He was born on 1 March 1825, in Rochester, New York, to John Wallace and [unknown]. [sources: date: 22, 38, 44; 14 (37 in 1861), 21 (44 in 1870), 22 (75 in 1900), 44 (20 in 1846). place: 21, 22, 38. parents: 38]
He served in the "old wars", that is, the wars between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. He enlisted in company F of the First Regiment on 1 December 1846. He marched to Pittsburgh, was mustered in at Pittsburgh as a sergeant on 15 December 1846 by Lieutenant Fields. He was promoted to First Sergeant on 11 June 1847. He was left sick in hospital at Perote on 29 November 1847. He rejoined his company before 29 February 1848. He mustered out with his company on 28 July 1848. [sources: 4, 16, 25, 32, 33, 43, 44, 45]
In 1849/50, he married Martha Jane Vandergrift. She was born on 19 October 1824, in Pennsylvania, to Joseph Vandergrift and Ester Woodington. They apparently had six children, including these:
[sources: 22 (6 children, 3 alive in 1900), 23, 24, 51, 57]
In 1850, he was living in the 3rd ward of Spring Garden, in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He was a painter. He was living with his wife Martha and child Joseph. [source: 23]
In 1860, he was living in the 14th ward of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a painter, and owned $3000 in real estate, and $300 in personal property. He was living with his wife Martha, four children, and two other people. [source: 24]
In 1860/61, he had a paint store at the northwest corner of Ridge Avenue and Coates. He lived at 674 North 12th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [source: 54]
When he enlisted, he was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [source: 14]
He served in company B of the 20th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The company was mustered in on 30 April 1861, and the regiment was mustered out on 24 July 1861. He served as Captain. [sources: 4, 13, 16, 32, 33, 45]
On 20 August 1861, the War Department authorized him to recruit an infantry regiment. He began recruiting a regiment by 29 August 1861. A recruiting poster for company K of his regiment, commanded by Charles L Brown, dated 2 September 1861, describes his regiment as a regiment of "Sharp Shooters". His regiment was camped on Islington Lane, across from Odd Fellows' Cemetery, not far from Colonel Gregory's. On 31 August 1861, he advertised a meeting of company commanders for 11 AM. [sources: 1 (page 186), 19, 29, 30, 31, 32, 40, 42]
By 19 September 1861, he was in camp at Camp Edwards, on Islington Lane, opposite Odd Fellows' Cemetery. [sources: 28, 40]
On 25 September 1861, the Philadelphia Press reported that his regiment had 600 men in it, and would be one of the "first now forming in this city to leave for the seat of war". Their regiment headquarters had been used by Colonel Chantry's regiment--but had been thoroughly cleaned before Wallace moved in (!). [source: 41]
His regiment was consolidated with Gregory's regiment in October 1861, by the 19th. [sources: 1 (page 186), 33]
He enlisted on 20 August 1861, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A newspaper article in November 1861 described him as an "efficient officer". He was mustered into service, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and appointed Lieutenant Colonel on 4 December 1861. He was enlisted and mustered into service by Lt Col Ruff. [sources: 1, 4, 9, 14, 14, 17, 39, 44, 55, 58]
He and Major Todd did most of the instruction while the regiment was in Alexandria, since Colonel Gregory was Provost Marshall. [sources: 1 (p.186), 8]
On 16 June 1862, Andrew Brown (C) reported to his father and sister that he had received the paper they sent with Col Wallace. [source: 50]
On 29 June 1862, he, along with the other commissioned officers in the regiment (except Colonel Gregory), signed a statement denying accusations that they were on the verge of open mutiny, that the regiment had been reduced to 400 men, and that Colonel Gregory was too lenient to Confederates and too harsh to men in the regiment. [source: 26]
He presided over a general court martial, in Alexandria Virginia, formed by special order 157, Headquarters, Military District of Washington, 9 August 1862. It was originally to meet at the corner of 19th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC, at 10 o'clock on Monday 11 August 1862. It was then moved to Alexandria Virginia. [sources: 10, 11, 20, 49]
The court martial found Enoch Brewster and Alpheus Bowman guilty and sentenced them to be dismissed. [sources: 10, 20]
