Image is of Frederick M. Edgell as a 1^st Lieutenant in the 1^st New Hampshire Light Artillery. The vignette bust view captures Edgell sporting a long beard and wearing a dark frock coat with 1^st Lieutenant’s shoulder straps.

Image is clear with good contrast but the corners are clipped and the edges are trimmed.

Reverse has photographer’s imprint for D. O. FURNALD’S… MANCHESTER, N.H. Bottom of reverse has a period pencil inscription that reads “CAPT FR. M. EDGELL / 1^st N. H. BATTY.”

Frederick M. Edgell was born in Lyme, New Hampshire in 1829. A teenage hero of the Mexican-American War having served with Clark’s Battalion, Missouri Light Artillery, Edgell recruited most of the 100-plus men of the 1st Independent Battery, New Hampshire Light Artillery in 1861 from the Manchester area.

Edgell was appointed a 1^st Lieutenant on September 26, 1861 and fought at Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. He was promoted Captain and led the battery into action at Gettysburg. In late 1864 Edgell’s Battery was consolidated with the 1^ST New Hampshire Heavy Artillery and he was promoted to Major. He finished the war in the defenses of Washington. He was mustered out on June 15, 1865.

He died in Georgetown, Massachusetts on June 21, 1877.

Edgell Post #76 of the GAR, in Orfordville, was named in his honor.  [ad]

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