Edward W. Hooper

Captain
Edward W. Hooper
wearing a suit
Born
Edward William Hooper

(1839-12-14)December 14, 1839
Boston, Massachusetts, US
DiedJune 25, 1901(1901-06-25) (aged 61)
Belmont, Massachusetts, US
Resting placeMount Auburn Cemetery
Education
Occupation(s)Union Army; Treasurer, Harvard University
EmployerHarvard
Known forCivil War military service; trustee of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts; manager of the Suffolk Savings Bank in Boston
Spouse
Fanny Hudson Chapin
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(m. 1864; died 1881)​
Parents
Relatives
Military career
Allegiance United States
Service/branchUnited States Union Army
Years of service1860s–1865
Rank Captain
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Captain Edward William Hooper (December 14, 1839 – June 25, 1901), known as E. W. Hooper and also colloquially as Ned, was aide-de-camp on the staff of Union Generals Rufus Saxton, Department of the South and John Adams Dix, Department of the East during the American Civil War from 1862 to 1865. Hooper also served as private secretary to General Saxton, during which time he was given the rank of captain. He was also post commander and military governor in the South Carolina Sea Islands.[1] Subsequently, he became steward (from 1872 to 1874) and later treasurer (from 1876 to 1898) of Harvard College.[2]

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