Edwards, Clarke S.

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 17
Scope and content:

The folder contain three letters from Clarke S. Edwards to his wife in Bethel, Maryland, written between September and October of 1861 during the American Civil War. He writes about his health, their letters/sending money, regiment activities, and the availability of supplies.

Biographical / historical:

Clarke S. Edwards was born in 1824. He lived in Bethel, Maine, prior to the start of the American Civil War. After the attack on Fort Sumner, Edwards formed a company of men, eventually Company I, 5th Regiment, Maine Infanry. Edwards began the war with the rank of captain and was later made a colonel in January 1863. He was brevetted Brigadier General of US Volunteers in March 1865. Following the Civil War, he returned to his farm and family in Maine. He died in 1903.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
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560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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Parent restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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