The court martial also found John Mann guilty of striking a non-commissioned officer and striking at a commissioned officer, and sentenced him to lose all pay and allowances and to be confined at hard labor for the remainder of his term. [source: 49]
He was discharged on 10 January 1863 on surgeon's certificate of disability. He was the 91st's Lieutenant Colonel. [sources: 1 (resigned p.188), 4, 5 (discharged), 7, 9, 14, 17 (1 Jan 63), 44, 55, 58]
On 16 June 1863, he announced that he was raising a new regiment, with its headquarters at the Northwest corner of Ridge Avenue and Coates Street. His rendezvous was Commissioners' Hall, Spring Garden and Thirteenth Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [source: 37, 46, 47, 48]
When he registered for the draft in 1863, he was a painter, and lived at 1115 Brown Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.His paint store was at the northwest corner of Ridge avenue and Coates Street [sources: 53, 54]
In 1870, he was living in the 20th ward of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a painter, and owned $15,000 in real estate and $6,000 in personal property. He was living with his wife Martha, and his children Joseph, Catharine, and Emma. [source: 21]
In 1870/71, he was living at 1511 Swain, and had a paint business at 1416 Ridge Avenue, with Ellwood W Leighton. [source: 54]
In 1880, he was living at 1527 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was living with his wife Martha Wallace, and children Joseph, Kate, and Imagen, and their families. He worked in painter supplies. [source: 15]
In 1881, he had a store at 1416-1418 Ridge Avenue and 1417-1419 Fairmount Avenue, which sold glass shades, wax materials, painters', stone cutters', and laundry supplies. He lived at 1527 Fairmount Avenue. [source: 54]
He was on the committee of arrangements for the 1884 meeting of the 91st's Survivors' Association, and attended the meeting. [sources: 2, 3, 36]
In 1890, he was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He had rheumatic pleurisy. He worked in paints at 1416-17 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and lived at 1529 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [source: 17]
In 1891, he had a store at 1416-1418 Ridge Avenue and 1417-1419 Fairmount Avenue, which sold painters' supplies, artist and wax flower materials, glass shades for covering clocks , etc. [source: 54]
In 1900, he was living at 1529 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He had a paint and [illegible] business. He was living with his wife Martha, two daughters, a granddaughter, and a servant. [source: 22]
He applied successfully from Pennsylvania for a pension on 12 May 1902 [sources: 4, 16]
Effective 2 March 1907, he received a pension of $20 per month, under the Act of 6 February 1907. The certificate was dated 13 September 1907. [source: 56]
He died at 1529 Fairmount Avenue, on 2 January 1908, of uraemia, with chronic interstitial nephritis contributing. Members of the Eastern Star Lodge No 186 F and AM (Free and Accepted Masons), and of the Colonel Frederick Taylor Post No 19 Grand Army of the Republic, were invited to attend the funeral services. He was buried at Mt Peace Cemetery, on 6 January 1908. [sources: 4, 27, 38, 44, 52, 56]
On 1 February 1908, Martha Vandegrift Wallace, died, at 1529 Fairmount Avenue, ward 15, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She died of pulmonary edema, with dilatation of the heart contributing. On 3 February 1908, she was buried, in Mount Peace Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [sources: 51, 57]
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster, and on pages 186 and 188)
2 [untitled note about plans for an 1884 reunion of the 91st]. Grand Army Scout and Soldiers' Mail, 20 September 1884, page 5, column 4.
3 'The Ninety-first'. Grand Army Scout and Soldiers' Mail, 20 December 1884, page 6 column 2.
4 pension index, by regiment (Edward E Wallace)
6 Joseph Welch. 'Address of Chaplain Joseph Welch'. In Pennsylvania at Gettysburg: Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major-General George G. Meade, Major-General Winfield S. Hancock, Major-General John F. Reynolds, and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle. Volume 1: 1914. Pages 500-507, at page 500
7 Thomas F Walter, 'Personal recollections and experiences of an obscure soldier'. Grand Army Scout and Soldiers' Mail volume 3 issue 38 page 2.
8 Thomas F Walter, 'Personal recollections and experiences of an obscure soldier'. Grand Army Scout and Soldiers' Mail volume 3 number 35 page 2.
