Edward Washington Metcalf
| Date of Birth | Saturday, August 9, 1828 |
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| Date of Death | Sunday, January 22, 1905 |
Biography
Edward W. Metcalf was born in Ohio in August of 1828. By the mid 1850s, he was living in Elkhart, Indiana, founding the Goshen Times newspaper and in 1857 and 1858 serving as a circuit court judge.
Metcalf joined the 129th Indiana infantry regiment in January 1864 as a private, and was promoted to first lieutenant and then captain in the summer of that year. Metcalf took part in a number of battles in Georgia and Tennessee, including the Battles of Franklin and Nashville in late 1864. He mustered out with his regiment in August of 1865.
By the end of the war, Metcalf had returned to Tennessee, establishing (on paper, June 9, 1865) the Cumberland Mining and Petroleum Company with fellow Union veteran and later Rock City teammate, Julius C. Hart. Around 1866-67, Metcalf also served as the city editor for the Nashville Press and Times newspaper.
Metcalf appears not to have played on the first nine of the Rock City Club, but he acted as a scorekeeper for at least one match.
In 1867, Metcalf became involved in politics as a radical Republican, initially serving as a Davidson County delegate for Congressional candidate John Lawrence, with John Trimble ultimately winning the Republican Party nomination. Having abandoned the Republican Party, Metcalf would later support DH Mason (former editor of the Press and Times) on the Radical ticket.
By 1880, Metcalf had had enough of Tennessee, and had moved to Saline, Nebraska, where he married and spent the rest of his life. Captain Metcalf died in 1905 and is buried in Saline County, Nebraska.
Sources
United States Census, South Fork Precinct Western village, Saline, Nebraska, 1900. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M31M-V5D
"The Lawrence Convention." Nashville Union and Dispatch. 16 May, 1867: 3.http://www.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038521/1867-05-16/ed-1/seq-3/
"The Radical Convention." Nashville Union and Dispatch. 9 June, 1867: 3. http://www.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038521/1867-06-09/ed-1/seq-3/
Acts of the State of Tennessee. Nashville, 1865. P. 119. https://archive.org/stream/actsstatetennes21tenngoog#page/n149/mode/2up/
King's Nashville City Directory, 1867. http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/ArchiveIt/1867/HTML individual pages 1867/Page 216-217 1867.html
http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/imh/article/view/11114/15937
https://secure.in.gov/apps/iara/search/Home/Detail?rId=1191254
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Clubs
| Club | Years | Roles | Edit Association with Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock City Base Ball Club of Nashville | 1866 | Founder |