ID'd Civil War Era CDV of 2nd Lieut. Edgar VanEtten, Co. B, 2nd New Jersey Inf.

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ID'd Civil War Era CDV of 2nd Lieut. Edgar VanEtten, Co. B, 2nd New Jersey Inf.
Here is an identified Civil War Era CDV of 2
nd
Lieutenant Edgar VanEtten (B: April 1843,D: November 1930), Company B, 2
nd
New Jersey Infantry Regiment in civilian dress. The CDV has a backmark from "Wood & Cory, Photographers" on Pike Street in Port Jervis, New York.
VanEtten, who was a resident of Port Jervis, N.Y., enlisted in the Union Army on 5/27/1861 as a Corporal. On 5/27/1861 he mustered into Co. B, 2
nd
N.J.
Infantry
. He was reduced to ranks as a Private on 12/26/1861 but was promoted to Corporal on 2/13/1862. On 12/25/1862 he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and promoted once more to the rank of 2
nd
Lt. on 2/12/1863.He was mustered out on 6/21/1864 in Newark, NJ. After the war, he worked as the Vice President of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company.
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