MORGAN, Edward Denison

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Affiliation:  Union

Born: February 8 1811, Washington MA

Died: February 14 1883, New York NY

Pre-War Profession: Store clerk, city councillor, merchant, financier, politician, Governor of New York.

War Service: 1861 raised a large number of troops, September 1861 appointed Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded Dept. of New York, resigned January 1863.

Post War: US senator, philanthropist.