Col Edward Claxton Edmonds, Russian Empire

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After graduation from VMI he was a teacher and co-principal of the Danville (VA) Military Academy. He was appointed Col. of the 38th Virginia 1 July 1861. He was killed in "Picket's Charge" at Gettysburg, PA, on 3 July 1863. Buried anonymously on the battlefield, and reinterred (probably in 1872) in the "Gettysburg Dead" section of Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond.

Русский: Полковник Эдвард Эдмондс, командир 38-го Вирджинского пехотного полка, погиб при Геттисберге.

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1862
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Hollywood Cemetery ,  37.53570, -77.45693
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