Edward A. Wild

Edward Augustus Wild
Union Brigadier General Edward A. Wild
Born(1825-11-25)November 25, 1825
Brookline, Massachusetts, US
DiedAugust 28, 1891(1891-08-28) (aged 65)
Medellin, Colombia
Place of burial
Cementerio de San Pedro, Medellin, Colombia
AllegianceOttoman Empire
United States of America
Union
Service/branchOttoman Army
United States Army
Union Army
Years of service1855–1856 (Ottoman Empire) 1861–1866 (USA)
Rank Brigadier general
Commands35th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Battles/warsCrimean War,[1]
American Civil War
Alma materHarvard College
Wild in later years

Edward Augustus Wild (November 25, 1825 – August 28, 1891) was an American homeopathic doctor and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

  1. ^ Bowen, James Lorenzo (1889), Massachusetts in the War, 1861-1865, Springfield, MA: Clark W. Bryan, p. 1008