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Edward Livingston Campbell
1833–1913
A Civil War officer turned chronicler of the men he led, this New Jersey veteran preserved one regiment’s story in vivid, firsthand detail. His writing offers readers a direct link to the experience of Union soldiers in the field.
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Historical sketch of the Fifteenth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers First Brigade, First Division, Sixth Corps
by Edward Livingston Campbell
About the author
Born in 1833, Edward Livingston Campbell was an American lawyer and Union Army officer who served in the Civil War, rising to the rank of brevet brigadier general. He is closely associated with the 15th New Jersey Infantry and later commanded the 4th New Jersey Infantry during the Shenandoah Valley campaign.
After the war, he turned his experience into history writing. He is best known as the author of Historical Sketch of the Fifteenth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, a work that helped preserve the record of the regiment’s service for later generations.
Campbell died in 1913. For readers interested in Civil War memoir, regimental history, and the voices of those who were there, his work remains a valuable and immediate window into the era.