Officer and veteran of the Civil War:
Enlisted on 11/1/1862 as a Captain. On 11/3/1862 he was commissioned into "F" Co. MA 48th Infantry. He was Mustered Out on 9/3/1863 at Camp Lander, Wenham, MA. On 7/14/1864 he was commissioned into "K" Co. MA 6th Infantry. He was Mustered Out on 10/27/1864 at Readville, MA.
Promotions:
* Capt 7/14/1864 (As of Co. K 6th MA Inf)
* Major 3/13/1865 by Brevet
Source: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War, Vol I & IV, Complied and Published by THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, Norwood Press, Norwood, MA, 1931.
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Thank you to contributor, Gravestone Recorder (#46960440), for the following excerpted quotation:
"SHERMAN, EDGAR JAY, of Lawrence, Attorney-General of Massachusetts. Born November 28, 1834, at Wethersfield, Windsor County, Vt., on the farm owned by his father, and previously by his grandfather. David Sherman, his father, was born on the 7th of May, 1803, in Wethersfield; and married, on the 29th of November, 1826, Fanny, daughter of John Kendall, of Clarendon, Vt., by whom he became the father of seven children.
....
"Edgar Jay, the fourth child of David Sherman, 2d, and of Fanny (Kendall) Sherman, his wife, attended the district schools of Wethersfield until he had attained his sixteenth year, and was then sent to study in the Wesleyan Seminary, at Springfield, Vt. In this institution he remained until his parents sold their farm in 1853, and removed to Lawrence, Essex County, Mass. There he entered upon a course of private study under the tuition of Professor Pike, and prosecuted it for several years,—with the exception of the winter [p. 162] months, which were passed in teaching school in Barnstable County, The Chatham Seminary, at Chatham, on Cape Cod, this enjoyed his services for nearly a year.
"Mr. Sherman began the study of law in 1855 at Lawrence, under the direction of George W. Benson; and in March, 1858, after successfully passing through the ordinary examinations, was admitted to the bar. In the same year he commenced legal practice, and also contracted copartnership with Daniel Saunders, under the style and title of Saunders & Sherman. This association lasted until 1864, when it was dissolved. A similar connection was soon afterward formed with John K. Tarbox (subsequently a member of Congress), under the firm name of Sherman & Tarbox. While in partnership with Mr. Saunders he was appointed Clerk of the Lawrence Police Court for the term of three years; he held the office for about two years (1859–61), and then resigned.
"Other and sterner duties than those of professional life now claimed the time and energies of the young and rising lawyer. The national unity of his native country was threatened with dissolution. The grand political edifice his patriotic ancestors had helped to raise seemed to be tottering almost to its fall. Treacherous hands had sapped its foundations, and deadly force was in use to breach its walls. He sprang to the rescue, accompanied by hundreds of brave-hearted patriots from the same locality. Enlisting in 1862 as a private soldier in the Forty-eighth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, he was soon afterward elected and commissioned as Captain of Company F in that organization. Sent to the Department of the Gulf, under the command of General N. P. Banks, he did excellent service, especially at the second grand assault on the fortifications of Port Hudson, June 14, 1863. When the battle commenced, Captain Sherman was sick, and, in consequence, received instructions to remain in the hospital. This he found it impossible to do, while such daring and dashing heroism was exhibited at the front. Rising from his sick-bed he went into the fight, exemplified the greatest coolness and bravery, and was afterward brevetted Major, for the 'gallant and meritorious services' performed on that occasion. At the expiration of his term of service he returned home; and when the enemy attempted a raid on Washington, he organized a military company at two days' notice, and again went to the front as Captain in the famous Sixth Massachusetts Regiment. With it he completed the required term of service, and then returned once more to civil life.
