Col Edmund Berkeley

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Col Edmund Berkeley

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
1 Dec 1915 (aged 91)
Haymarket, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Haymarket, Prince William County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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The son of Lewis Berkeley and Frances Callender Noland Berkeley. He lived at Evergreen with his family and inherited it upon his fathers death. Edmund attended William and Mary, then married Mary Lawson Williams. They raised thirteen children at Evergreen. Before the Civil War, he was Captain of the Virginia Militia. The Evergreen Guards became Company C of the 8th Regiment of Virginia Volunteer Infantry. The Eighth fought in all the major battles in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. They sustained severe losses at Gettysburg, where Colonel Berkeley was wounded. After the war he returned to farming and took a great interest in the promotion of peace. In 1911, fifty years to the date of the First Battle of Manassas, he delivered an opening poem at the Manassas National Jubilee.
The son of Lewis Berkeley and Frances Callender Noland Berkeley. He lived at Evergreen with his family and inherited it upon his fathers death. Edmund attended William and Mary, then married Mary Lawson Williams. They raised thirteen children at Evergreen. Before the Civil War, he was Captain of the Virginia Militia. The Evergreen Guards became Company C of the 8th Regiment of Virginia Volunteer Infantry. The Eighth fought in all the major battles in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. They sustained severe losses at Gettysburg, where Colonel Berkeley was wounded. After the war he returned to farming and took a great interest in the promotion of peace. In 1911, fifty years to the date of the First Battle of Manassas, he delivered an opening poem at the Manassas National Jubilee.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142925116/edmund-berkeley: accessed ), memorial page for Col Edmund Berkeley (29 Feb 1824–1 Dec 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 142925116, citing Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Haymarket, Prince William County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by George Seitz (contributor 40539541).