The book of New York; Forty Years' Recollections of the American Metropolis
The book of New York; Forty Years' Recollections of the American Metropolis
Julius Chambers
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The National Guard of New York boasts and has boasted capable, energetic and de- voted officers, lull none whose activities have proven more meritorious of these ad- jectives, or whose practical abilities have been of more value to that organization than Gen- eral Edwin Augustus McAlpin. Edwin is a grandson of James McAlpin, himself a descendant of that sturdy Scotch stock which invaded and colonized the north of Ireland in Cromwell's time. James Mc- Alpin came to America from the city of Bel- ...fast and settled in Dutchess County. There he engaged in the grocery trade, meeting with some success. His son. David Hunter Mc- Alpin. Married Adelaide Rose and of these parents, Edwin . McAlpin was born in the year 1848. Edwin attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass.. And was graduated during the early part of the Civil War. The Scotch-Irish blood of Edwin McAlpin. At the age of 14 or 15, was warmly stirred by the war fever and he straightaway enlisted, actuated, doubtless, by a desire to win fame similar to that borne in history by his fore- bears, the ('Ian Alpine.
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