"In 1865 Mr. Sherman received his first election to the lower house of the State Legislature as representative of the Eleventh Essex District, and served therein in the Committees on the Judiciary and on Federal Relations, and also in two others of lesser importance. Elected also to the Legislature of 1866, he served therein on several important committees. In the same year, in the reorganization of the State Militia, he was appointed Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, upon the Division Staff. In 1867 he was promoted to the position of Assistant Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff, with the [p. 163] rank of Colonel. This office he held until 1876. While holding the relation of Chief to General (now Governor) B. F. Butler, the Division Commander, that gentleman was serving in Congress, and was outside of the Commonwealth for much of the time. But his absence was fully compensated by the presence of his subordinate, Colonel Sherman, who managed the affairs of the division with such ability, promptness, and courtesy as to deserve and receive the cordial commendation of General Butler and of the other officers of the militia.
"In 1868 Colonel Sherman was elected District Attorney for the Eastern District of Massachusetts, and served the full term of three years with fidelity, efficiency, and popular acceptance. Since then he has had the honor of four consecutive elections to the same office....
[p. 165] "Edgar Jay Sherman was married in 1858 to Abbie Louise, second daughter of Stephen P. Simmons of Lawrence, Mass. Six children, all of whom are now living, are the fruit of their union."
—H. Clay Williams, Biographical Encyclopædia of Massachusetts of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. II (Boston: Metropolitan Publishing and Engraving Company), 1883, pp. 160–165.
Enlisted on 11/1/1862 as a Captain. On 11/3/1862 he was commissioned into "F" Co. MA 48th Infantry. He was Mustered Out on 9/3/1863 at Camp Lander, Wenham, MA. On 7/14/1864 he was commissioned into "K" Co. MA 6th Infantry. He was Mustered Out on 10/27/1864 at Readville, MA.
Promotions:
* Capt 7/14/1864 (As of Co. K 6th MA Inf)
* Major 3/13/1865 by Brevet
Source: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War, Vol I & IV, Complied and Published by THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, Norwood Press, Norwood, MA, 1931.
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Thank you to contributor, Gravestone Recorder (#46960440), for the following excerpted quotation:
"SHERMAN, EDGAR JAY, of Lawrence, Attorney-General of Massachusetts. Born November 28, 1834, at Wethersfield, Windsor County, Vt., on the farm owned by his father, and previously by his grandfather. David Sherman, his father, was born on the 7th of May, 1803, in Wethersfield; and married, on the 29th of November, 1826, Fanny, daughter of John Kendall, of Clarendon, Vt., by whom he became the father of seven children.
....
"Edgar Jay, the fourth child of David Sherman, 2d, and of Fanny (Kendall) Sherman, his wife, attended the district schools of Wethersfield until he had attained his sixteenth year, and was then sent to study in the Wesleyan Seminary, at Springfield, Vt. In this institution he remained until his parents sold their farm in 1853, and removed to Lawrence, Essex County, Mass. There he entered upon a course of private study under the tuition of Professor Pike, and prosecuted it for several years,—with the exception of the winter [p. 162] months, which were passed in teaching school in Barnstable County, The Chatham Seminary, at Chatham, on Cape Cod, this enjoyed his services for nearly a year.
"Mr. Sherman began the study of law in 1855 at Lawrence, under the direction of George W. Benson; and in March, 1858, after successfully passing through the ordinary examinations, was admitted to the bar. In the same year he commenced legal practice, and also contracted copartnership with Daniel Saunders, under the style and title of Saunders & Sherman. This association lasted until 1864, when it was dissolved. A similar connection was soon afterward formed with John K. Tarbox (subsequently a member of Congress), under the firm name of Sherman & Tarbox. While in partnership with Mr. Saunders he was appointed Clerk of the Lawrence Police Court for the term of three years; he held the office for about two years (1859–61), and then resigned.
"Other and sterner duties than those of professional life now claimed the time and energies of the young and rising lawyer. The national unity of his native country was threatened with dissolution. The grand political edifice his patriotic ancestors had helped to raise seemed to be tottering almost to its fall. Treacherous hands had sapped its foundations, and deadly force was in use to breach its walls. He sprang to the rescue, accompanied by hundreds of brave-hearted patriots from the same locality. Enlisting in 1862 as a private soldier in the Forty-eighth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, he was soon afterward elected and commissioned as Captain of Company F in that organization. Sent to the Department of the Gulf, under the command of General N. P. Banks, he did excellent service, especially at the second grand assault on the fortifications of Port Hudson, June 14, 1863. When the battle commenced, Captain Sherman was sick, and, in consequence, received instructions to remain in the hospital. This he found it impossible to do, while such daring and dashing heroism was exhibited at the front. Rising from his sick-bed he went into the fight, exemplified the greatest coolness and bravery, and was afterward brevetted Major, for the 'gallant and meritorious services' performed on that occasion. At the expiration of his term of service he returned home; and when the enemy attempted a raid on Washington, he organized a military company at two days' notice, and again went to the front as Captain in the famous Sixth Massachusetts Regiment. With it he completed the required term of service, and then returned once more to civil life.
