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Civil War Soldiers - Wild
| Wild, Edward A., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Brookline, Mass., in 1825. He was graduated at
Harvard college in 1844 and at the Jefferson medical college soon
afterward; took a course of medical lectures in Paris; was a medical
officer in the Turkish army during the Crimean war; returned to
Brookline and practiced till the beginning of the Civil war. Early in
1861 he was commissioned a captain in the 1st Mass. infantry, with
which he served at Bull Run and in the Peninsular campaign, being
severely wounded at Fair Oaks. He was promoted major while yet
disabled, lieutenant-colonel on his recovery, and colonel of the 35th
Mass. infantry on its organization. He returned to the front in time
to take part in the battle of South mountain, where he was again
wounded and lost an arm. On April 23, 1863, he was promoted
brigadier-general of volunteers and afterward assisted in raising the
regiments of colored troops known as Wild's African brigade, which he
commanded till the close of the war. Subsequently he became
superintendent of the Diana mine at Austin, Nev. At the time of his
death he was engaged in mining operations in South America. Gen. Wild
died in Medellin, Colombia, South America, Aug. 28, 1891. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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