Edward Geary enlists in the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry commanded by his father, General John Geary. A capable soldier at age sixteen, he is promoted to lieutenant. In 1863, his father’s division with Edward’s battery attached engages in battle. Hundreds lay dead and wounded after the conflict, including young Edward. One officer writes that General Geary can be seen, “standing with bowed head on the summit of the knoll, while before him lay the lifeless form of a Lieutenant of Artillery. There were many other dead, but none attracted his attention save this one. For he was his son.”
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