Lt Frederick M Edgell

This fine carte-de-visite (CDV) of Lieutenant Frederick M. Edgell was sold by Cowan’s Auctions in 2006.

Edgell, a Mexican War veteran, commanded the First Battery, New Hampshire Light Artillery in Maryland in 1862 and was promoted to be its Captain in March 1863. He was appointed Major of the First New Hampshire Heavy Artillery in November 1864 and mustered out with them in June 1865.