Company H · 4th Virginia Cavalry · Black Horse
J. R. Edmonds
1835–1899
Confederate Service Record
Enlisted 20 October 1862 Jefferson; detailed to Commissary Department September 1863.; wounded Fauquier; paroled 9 April 1865 Appomattox Courthouse; agriculturalist Casanova.
J. R. Edmonds M V K Y Photo: Born: 13 July 1835.[1251] 18 June 1835.[1252] Married: Died: 27 September 1899;[1253] buried Warrenton Cemetery.[1254] 27 September 1890.[1255] Obituary: Children: Parents and Siblings: Other Family: One J. Robert Edmonds buried Warrenton Cemetery; born June 13, 1835, died September 27. 1899.[1256] This is possibly John Edmonds (or his father), son of Dr. John Robert Edmonds. Dr. Edmonds married Helen Carter (dau of More [Moore?] Fauntleroy Carter and Judith Lee Edwards. He went to Alexandria and died there.) Issue: Stories, Letters & Biographies: CSR: Enlisted 20 October 1862 Jefferson; detailed to Commissary Department September 1863.; wounded Fauquier; paroled 9 April 1865 Appomattox Courthouse; agriculturalist Casanova. Additional Information: Private.[1257] Resided at Casa-Nova, 1870s. Agriculturalist.[1258] “John Edmonds, C. S. A., was Commandant of Cadets of Bethel Military Academy. Went to Texas and was Mayor of Sherman, Texas. Was Col. of a regiment in the Spanish American War. Killed in a duel.”[1259]
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Source Rosters
- M Martin Roll (most authoritative)
- V Vanished Roster (~1874–1878)
- K K.I. Keith Roster (1924)
- Y Nanzig Register
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Suggest a correction →From A Biographical Register of the Members of Fauquier County Virginia's Black Horse Cavalry, 1859–1865. Compiled by Lynn C. Hopewell (1940–2006), with editorial assistance by Susan W. Roberts and research by Heidi Burke. Manuscript completed February 28, 2008. Published posthumously.