The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-10-13
John Edwards. Jr.

| JOhn EDWARDS, Jf., laLe captain OF Inc Oh AL
tillery, U. S. A., and brevet lieutenant colonel,
| died suddenly in this city, yesterday morning
of urema. He was fifty years of age. He
was born in Portland and was the son of John
! Edwards, formerly proprietor of the Adver-
tiser.
Colonel Edwards entered the United States
Military Academy at West Point in 1S47 and
graduated with honors in 1851. He was then
promoted to brevet second lieutenant. He
served in the garrison at Fort Preble from
| 1851 to 1852; in Fort Constitution, New Hamp-
shire, from 1852 to 1858; in Fort Adams,
Rhode Island, part OF the year 1858; on
frontier duty at Fort Brown, Texas. during
the same year; in garrison at Fort Wood, New
York, in 1854; in garrison at Fort Columbus,
New York, the same year; at Benicia, Cali
fornia, from 1854 to 1855; on frontier duty at
Nome Lakes Reserve, California, from 1855 to
1856 He was then promoted to first lieuten-
ant and served at Fort Wishita, Indian Terri
tory, in 1856; in garrison at Fort Monroe,
Virginia, from 1856 to 1857 OF recruiting SER
vice in 1857; again in Fort Monroe in the
artillery school for practice from 1857 to 1858;
on frontier duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kan
sas, in 1858; in the Utah expedition, 1858 to
1859; march to Washington Territory in 1859;
San Juan island in 1859; Fort Vancouver
Washington Territory, in 1859-60; scouting,
1860; expedition against hostile Indians to
Smiths Plains, Oregon, in 1860; leave of alb
sence 1s6o-61.
| During the war of the rebellion he served
| from 1861 to 1866. He was in garrison at Fort
| Washington, Maryland, from April to July,
| 1861; in command of the battery in the Manas-
sas campaign of july 1861; He was promoted
to captain of the Sd Artillery July %. 1861 for
valuable services in the battle of Bull Run two
DAYS previous He was in thu defences of
Washington from July TO December, 1861; on
the staff of Brigadier General Crittenden at
| Green river, Kentucky, from January to
| March, 1862 in command of battery in the
| army of the Potomac in the Virginia PENN
| sula campaign from March to August, 1862
being engaged in the seige of Yorktown from
| April 10 to May 4, 1862. He was in the battle
| of Mechsnicsville June %, 1862, and in the
battle Of Gaines Mill June 27, 1861. He was
made brevet major on the same day for gal
| liant and meritorious conduct at the latter en-
| gagement. He was in the action at Turkey
Bend June 80 1862; battle of Malvern Hill
| July /, 1862; in the Maryland campaign of
| the army of the Potomac from September to
November, 1862 being engaged in picket duty
near Antietam September 1917, 1862. On
September IT, 1862, he was breyetted colonel.
for gallant and meritorious services during the
Maryland campaign. lie was on the march,
to Falmouth, Virginia, from October to No
vember, 1862; in the Rappahannock cam
| paign, December, 1862; in the battle of Fred
ericksburg, December Il, 1862; on sick leave
| from January to March, 1868; in command Of
battery in Kentucky from March to June,
1868; at Lexington from March 80 to April 8,
| 1868; at Camp Dick Robinson. April $50,
| 1868; at jamestown, May 80 to June 6, 1868;
on sick leave, August to October, 1868; mus
| tering and discussing officer at Albany, New
York, from October 49, 1868, to April, 1864;
| in command Of the artillery reserve of the 9th
army corps in the Richmond campaign from
May to June, 1864; instructor of artillery in
the defences of Washington, June, 1864, to
January, 1866; in command of a battery at
Alexandria, Virginia, ia ,uary to July, 1865;
on leave of absence July to September 1866;
in command Of battery in the defences OF
Washington, September to October, 1866; in
| garrison at Fort PEBBLE from October, 1865, to
August, 1866; on recruiting service from Au-
gust IS, 1865, to December 81, 1867 He was
again in command of Fort Preble January
1868, for some years He then retired from
the service on account of ill health, since
which time he has resided in Portland
General Ayres speaks of him as one of the
best artillery officers in the whole army. I'm
der fire he was as calm and collected as if he
was in a drawing room. He was a very mod
est and unassuming man, liked by all who
knew him. He was eminently careful and
conscientious in money matters. During his
latter years he was the victim of disease, and
was thus led into excuses for which he was
not strictly accountable.