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His father was a prominent Methodist pastor, serving in the North Carolina Conference and the Virginia Conference, and was a trustee of Randolph-Macon College. Leroy S. Edwards attended Randolph-Macon College, then in Boydton, Virginia, from 1857-1859, receiving an A. B. degree. Afterwards, he attended the University of Virginia from 1859-1860. ","Edwards was teaching at Petersburg Female College in 1861 when he enlisted in the 12th Virginia Infantry, Company E. He was engaged at the Seven Days Battles and was wounded in the arm at Crampton's Gap on September 14, 1862; he also fought at Sharpsburg. In 1863, Edwards was promoted to sergeant. After fighting in the Battle of the Wilderness, on May 8, 1864, he was captured while en route to Spotsylvania Court House. Edwards was sent to Point Lookout Prison Camp in Maryland and was transferred to Elmira, New York in August 1864, where he remained until his parole and exchange in February 1865. 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