10 general order 27, HQ Military District of Washington, 12 September 1862 (Lieutenant Colonel Wallace)
11 court martial file, Alpheus Bowman
12 Heitman, Francis B. Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army, from its organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903. (no reference to Wallace)
13 Bates (see #1), p.187 (20th Pennsylvania Infantry) (Edward E Wallace, Captain)
14 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 5 May 2004 (Edward E Wallace)
15 1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, supervisor's district 1, enumeration district 253, microfilm series T9, film 1174, page 68 C = 3 handwritten (Edward E Wallace)
16 pension index, by name, searched 21 May 2004 (Edward E Wallace)
17 1890 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, supervisor's district 1, enumeration district 265, page 1 (image 1513 on Ancestry), line 1 (Edward E Wallace)
18 1890 Gopsill's Philadelphia directory (Edward E Wallace) [This is the only Edward E Wallace in the transcription on Ancestry]
19 recruiting poster, for company K, Captain Brown, of Edward Wallace's regiment (Edw'd E Wallace)
20 court martial record, Enoch Brewster (Lt Col Wallace)
21 1870 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 20th ward 67th district, microfilm series M593, film 1407, page 574 = page 16 [?] handwritten (Edward E Wallace)
22 1900 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ward 15, supervisor's district 1, enumeration district 261, microfilm series T623, film 1457, page 278 = 7B handwritten (Edward E Wallace)
23 1850 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, 2nd precinct of 3rd ward Spring Garden, microfilm series M432, film 818, page 29 (Edwin [sic] E Wallace)
24 1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 14th ward 1st division, microfilm series M653, film 1164, pages 213-214 = 213-214 handwritten (Edw Wallace)
25 Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth series, volume X, edited by Thomas Lynch Montgomery. (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, State Printer, 1907.) Transcribed at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/1pa/military/mexican/mexican-5.txt (in PA UsGenWeb Archives, viewed 5 August 2006)] (Edward E Wallace)
26 'Ninety-first Pennsylvania Regiment'. Philadelphia Inquirer, 11 July 1862, page 2 (Edward E Wallace)
27 'Register's notes'. Philadelphia Inquirer, 8 February 1909 (Edward E Wallace)
28 'The Camps near the Schuylkill River'. Philadelphia Inquirer 26 September 1861, page 8 (Colonel Wallace)
29 'Captains and others commanding companies' Philadelphia Inquirer, 31 August 1861, page 5, also 2 September page 5 (E E Wallace)
30 'Attention, Captain of companies Philadelphia Inquirer, 29 August 1861, page 5 (also 28 Aug 1861 page 5) (E E Wallace)
31 'The Wallace Regiment', Philadelphia Inquirer, 5 September 1861, page 5 (also 6 September page 5) (E E Wallace)
32 'Col. Wallace's Regiment' Philadelphia Inquirer 4 October 1861 page 8 (Ed E Wallace)
33 'Camp Chase at Gray's Ferry' Philadelphia Inquirer 19 October 1861 page 8 (E E Wallace)
34 'Camp Chase', Philadelphia Inquirer 30 November 1861 (E Wallace)
35 'Departure of Col. Gregory's regiment', Philadelphia Inquirer 22 January 1862 page 2 (E Wallace)
36 'G.A.R.', Philadelphia Inquirer 6 September 1884, page 3 (EE Wallace)
37 'A new regiment', Philadelphia Inquirer 16 June 1863 page 8 (EE Wallace)
38 death certificate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2 Jan [?] 1908 (Edward E Wallace)
39 'Ninety-first regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers' Philadelphia Press Wednesday 27 November 1861, page 2 (Lieutenant Colonel Wallace)
40 'Colonel Wallace's regiment'. Philadelphia Press Thursday 19 September 1861, p.2 (Edward E Wallace)
41 'Col Wallace's regiment', Philadelphia Press, Wednesday 25 September 1861 page 1 (Ed E Wallace)
42 'Col Wallace's regiment', Press, Monday 30 September 1861, page 2 (Ed E Wallace)
43 'Col Wallace's regiment' (Press Tuesday 1 October 1861, page 1) (Ed E Wallace)
44 Randy W. Hackenburg. Pennsylvania in the War with Mexico. Shippensburg PA: White Mane Publishing Co., 1992. Page 149. (Edward E Wallace)
45 'Letter from the Ninety-first', Philadelphia Inquirer 5 February 1862, page 2 (E E Wallace)
46 'Headquarters', Philadelphia Press Wednesday 1 July 1863, page 3 [essentially the same article at 30 June 1863 p.2; and Monday 29 June 1863 page 3]) (E E Wallace)
47 'The undersigned proposes ...' (Philadelphia Press Tuesday 16 June 1863 page 3) (E E Wallace)