"In 1865 Mr. Sherman received his first election to the lower house of the State Legislature as representative of the Eleventh Essex District, and served therein in the Committees on the Judiciary and on Federal Relations, and also in two others of lesser importance. Elected also to the Legislature of 1866, he served therein on several important committees. In the same year, in the reorganization of the State Militia, he was appointed Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, upon the Division Staff. In 1867 he was promoted to the position of Assistant Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff, with the [p. 163] rank of Colonel. This office he held until 1876. While holding the relation of Chief to General (now Governor) B. F. Butler, the Division Commander, that gentleman was serving in Congress, and was outside of the Commonwealth for much of the time. But his absence was fully compensated by the presence of his subordinate, Colonel Sherman, who managed the affairs of the division with such ability, promptness, and courtesy as to deserve and receive the cordial commendation of General Butler and of the other officers of the militia.
"In 1868 Colonel Sherman was elected District Attorney for the Eastern District of Massachusetts, and served the full term of three years with fidelity, efficiency, and popular acceptance. Since then he has had the honor of four consecutive elections to the same office....
[p. 165] "Edgar Jay Sherman was married in 1858 to Abbie Louise, second daughter of Stephen P. Simmons of Lawrence, Mass. Six children, all of whom are now living, are the fruit of their union."
—H. Clay Williams, Biographical Encyclopædia of Massachusetts of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. II (Boston: Metropolitan Publishing and Engraving Company), 1883, pp. 160–165.
Officer and veteran of the Civil War:
Enlisted on 11/1/1862 as a Captain. On 11/3/1862 he was commissioned into "F" Co. MA 48th Infantry. He was Mustered Out on 9/3/1863 at Camp Lander, Wenham, MA. On 7/14/1864 he was commissioned into "K" Co. MA 6th Infantry. He was Mustered Out on 10/27/1864 at Readville, MA.
Promotions:
* Capt 7/14/1864 (As of Co. K 6th MA Inf)
* Major 3/13/1865 by Brevet
Source: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War, Vol I & IV, Complied and Published by THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, Norwood Press, Norwood, MA, 1931.
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Thank you to contributor, Gravestone Recorder (#46960440), for the following excerpted quotation:
"SHERMAN, EDGAR JAY, of Lawrence, Attorney-General of Massachusetts. Born November 28, 1834, at Wethersfield, Windsor County, Vt., on the farm owned by his father, and previously by his grandfather. David Sherman, his father, was born on the 7th of May, 1803, in Wethersfield; and married, on the 29th of November, 1826, Fanny, daughter of John Kendall, of Clarendon, Vt., by whom he became the father of seven children.
....
"Edgar Jay, the fourth child of David Sherman, 2d, and of Fanny (Kendall) Sherman, his wife, attended the district schools of Wethersfield until he had attained his sixteenth year, and was then sent to study in the Wesleyan Seminary, at Springfield, Vt. In this institution he remained until his parents sold their farm in 1853, and removed to Lawrence, Essex County, Mass. There he entered upon a course of private study under the tuition of Professor Pike, and prosecuted it for several years,—with the exception of the winter [p. 162] months, which were passed in teaching school in Barnstable County, The Chatham Seminary, at Chatham, on Cape Cod, this enjoyed his services for nearly a year.
