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E. C. Edmonds
(1835 - 1863)
Home State: Virginia
Education: Virginia Military Institute (VMI), Class of 1858;Class Rank: 11/19
Command Billet: Commanding Regiment
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 38th Virginia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
After graduation from VMI he was a teacher and co-principal of the Danville (VA) Military Academy. He was appointed Colonel of the 38th Virginia Infantry on 12 June 1861. He was wounded in action at Seven Pines, commanded the Brigade at Malvern Hill, and was out sick in the late summer of 1862.
On the Campaign
He commanded his regiment in Maryland.
The rest of the War
He was killed in "Picket's Charge" at Gettysburg, PA, on 3 July 1863. He was buried anonymously on the battlefield, and reinterred in 1872 in the "Gettysburg Dead" section of Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond.
References & notes
His service from the VMI Archives and his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. The picture above is from a portrait graciously provided by GGGrandson Ed Allen - a larger copy of which is online, hosted by VMI.
Birth
1/21/1835; Paris, VA
Death
7/3/1863; Gettysburg, PA; burial in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
1 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 29822]