48 'Preparations to meet the threatened raid--response of the people' (Philadelphia Press, Tuesday 16 June 1863, page 2) (E E Wallace)
49 National Archives and Records Administration. Record Group 153. Court-martial case file KK-213 (Lt Col Wallace)
50 letter, Andrew Brown to his father and sister, 16 June 1862, Alexandria, Virginia, in his father's pension certificate file, WC 134,972 (Col Wallace)
51 'Edward E Wallace', in Balles Family Tree (an Ancestry family tree), owner lcbh724, accessed 27 December 2014 (Edward E Wallace)
52 death notice, Philadelphia inquirer, Friday 3 January 1908, p.5 (Edward E Wallace)
53 Consolidated lists of Civil War draft registration records, National Archives and Records Administration, record group 110 (Edward E Wallace)
54 Philadelphia city directories, transcribed 27 December 2014, from Fold3
55 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Edward E Wallace)
56 Veterans administration, pension payment cards, 1907-1933 (Edward E Wallace)
57 Philadelphia Pennsylvania death certificate, 1 February 1908, #3330 (Martha Vandegrift Wallace)
58 muster-out roll, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, record group 19, series 19.11, records of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs (Edward E Wallace)
An Edward Wallace who lived in Philadelphia served in the 107th Pennsylvania. I've summarized some of the evidence about him below:
WALLACE, EDWARD E., 22, 1st. Sergt., Co. F, 1st. Reg.; enrolled Phila. Dec. 1846 marched to Pittsburg; mustered in Dec. 15, 1846 at Pittsburg, Pa. by Lt. Fields; Sergt. from enrollment to June 11, 1847 then 1st. Sergt.; discharged July 28, 1848.
line | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
Dwellings visited | 393 | |||
Families visited | 424 | |||
Name | Edwin E. Wallace | Martha Do | Joseph H Do | Stricklaus Vandegrift |
Age | 24 | 25 | 3/12 | 24 |
Sex | M | F | M | M |
Color | ||||
Occupation of males over 15 years | Painter | Carpenter | ||
Real estate owned | ||||
Birthplace | Do [sc. Pennsylvania] | Do | Do | Do |
Married within year | ||||
Attended school within year | ||||
Over 20 & can't read/write | ||||
Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
line | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 1 |
Dwelling number | 1358 | |||||||
Family number | 1513 | |||||||
Name | Edw. Wallace | Martha | Jno | Kate | Emma | Martha | Sarah Sexple [?] | Henry Grimm |
Age | 36 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 21 |
Sex | m | f | m | f | f | f | f | m |
Color |   | |||||||
Occupation | Painter | Painter | ||||||
Value of real estate owned | 3000 | |||||||
Value of personal estate | 300 | |||||||
Place of birth | [illegible] | Penna | Phila | " | " | " | Penna | Germany |
[the place of birth for Edw Wallace looks like 'U Cascada' ?] | ||||||||
Married within year | ||||||||
Attended school within year | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Cannot read & write | ||||||||
Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
line | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 |
Dwelling-house number | 796 | ||||||
Family number | 820 | ||||||
Name | Wallace Edward E | - Martha | - Joseph W | - Catharine | - Emma | Weber Rebecca | Brown [?] Mary |
Age | 44 | 45 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 35 | 27 |
Sex | M | F | M | F | F | F | F |
Color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
Occupation | Painter | Keeping house | Clerk in Store | At Home | Attending School | Clerk in Dyer's | Clerk in Store |
Real estate value | 15000 | ||||||
Personal estate value | 6000 | ||||||
Birthplace | New York | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Delaware | Penna |
Father foreign born | 1 | 1 | |||||
Mother foreign born | 1 | 1 | |||||
Birth month if born within year | |||||||
Marriage month if married within year | |||||||
Attended school past year | 1 | ||||||
Can't read | |||||||
Can't write | |||||||
Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | |||||||
Male US citizen at least 21 years old | 1 | ||||||
Male US citizen at least 21 years old who can't vote ... |
line | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
street name | Fairmount Ave | ||||||||
house number | 1527 | ||||||||
dwelling visit # | 21 | ||||||||
family visit # | 21 | ||||||||
name | Wallace Edward E | - Martha | - Joseph W | Pierce Kate E | Emerson Imagen | Emmerson Worthington [?] | Pierce Edward | Emmerson Martha | Carnan [?] Mary M |
color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
sex | M | F | M | F | F | M | M | F | F |
