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Edmund W. Noyes

Remembered today mainly for helping preserve the story of a Civil War regiment, this little-known writer contributed to a detailed firsthand history of the Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteers. His surviving record is sparse, which makes his work itself the clearest link to his life and perspective.

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History of the Thirty-sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. 1862-1865

History of the Thirty-sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. 1862-1865

by Henry S. (Henry Sweetser) Burrage, William H. (William Henry) Hodgkins, Edmund W. Noyes, S. Alonzo Ranlett, Alonzo A. White

About the author

Edmund W. Noyes is credited as one of the contributors to History of the Thirty-sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, 1862–1865, a regimental history first published in 1884. Modern library and public-domain records consistently connect his name with that book, alongside Henry S. Burrage, Alonzo A. White, S. Alonzo Ranlett, and William H. Hodgkins.

Google Books previews of the volume show that Noyes wrote the section titled In the Pines, suggesting that he was not simply listed as a nominal contributor but had a direct hand in shaping part of the regiment’s published memory. The book’s continued circulation through Project Gutenberg has helped keep his name attached to that Civil War narrative.

Beyond that contribution, readily available biographical information on Noyes appears to be very limited. Because the public record surfaced here is so thin, it is safest to remember him as a documented co-author tied to an important veterans’ history rather than to fill in details that could not be confirmed.