Edward E. Cross

Edward Ephraim Cross was a newspaperman and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Cross was born in Lancaster, New Hampshire, son of Ephram and Abigail Cross attended the common school and academy at Lancaster. When he was fifteen years old, he began writing as a printer for a local newspaper, the Coos Democrat. He later moved from New Hampshire to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he worked as a printer for the Cincinnati Times. He demonstrated writing skills and became a reporter for the newspaper, serving for a while as the papers Washington correspondent. In 1854, he canvassed Ohio for the American Party was the Washington correspondent for the Cincinnati Times during teo sessions of Congress and also wrote articles for other newspapers including the New York Herald.

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