Edward Everett Coxe was born around 1838 in Pennsylvania to James and Jane Cox. His father was a clerk who owned $700 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and by 1860, he was working as a clerk. He enlisted in the Union army on August 15, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company D of the 119^th Pennsylvania Infantry later that day. The regiment took part in the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, and the Battle of Gettysburg. He was promoted to 2^nd lieutenant on January 6, 1863. He was wounded at Rappahannock Station, Virginia, on November 7, 1863, and he died in Washington, D.C., on November 22, 1863.

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