Cenotaph

Lieut Robert Sedgwick Edwards Veteran

Birth: 3 Jan 1838
Death: 18 Jul 1863 (aged 25)
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Cenotaph: Bridge Street Cemetery

Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 42.324875, Longitude: -72.6274944
Memorial ID: 80862880 View Source

Son of Ogden and Catherine (Shepherd) Edwards
Grandson of William and Rebecca (Tappan) Edwards

Enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant on 1 Aug 1861 in Brooklyn, New York. Commissioned an officer in Company D, New York 48th Infantry Regiment on 21 Aug 1861. Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 29 Apr 1862. Mustered out on 18 Jul 1863 at Fort Wagner, SC. Died on the battlefield and buried there.

Inscription

Ogden E/Edwards/Born 11 Nov/1802/Died 25 April/1848//
Catherine S/Daughter of/T Shepherd Esq/of/Northampton/and/Wife of/Ogden E Edwards/of/New York/Born 1806 Aug 22/Died 1843 April 21/aged/36 years & 8 mo/"An Angel's arm can't snatch me/from the grave/Legions of Angels can't confine/me there"//
Lieut/Robert S Edwards/48th Regt N Y Vols/Son of/Ogden E & Catherine S/Edwards/Born Jan 3d 1838/Killed July 18th 1863/at the head of his com/mand upon the
Ramparts/of Fort Wagner/His body rests where he fell
Anna L Edwards/Born in New York/Dec 27 1839/Died in Charlotte N C/Feb 6 1918/"I believe in the Communion/of Saints"//
Mary S/died 1834 May 3/Aged 1 year/10 mo 28 days
Catharine S/died 1836 Dec 16/Aged 2 years/2 mo 28 days
Thomas S/died 1837 Dec 10/Aged 1 year/3 mo 9 days
Eugene/died 1842 Dec 10/Aged 1 year/2 mo 12 days
Pomeroy an infant/died 1843 March 11
Children of/Ogden E Edwards/and/Catharine S Edwards/of/New York

In memory of/the Great Grandsons/of/Benjamin & Sarah Tappan/Who died for their country/In the Rebellion of 1861
Col Charles E Griswold
Maj Charles F Davies
Capt Thomas B Fox
Lieut Robert S Edwards
Chapn James S Kimball//
Capt/George G Stoddard
Surgeon/Benjamin Tappan Jr