Edward M Fisher

Edward M. Fisher was born in 1836/37 (estimated).  He enlisted February 4, 1862 in New York City in Company E of the 12th New York Infantry Regiment, for a three-year period.  He mustered as a Private on the same day.  He was promoted to Sergeant Major (date unknown).  On April 21, 1862, General Daniel Butterfield promoted him to acting 2nd Lieutenant on the staff of General Fitz John Porter's Division of the 3rd Army Corps at Camp Winfield Scott, Yorktown, Virginia.  He was formally promoted on May 17, 1862.  His promising career ended outside Richmond, Virginia at the Battle of Chicahominy on June 27, 1862.  Wounded at Gaines' Mills, he was evacuated to the Regimental Hospital at Savage's Station, Virginia, where he died of his wounds and was buried on  June 29, 1862.