Edward Harmon Hobbs
Edward Harmon Hobbs was born on June 5, 1835, in Ellenburg, New York, to Benjamin and Nancy Hobbs. His father was a farmer. He grew up and attended school in Ellenburg before enrolling in Middlebury College in 1858. He left school in 1861 after the Civil War began. On December 18, 1861, he received a commission as a 1st lieutenant in the 98th New York Infantry. The regiment took part in the Peninsula Campaign, and he mustered out on June 2, 1863.
 
He married Julia Ellen Buxton on February 7, 1862, and their son Charles was born around 1863. He attended Albany Law School after leaving the army, and he earned admission to the New York bar in 1864. He worked as a lawyer in Brooklyn, New York, and by 1870, he owned $500 of personal property. According to his colleagues, he “stood high both as an admiralty and common law practitioner” and possessed a “keen and judicial mind.” He died in Brooklyn on August 12, 1907.
 
Image: Edward Harmon Hobbs (New York Cartes-de-visite, 1860-1865, Ancestry.com)
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(2165)Hobbs, Edward Harmon1835-06-051907-08-12
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: 1st Lieutenant
  • Rank out: 1st Lieutenant
  • Rank highest: 1st Lieutenant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (6596) [writer] ~ Edward Harmon Statement, 1862

Places - Records: 2

  • (1704) [birth] ~ Ellenburg, Clinton County, New York
  • (78) [death] ~ New York City, New York

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (649) [officer] ~ 98th New York Infantry

Groups - Records: 1

  • (3) [member/supporter] ~ Republican Party
SOURCES

1850, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; School Catalogs, 1765-1935, available from Ancestry.com; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 14 August 1907; Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1908 (New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1908).