Edward P. Pearson
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Edward Pennington Pearson | |
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 Pearson in 1911 | |
| Born | February 22, 1837 Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | April 8, 1915 (aged 78)\ |
| Buried | Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, California, U.S.[1] |
| Branch | United States Army (Union Army) |
| Years of service | 1861–1899 |
| Rank | Brigadier general of volunteers |
| Unit | 25th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 17th Infantry Regiment |
| Commands | XI Corps 3rd Brigade of the V Corps |
| Battles / wars | List
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| Spouse |
Maud Eskridge (m. 1898) |
Edward Pennington Pearson Jr. (1837-1915) was an American brigadier general who served in the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War. He commanded the XI Corps and the 2nd Brigade of the V Corps respectively as well as having an extensive military campaign in both wars as he participated in many battles of the American Civil War.
Edward was born on February 22, 1837, as the son of Edward Pennington Pearson Sr. and Federica Smith Pearson.[2] By the time the American Civil War broke out, he was a civil engineer at Reading, Pennsylvania but chose to enlist at the 25th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment but transferred to the 17th Infantry Regiment as a 1st Lieutenant.[1] He then participated at the battles of Yorktown, Gaines' Mill,[3] Malvern Hill and the Second Battle of Bull Run. During the Battle of Antietam, Pearson commanded Company E of the 1st Battalion and proceeded to participate at the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of Chancellorsville.[2] He was then brevetted to major on May 3, 1863, for his service at Chancellorsville. He was then made part of Oliver Otis Howard's General Staff of the XI Corps and participated at the Battle of Wauhatchie, the Chattanooga campaign and various skirmishes at the Atlanta campaign with his horse being shot at the Battle of Jonesborough but was brevetted to lieutenant colonel on September 1, 1864. He was transferred again to William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea as part of the right wing and participated at the Battle of Bentonville.[1]