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| | Brevet Brigadier-General James Biddle, U.S.V. |
 | | Edward R. was the son of Colonel Clement Biddle, deputy quartermaster-general U. Army during the Revolution, and his wife, Rebecca Cornell, daughter of the governor of Rhode Island, |
 | | He served at Indianapolis with his regiment, and in pursuit of the rebel General John Morgan in his raid into Indiana and Ohio; shelled Brandenburg, Kentucky, from the steamer on which his men were, while Morgan's men were in that town crossing the river. |
 | | General Biddle then rejoined the Fifteenth U. Infantry, as captain, in July, 1865, and assisted in the reconstruction of the South till November, 1870. |
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