipient] ~ Frederic Denison to Edwin Metcalf, 27 July 1863
- (13519) [recipient] ~ William Ames to Edwin Metcalf, 24 July 1863
- (13520) [recipient] ~ Charles R. Brayton to Edwin Metcalf, 27 July 186X
- (13521) [recipient] ~ William Ames to Edwin Metcalf, 25 July 1863
- (13522) [recipient] ~ Unknown to Edwin Metcalf, 28 July 1863
- (13523) [recipient] ~ Unknown to Edwin Metcalf, 26 July 1863
- (13524) [recipient] ~ William Ames to Edwin Metcalf, 31 July 1863
- (13526) [recipient] ~ William Ames to Edwin Metcalf, 31 July 1863
- (13532) [recipient] ~ Augustus W. Colwell to Edwin Metcalf, 12 January 186X
- (13545) [recipient] ~ George O. Gorton to Edwin Metcalf, 30 August 1863
- (13576) [recipient] ~ Charles R. Brayton to Edwin Metcalf, 10 February 1864
- (13577) [recipient] ~ Horatio Rogers Jr. to Edwin Metcalf, 10 February 1864
- (13578) [recipient] ~ Joseph J. Comstock Jr. to Edwin Metcalf, 19 January 1864
- (13623) [recipient] ~ Charles R. Brayton to Edwin Metcalf, 2 June 1864
- (13624) [recipient] ~ Charles R. Brayton to Edwin Metcalf, 17 July 1864
- (13625) [recipient] ~ Charles R. Brayton to Edwin Metcalf, 16 August 1864
- (13626) [recipient] ~ Peter J. Turner to Edwin Metcalf, undated
- (13627) [recipient] ~ Joseph J. Comstock Jr. to Edwin Metcalf, 1 February 1864
- (13628) [recipient] ~ Unknown to Edwin Metcalf, 28 February 1864
- (13629) [recipient] ~ Nathaniel W. Brown to Edwin Metcalf, undated
- (13630) [recipient] ~ Charles R. Brayton to Edwin Metcalf, 19 September 186X
- (13635) [recipient] ~ Nathaniel W. Brown to Edwin Metcalf, 20 June 186X
- (13637) [recipient] ~ Nathaniel W. Brown to Edwin Metcalf, 27 May 186X
- (13638) [recipient] ~ Nathaniel W. Brown to Edwin Metcalf, undated
- (13639) [recipient] ~ Charles R. Brayton to Edwin Metcalf, 11 March 1863
- (13705) [recipient] ~ Unknown to Edwin Metcalf, undated
- (13706) [recipient] ~ William P. Martin to Edwin Metcalf, 5 March 1884
- (13707) [recipient] ~ William P. Martin to Edwin Metcalf, 20 March 1884
- (13708) [recipient] ~ William P. Martin to Edwin Metcalf, 18 April 1884
- (13709) [recipient] ~ William P. Martin to Edwin Metcalf, 10 December 1884
- (13710) [recipient] ~ William P. Martin to Edwin Metcalf, 23 December 1884
- (13711) [recipient] ~ Henry B. Metcalf to Edwin Metcalf, 25 May 1884
- (13712) [recipient] ~ Henry B. Metcalf to Edwin Metcalf, 23 December 1884
- (13713) [recipient] ~ William P. Martin to Edwin Metcalf, 5 March 1885
- (13714) [recipient] ~ Charles T. Northup to Edwin Metcalf, 14 May 1886
- (15372) [recipient] ~ William H. Hamner to Edwin Metcalf, undated
People - Records: 14
- (4668) Van Slyck, Nicholas is the [friend of] (4667) Metcalf, Edwin
- (4673) King, William Jones is the [friend of] (4667) Metcalf, Edwin
- (4707) Brown, Nathaniel Williams is the [friend of] (4667) Metcalf, Edwin
- (4725) Martin, William Patrick is the [friend of] (4667) Metcalf, Edwin
- (4765) Rogers, Horatio Jr. is the [friend of] (4667) Metcalf, Edwin
- (4793) Peckham, Fenner Harris is the [friend of] (4667) Metcalf, Edwin
- (4797) Frieze, John is the [friend of] (4667) Metcalf, Edwin
- (4798) Moses, Nathan Fellows is the [friend of] (4667) Metcalf, Edwin
- (4799) Brown, Thomas E. is the [friend of] (4667) Metcalf, Edwin
- (4800) Denison, Frederic is the [friend of] (4667) Metcalf, Edwin
- (4805) Metcalf, Eliza is the [wife of] (4667) Metcalf, Edwin
- (4853) Turner, Peter James is the [friend of] (4667) Metcalf, Edwin
- (4867) Northup, Charles T. is the [friend of] (4667) Metcalf, Edwin
- (5530) Olney, Henry Smith is the [friend of] (4667) Metcalf, Edwin
Places - Records: 1
- (832) [birth, death] ~ Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Regiments - Records: 2
SOURCES
Edwin Metcalf was born on August 23, 1823, in Providence, Rhode Island, to Joseph and Evelyn Metcalf. His father was a leather dealer. He grew up and attended school in Providence, and he graduated from Brown University in 1842. He married Eliza H. Atwell on December 14, 1846, and they had at least two children: Frederick, born around 1848; and Evelyn, born around 1860. He worked as a lawyer in Providence, and he served as a clerk for the state Supreme Court. By 1860, he owned $500 of personal property.
In the fall of 1861, he received a commission as a major in the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. In late 1862, he became the colonel of the 11th Rhode Island Infantry. That November, Union officials transferred him back to the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. The regiment took part in the siege of Charleston, and he resigned on February 5, 1864.
He returned to Providence after leaving the army, and he resumed his work as a lawyer. His wife probably died in the early 1860s, and he married Anna Thayer on September 3, 1865. By 1870, he owned $2,000 of personal property. In the early 1880s, he served as president of the Rhode Island Temperance Union. He was elected state attorney general in 1886. His health deteriorated in the early 1890s, and he retired in 1891. He died in Providence on January 18, 1894.
1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636-1899, available from Ancestry.com; Rhode Island Death Index, 1630-1930, available from Ancestry.com; Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636-1899, available from Ancestry.com; Herald of the Times (Newport, RI), 12 May 1853; Newport (RI) Mercury and Weekly News, 5 May 1883 and 10 April 1886; The Providence (RI) News, 19 January 1894
