Hutchinson, Edwin, 1840-1887

Edwin Hutchinson was a medical cadet at the United States General Hospital, Annapolis, Maryland, and an army surgeon attached to the 3rd Maryland Volunteers and the 137th New York Volunteers during campaigns in Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia in the Civil War. His father, Holmes Hutchinson (d. 1865), was an engineer working on New York State canal projects. Holmes was the president of the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad Company, and a director of the Ontario Steamboat Company. Edwin's brother, Charles W. Hutchinson, was a commission merchant and art collector from Utica, New York.

From the description of Edwin Hutchinson papers, 1861-1866. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122467753