Lindsey (older brother of Ambrose H. Lindsay, who used the variant spelling of the family name), was a wealthy merchant in Norfolk, VA in 1860. He left Norfolk in 1862 and moved to Burke County, NC. His application for a presidential pardon, dated July 14, 1865, states that he "...was firmly an(sic) earnestly opposed to Secession" and that "...he accepted the position of Commissary or purchasing agent of this [Burke] county" about twelve months earlier. In a letter dated March 8, 1865, Lindsey indicates that he was exempted from service as an agriculturalist, that he had fled from Norfolk rather than take the oath of allegiance to the federal government, and that he had been acting as an agent for nearly two years. He sold supplies to the Confederate army as early as the summer of 1861 through March of 1862 while still in Norfolk. It is also likely that he is the E. C. Lindsay that appears on an undated roll of Co. A of the 54th Regiment VA Militia, a Norfolk unit.
He returned to Norfolk after the war and was a real estate agent. Lindsey died on September 18, 1890 and is buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Norfolk, VA.
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