Printer, diamond broker.
Civil War service. Sergeant major, 1st lieutenant, captain and major, 12th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville, and Cold Harbor, Virginia. Captured and became a prisoner of war at Bermuda Hundred, Va., November 17, 1864. Paroled February 22, 1865.
Was in Ford's Threatre when President Abraham Lincoln was shot. Mary Lincoln intrusted Bedee with private papers found in the president's pockets. Soon after the death of Lincoln, Major Bedee gave the papers to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. Through some mistake in the War Department regarding these presidential papers, Bedee was placed under arrest and remained so for two days. He was completely exonerated by the secretary of war and given proper acknowledgement for his capable handling of the president's documents.
In 1892, at his own expense, Major Bedee presented the Town of Meredith with a soldiers' monument, commemorating the deeds of the 12th New Hampshire.
Civil War service. Sergeant major, 1st lieutenant, captain and major, 12th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville, and Cold Harbor, Virginia. Captured and became a prisoner of war at Bermuda Hundred, Va., November 17, 1864. Paroled February 22, 1865.
Was in Ford's Threatre when President Abraham Lincoln was shot. Mary Lincoln intrusted Bedee with private papers found in the president's pockets. Soon after the death of Lincoln, Major Bedee gave the papers to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. Through some mistake in the War Department regarding these presidential papers, Bedee was placed under arrest and remained so for two days. He was completely exonerated by the secretary of war and given proper acknowledgement for his capable handling of the president's documents.
In 1892, at his own expense, Major Bedee presented the Town of Meredith with a soldiers' monument, commemorating the deeds of the 12th New Hampshire.
Printer, diamond broker.
Civil War service. Sergeant major, 1st lieutenant, captain and major, 12th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville, and Cold Harbor, Virginia. Captured and became a prisoner of war at Bermuda Hundred, Va., November 17, 1864. Paroled February 22, 1865.
Was in Ford's Threatre when President Abraham Lincoln was shot. Mary Lincoln intrusted Bedee with private papers found in the president's pockets. Soon after the death of Lincoln, Major Bedee gave the papers to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. Through some mistake in the War Department regarding these presidential papers, Bedee was placed under arrest and remained so for two days. He was completely exonerated by the secretary of war and given proper acknowledgement for his capable handling of the president's documents.
In 1892, at his own expense, Major Bedee presented the Town of Meredith with a soldiers' monument, commemorating the deeds of the 12th New Hampshire.
Civil War service. Sergeant major, 1st lieutenant, captain and major, 12th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville, and Cold Harbor, Virginia. Captured and became a prisoner of war at Bermuda Hundred, Va., November 17, 1864. Paroled February 22, 1865.
Was in Ford's Threatre when President Abraham Lincoln was shot. Mary Lincoln intrusted Bedee with private papers found in the president's pockets. Soon after the death of Lincoln, Major Bedee gave the papers to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. Through some mistake in the War Department regarding these presidential papers, Bedee was placed under arrest and remained so for two days. He was completely exonerated by the secretary of war and given proper acknowledgement for his capable handling of the president's documents.
In 1892, at his own expense, Major Bedee presented the Town of Meredith with a soldiers' monument, commemorating the deeds of the 12th New Hampshire.
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