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2 unusual facts about Edward Needles Hallowell


Edward Hallowell

Edward Needles Hallowell (1836–1871), officer in and later commander of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

Hallowell

Edward Needles Hallowell (1836–1871), U.S. Army officer during the American Civil War.


Battle of Boykin's Mill

Colonel Edward N. Hallowell, former commander of the famed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment and wounded at Fort Wagner, led one of the brigades including his former unit now consisting of over 700 men.

Winthrop Jordan

One of Jordan's great uncles, Edward Needles Hallowell, was a commanding officer of the celebrated Civil War African-American infantry regiment the 54th Massachusetts of the United States Colored Troops.


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