"Mr. Sherman began the study of law in 1855 at Lawrence, under the direction of George W. Benson; and in March, 1858, after successfully passing through the ordinary examinations, was admitted to the bar. In the same year he commenced legal practice, and also contracted copartnership with Daniel Saunders, under the style and title of Saunders & Sherman. This association lasted until 1864, when it was dissolved. A similar connection was soon afterward formed with John K. Tarbox (subsequently a member of Congress), under the firm name of Sherman & Tarbox. While in partnership with Mr. Saunders he was appointed Clerk of the Lawrence Police Court for the term of three years; he held the office for about two years (1859–61), and then resigned.
"Other and sterner duties than those of professional life now claimed the time and energies of the young and rising lawyer. The national unity of his native country was threatened with dissolution. The grand political edifice his patriotic ancestors had helped to raise seemed to be tottering almost to its fall. Treacherous hands had sapped its foundations, and deadly force was in use to breach its walls. He sprang to the rescue, accompanied by hundreds of brave-hearted patriots from the same locality. Enlisting in 1862 as a private soldier in the Forty-eighth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, he was soon afterward elected and commissioned as Captain of Company F in that organization. Sent to the Department of the Gulf, under the command of General N. P. Banks, he did excellent service, especially at the second grand assault on the fortifications of Port Hudson, June 14, 1863. When the battle commenced, Captain Sherman was sick, and, in consequence, received instructions to remain in the hospital. This he found it impossible to do, while such daring and dashing heroism was exhibited at the front. Rising from his sick-bed he went into the fight, exemplified the greatest coolness and bravery, and was afterward brevetted Major, for the 'gallant and meritorious services' performed on that occasion. At the expiration of his term of service he returned home; and when the enemy attempted a raid on Washington, he organized a military company at two days' notice, and again went to the front as Captain in the famous Sixth Massachusetts Regiment. With it he completed the required term of service, and then returned once more to civil life.
"In 1865 Mr. Sherman received his first election to the lower house of the State Legislature as representative of the Eleventh Essex District, and served therein in the Committees on the Judiciary and on Federal Relations, and also in two others of lesser importance. Elected also to the Legislature of 1866, he served therein on several important committees. In the same year, in the reorganization of the State Militia, he was appointed Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, upon the Division Staff. In 1867 he was promoted to the position of Assistant Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff, with the [p. 163] rank of Colonel. This office he held until 1876. While holding the relation of Chief to General (now Governor) B. F. Butler, the Division Commander, that gentleman was serving in Congress, and was outside of the Commonwealth for much of the time. But his absence was fully compensated by the presence of his subordinate, Colonel Sherman, who managed the affairs of the division with such ability, promptness, and courtesy as to deserve and receive the cordial commendation of General Butler and of the other officers of the militia.
"In 1868 Colonel Sherman was elected District Attorney for the Eastern District of Massachusetts, and served the full term of three years with fidelity, efficiency, and popular acceptance. Since then he has had the honor of four consecutive elections to the same office....
[p. 165] "Edgar Jay Sherman was married in 1858 to Abbie Louise, second daughter of Stephen P. Simmons of Lawrence, Mass. Six children, all of whom are now living, are the fruit of their union."
—H. Clay Williams, Biographical Encyclopædia of Massachusetts of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. II (Boston: Metropolitan Publishing and Engraving Company), 1883, pp. 160–165.
Enlisted on 11/1/1862 as a Captain. On 11/3/1862 he was commissioned into "F" Co. MA 48th Infantry. He was Mustered Out on 9/3/1863 at Camp Lander, Wenham, MA. On 7/14/1864 he was commissioned into "K" Co. MA 6th Infantry. He was Mustered Out on 10/27/1864 at Readville, MA.
Promotions:
* Capt 7/14/1864 (As of Co. K 6th MA Inf)
* Major 3/13/1865 by Brevet
Source: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War, Vol I & IV, Complied and Published by THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, Norwood Press, Norwood, MA, 1931.
————————————————————————————————
Thank you to contributor, Gravestone Recorder (#46960440), for the following excerpted quotation:
"SHERMAN, EDGAR JAY, of Lawrence, Attorney-General of Massachusetts. Born November 28, 1834, at Wethersfield, Windsor County, Vt., on the farm owned by his father, and previously by his grandfather. David Sherman, his father, was born on the 7th of May, 1803, in Wethersfield; and married, on the 29th of November, 1826, Fanny, daughter of John Kendall, of Clarendon, Vt., by whom he became the father of seven children.
