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Taking a brother home

Neville Edmonds, captain of the Winston Guards, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Sharpsburg. After much suffering, the 28-year-old lawyer whose family owned 50 slaves, died at Winchester on Oct. 10. Neville’s younger brother, Private James L. Edmonds of … Continue reading

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