Edward Claxton Edmonds
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 6/12/1861 at Richmond as a Colonel.
On 6/12/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff VA 38th Infantry
He was Killed on 7/3/1863 at Gettysburg, PA
Born- Jan. 21, 1835 in Paris, Fauquier Co. Va.
Father- Dr. John R. Edmonds
Mother- Helen Carter of Pittsylvania Co. Va.
Married- Margaret Tutwiler of Fluvanna Co. on Dec. 29, 1858.
Entered VMI- Sept. 5, 1854; Graduated- July 5, 1858 standing 11 in a class of 19 Careers- Teacher; co-principal of Danville Military Academy Civil War Service- Appointed Col. of the 38th Va. Regiment July 1, 1861; Wounded in action Seven Pines; Commanded brigade at Malvern Hill; Out sick in the summer of 1862; Killed in action at Gettysburg. One of seven Colonels, VMI comrades all killed in the same battle.
Died- July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg. Probably buried in an unmarked grave on the battlefield and later moved to the "Gettysburg Dead" section of Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Va.
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&198285
http://www.vmi.edu/archives/archiverosters/Details.asp?ID=676&rform=search
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 6/12/1861 at Richmond as a Colonel.
On 6/12/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff VA 38th Infantry
He was Killed on 7/3/1863 at Gettysburg, PA
Born- Jan. 21, 1835 in Paris, Fauquier Co. Va.
Father- Dr. John R. Edmonds
Mother- Helen Carter of Pittsylvania Co. Va.
Married- Margaret Tutwiler of Fluvanna Co. on Dec. 29, 1858.
Entered VMI- Sept. 5, 1854; Graduated- July 5, 1858 standing 11 in a class of 19 Careers- Teacher; co-principal of Danville Military Academy Civil War Service- Appointed Col. of the 38th Va. Regiment July 1, 1861; Wounded in action Seven Pines; Commanded brigade at Malvern Hill; Out sick in the summer of 1862; Killed in action at Gettysburg. One of seven Colonels, VMI comrades all killed in the same battle.
Died- July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg. Probably buried in an unmarked grave on the battlefield and later moved to the "Gettysburg Dead" section of Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Va.
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&198285
http://www.vmi.edu/archives/archiverosters/Details.asp?ID=676&rform=search
Edward Claxton Edmonds
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 6/12/1861 at Richmond as a Colonel.
On 6/12/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff VA 38th Infantry
He was Killed on 7/3/1863 at Gettysburg, PA
Born- Jan. 21, 1835 in Paris, Fauquier Co. Va.
Father- Dr. John R. Edmonds
Mother- Helen Carter of Pittsylvania Co. Va.
Married- Margaret Tutwiler of Fluvanna Co. on Dec. 29, 1858.
Entered VMI- Sept. 5, 1854; Graduated- July 5, 1858 standing 11 in a class of 19 Careers- Teacher; co-principal of Danville Military Academy Civil War Service- Appointed Col. of the 38th Va. Regiment July 1, 1861; Wounded in action Seven Pines; Commanded brigade at Malvern Hill; Out sick in the summer of 1862; Killed in action at Gettysburg. One of seven Colonels, VMI comrades all killed in the same battle.
Died- July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg. Probably buried in an unmarked grave on the battlefield and later moved to the "Gettysburg Dead" section of Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Va.
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&198285
http://www.vmi.edu/archives/archiverosters/Details.asp?ID=676&rform=search
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 6/12/1861 at Richmond as a Colonel.
On 6/12/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff VA 38th Infantry
He was Killed on 7/3/1863 at Gettysburg, PA
Born- Jan. 21, 1835 in Paris, Fauquier Co. Va.
Father- Dr. John R. Edmonds
Mother- Helen Carter of Pittsylvania Co. Va.
Married- Margaret Tutwiler of Fluvanna Co. on Dec. 29, 1858.
Entered VMI- Sept. 5, 1854; Graduated- July 5, 1858 standing 11 in a class of 19 Careers- Teacher; co-principal of Danville Military Academy Civil War Service- Appointed Col. of the 38th Va. Regiment July 1, 1861; Wounded in action Seven Pines; Commanded brigade at Malvern Hill; Out sick in the summer of 1862; Killed in action at Gettysburg. One of seven Colonels, VMI comrades all killed in the same battle.
Died- July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg. Probably buried in an unmarked grave on the battlefield and later moved to the "Gettysburg Dead" section of Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Va.
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&198285
http://www.vmi.edu/archives/archiverosters/Details.asp?ID=676&rform=search
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