....
"Edgar Jay, the fourth child of David Sherman, 2d, and of Fanny (Kendall) Sherman, his wife, attended the district schools of Wethersfield until he had attained his sixteenth year, and was then sent to study in the Wesleyan Seminary, at Springfield, Vt. In this institution he remained until his parents sold their farm in 1853, and removed to Lawrence, Essex County, Mass. There he entered upon a course of private study under the tuition of Professor Pike, and prosecuted it for several years,—with the exception of the winter [p. 162] months, which were passed in teaching school in Barnstable County, The Chatham Seminary, at Chatham, on Cape Cod, this enjoyed his services for nearly a year.
"Mr. Sherman began the study of law in 1855 at Lawrence, under the direction of George W. Benson; and in March, 1858, after successfully passing through the ordinary examinations, was admitted to the bar. In the same year he commenced legal practice, and also contracted copartnership with Daniel Saunders, under the style and title of Saunders & Sherman. This association lasted until 1864, when it was dissolved. A similar connection was soon afterward formed with John K. Tarbox (subsequently a member of Congress), under the firm name of Sherman & Tarbox. While in partnership with Mr. Saunders he was appointed Clerk of the Lawrence Police Court for the term of three years; he held the office for about two years (1859–61), and then resigned.
"Other and sterner duties than those of professional life now claimed the time and energies of the young and rising lawyer. The national unity of his native country was threatened with dissolution. The grand political edifice his patriotic ancestors had helped to raise seemed to be tottering almost to its fall. Treacherous hands had sapped its foundations, and deadly force was in use to breach its walls. He sprang to the rescue, accompanied by hundreds of brave-hearted patriots from the same locality. Enlisting in 1862 as a private soldier in the Forty-eighth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, he was soon afterward elected and commissioned as Captain of Company F in that organization. Sent to the Department of the Gulf, under the command of General N. P. Banks, he did excellent service, especially at the second grand assault on the fortifications of Port Hudson, June 14, 1863. When the battle commenced, Captain Sherman was sick, and, in consequence, received instructions to remain in the hospital. This he found it impossible to do, while such daring and dashing heroism was exhibited at the front. Rising from his sick-bed he went into the fight, exemplified the greatest coolness and bravery, and was afterward brevetted Major, for the 'gallant and meritorious services' performed on that occasion. At the expiration of his term of service he returned home; and when the enemy attempted a raid on Washington, he organized a military company at two days' notice, and again went to the front as Captain in the famous Sixth Massachusetts Regiment. With it he completed the required term of service, and then returned once more to civil life.
"In 1865 Mr. Sherman received his first election to the lower house of the State Legislature as representative of the Eleventh Essex District, and served therein in the Committees on the Judiciary and on Federal Relations, and also in two others of lesser importance. Elected also to the Legislature of 1866, he served therein on several important committees. In the same year, in the reorganization of the State Militia, he was appointed Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, upon the Division Staff. In 1867 he was promoted to the position of Assistant Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff, with the [p. 163] rank of Colonel. This office he held until 1876. While holding the relation of Chief to General (now Governor) B. F. Butler, the Division Commander, that gentleman was serving in Congress, and was outside of the Commonwealth for much of the time. But his absence was fully compensated by the presence of his subordinate, Colonel Sherman, who managed the affairs of the division with such ability, promptness, and courtesy as to deserve and receive the cordial commendation of General Butler and of the other officers of the militia.
"In 1868 Colonel Sherman was elected District Attorney for the Eastern District of Massachusetts, and served the full term of three years with fidelity, efficiency, and popular acceptance. Since then he has had the honor of four consecutive elections to the same office....
[p. 165] "Edgar Jay Sherman was married in 1858 to Abbie Louise, second daughter of Stephen P. Simmons of Lawrence, Mass. Six children, all of whom are now living, are the fruit of their union."
—H. Clay Williams, Biographical Encyclopædia of Massachusetts of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. II (Boston: Metropolitan Publishing and Engraving Company), 1883, pp. 160–165.
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