age | 54 | 54 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 1/12 | 33 |
month born if born in year | May | ||||||||
relationship | Wife | Son | Daughter | Do | Son in Law | GrandSon | Do [sc. Grand] Daughter | ||
single | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
married | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
widowed/divorced | |||||||||
married during year | |||||||||
occupation | Painter Supplies | Keeping House | At Home | Boarding | Travelling Salesman Drugs | Cook | |||
months unemployed | |||||||||
currently ill? | |||||||||
blind | |||||||||
deaf/dumb | |||||||||
idiotic | |||||||||
insane | |||||||||
disabled | |||||||||
school this year | |||||||||
can't read | |||||||||
can't write | |||||||||
birthplace | N York | Penna | Do | Do | Do | Do | District Columbia | Penna | Penna |
father's birthplace | Scotland | Penna | Do | Do | Do | Do | Do | Do | Do |
mother's birthplace | Scotland | Penna | Do | Do | Do | Do | Do | Do | Do |
line | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 |
street | Fairmount Ave | |||||
house number | 1529 | |||||
dwelling number | 119 | |||||
family number | 156 | |||||
name | Wallace Edward E | - Martha | Pierce Kate E | Emerson Imogine | - Martha W | Matney Susan |
relationship | Head | Wife | Daughter | Daughter | G Daughter | Servant |
color | W | W | W | W | W | C |
sex | M | F | F | F | F | F |
birth date | Mar 1825 | Oct 1824 | Dec 1852 | June 1857 | May 1880 | May 1876 |
age | 75 | 75 | 47 | 42 | 20 | 24 |
married? | M | M | D | W | S | S |
# years married | 50 | 50 | ||||
mother of how many children? | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||
# of children living | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
birthplace | New York | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Maryland |
father's birthplace | Scotland | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Maryland |
mother's birthplace | Ireland | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Maryland |
immigration year | ||||||
# years in USA | ||||||
naturalized citizen? | ||||||
occupation | Paint [illegible; looks like '+ ril'?] bus | School Teacher | Servant | |||
# months not employed | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
# months in school | ||||||
can read | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
can write | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
speaks English | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
owned/rented | O | |||||
free or mortgaged | F | |||||
farm/house | H | |||||
# of farm schedule |
NUMBER OF EACH GRADE. | 1 | ||
NAMES. PRESENT AND ABSENT. | Edward E Wallace | ||
RANK. | Lt Col | ||
AGE. | |||
JOINED FOR SERVICE AND ENROLLED AT GENERAL RENDEZVOUS--COMMENCEMENT OF FIRST PAYMENT BY TIME. | WHEN. | Dec 4 /61 | |
WHERE. | Phila Pa | ||
BY WHOM. | Lt Col Ruff | ||
PERIOD. | 3 years | ||
MUSTERED INTO SERVICE. | WHEN. | Dec 4 /61 | |
WHERE. | Phila Pa | ||
BY WHOM. | Lt Col Ruff | ||
LAST PAID. | BY PAYMASTER. | ||
TO WHAT TIME. | |||
TRAVELING. | To place of rendezvous, No. of miles. | ||
From place of discharge home, No. of miles. | |||
Clothing Act | Due U.S | ||
Due Soldier | |||
AMOUNT for clothing in kind, or in money advanced. | |||
VALUE OF equipments, arms &c., received from the United States, to be paid for if lost or destroyed. | |||
Bounty | Paid | ||
Due | |||
REMARKS | |||
Discharged on Surgeon Certificate of disability Jan 10 /63 |
CLASS. | RATE. | DATE OF COMMENCEMENT. | DATE OF CERTIFICATE. |
REISSUE | 20 | Mch 2 /07 | Sept. 13 /07 |
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from Jan 11, 1906, to Jan 2, 1907, that I last saw him alive on Jan 1, 1908, and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 7:30 A.M. The CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows:
Chief, Uraemia Duration unknownWALLACE.--On January 2, 1908, EDWARD E. WALLACE, in his 83d year. Relatives and friends, also Eastern Star Lodge, No. 186, F and F M, and Colonel Frederick Taylor Post, No 19, G A R, are invited to attend the funeral services, at his late residence, 1529 Fairmount ave on Monday, January 6, at 2 P M precisely. Interment private.
Jan. 28, WALLACE--Account of The Provident Life and Trust Co. of Philadelphia, Executors of Edward E. Wallace, deceased.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from Oct. 1, 1907 to Feb. 1, 1908 that I last saw her alive on Jan. 31, 1908 and that death occurred, on the date stated above at 4:15 AM. The CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows: