'''Edward H. Wolfe''' (September 26, 1834 – August 17, 1916) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War
Edward H. Wolfe was born April 26, 1834, at Rushville, Indiana.<ref name=Eicher578>Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. {{ISBN|978-0-8047-3641-1}}. p. 578.</ref> He attended Miami University (Ohio) and Hanover College.<ref name=Eicher578/> He was a merchant before the Civil War.<ref name=Eicher578/>
Wolfe was appointed major on the 52nd Indiana Infantry Regiment, October 25, 1861. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel, April 26, 1862, and colonel, September 19, 1862. He commanded Brigade 3, Division 3, XVI Corps (Union Army), Army of the Tennessee between January 25, 1864, and February 28, 1864, between May 21, 1864, and September 2, 1864<ref name=Eicher578/> and between October 1864 and December 5, 1864.<ref name=Eicher579>Eicher, 2001, p. 579.</ref> He commanded Brigade 3, Division 2, Detachment of XVI Corps in the Department of the Cumberland from December 5, 1864, to February 18, 1865.<ref name=Eicher579/> He was mustered out of the volunteers on January 31, 1865.<ref>Although this date is before the date Eicher gives for the end of his final command, it is the date that Eicher, 2001, p. 579 gives for his mustering out.</ref>
On June 27, 1868, President Andrew Johnson nominated Wolfe for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, for his service at the Battle of Nashville, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on July 18, 1868.<ref>Eicher, 2001, p. 762.</ref>
After the war, Wolfe was Indiana State Auditor from 1881 until 1883.
Edward H. Wolfe died at Rushville, Indiana on August 17, 1916.<ref name=Eicher579/> He was buried at East Hill Cemetery (Rushville, Indiana).<ref name=Eicher579/>
==See also== *List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union)
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