HOBSON, Edward Henry

Affiliation:  Union

Born: July 11 1825, Greensburg KY

Died: September 14 1901, Cleveland OH

Pre-War Profession: Merchant, Mexican war, bank president.

War Service: 1861 recruited 13th (Union) Kentucky, January 1862 Col., Shiloh (w), served in Kentucky, Buffington's Is OH, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, captured by John Hunt Morgan June 1864, commanded in Kentucky.

Post War: Collector of inland revenue, active in the Republican Party