POTTER, Edward Elmer

Affiliation:  Union

Born: June 21 1823, New York NY

Died: June 1 1889, New York NY

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, farmer

War Service: February 1862 Capt. in Commissary Dept, served in Burnside's Carolina expedition, raised 1st North Carolina (Union) Infantry - October 1862 Col., November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded various areas in the Dept of the South

Post War: Resident of New York City, New York and Madison, New Jersey