Halstead, Honorable William M.C. N.J. Raised the 1st Regt. of Vol. Cavalry of N.J. and served as Colonel until Feb. 18, 1862
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Hon. Wm. Halstead M.C. New Jersey, graduate of Princeton College in 1812, prosecutor of Hunterdon Co. 1833-37, elected as Whig 25th Cong (1837-39) again served 1841-43, many years as court reporter. Raised the 1st regiment of Calv. in N.J. for C.W. and served as colonel. Died in Trenton in 1878.
Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954.
General information about the Brady-Handy photograph collection is available at loc.gov
Forms part of: Brady-Handy photograph collection (Library of Congress).
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