CIVIL WAR COLONEL 8th US INFANTRY CONGRESSMAN GETTYSBURG PA EDIE DOCUMENT SIGNED

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Here’s a US Army Document Signed by Civil War Colonel and Post-War PA Statesman
JOHN RUFUS EDIE
(1814 – 1888)
CIVIL WAR WEST POINT BVT. COLONEL and LT. COLONEL OF THE 15
th
and 8
th
US INFANTRY,
ANTEBELLUM OPPOSITION and REPUBLICAN PARTY CONGRESSMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA 1855-1859,
INDIAN WARS COLONEL, 8
th
US INFANTRY ‘TIL 1871,
STATE SENATOR FROM SOMERSET, PA 1845-1846,
PA DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL 1847-1850
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PRINCIPAL OF THE
GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE 1830s!
Col. Edie commanded the 15
th
US Infantry’s field detachment that served in the Civil War’s
western theater
. He frequently served as commander of the Regular Brigade in the
XIV Corps
of the
Army of the Cumberland
. He received his brevet ranks for the Atlanta Campaign and the battle of Jonesboro.
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HERE’S A U.S. ARMY INDIAN WARS ERA DOCUMENT SIGNED BY EDIE – A PAY DOCUMENT FOR HIMSELF and HIS TWO BLACK SERVANTS! THE DOCUMENT IS DATED APRIL 3Oth 1870.
The document measures 17” x 11” and is in VERY FINE, CLEAN CONDITION!
A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR PENNSYLVANIA MILITARY and POLITICAL HISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION.
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BIOGRAPHY OF COL. JOHN R. EDIE
John Rufus Edie
(January 14, 1814 – August 27, 1888) was an Opposition Party and
Republican
member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Pennsylvania
and a
United States Army
officer in the
American Civil War
.
John Rufus Edie was born in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
in 1814. He attended the public schools and then
Emmitsburg College
in
Emmitsburg, Maryland
. He served as principal of the Gettysburg schools for several years. Edie studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in
Somerset, Pennsylvania
. His son, John R. Edie Junior, was an 1861 graduate of the
United States Military Academy
at
West Point, New York
.
Edie served as a member of the
Pennsylvania State Senate
in 1845 and 1846. He was appointed deputy attorney general in 1847 and served until 1850; afterwards serving as district attorney from 1850 to 1854.
He was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the
Thirty-fourth
Congress and reelected as a Republican to the
Thirty-fifth
Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in
1858
.
Civil War service
Edie was commissioned a major of the
15th US Infantry Regiment
on May 14, 1861; and commanded its field detachment that served in the
western theater
. He frequently served as commander of the Regular Brigade in the
XIV Corps
of the
Army of the Cumberland
. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the
8th Infantry Regiment
in September 1864 and brevetted colonel the same month. He served until January 1871, when he was honorably discharged. Colonel Edie then resumed the practice of law in Somerset and died there on Aug. 27, 1888, being interred in Union Cemetery, Somerset County, PA.
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UNITED STATES-REGULAR ARMY.
8th REGIMENT INFANTRY.
In Texas January, 1861. Forced to surrender while en route north. "C" at San Antonio April 22, "A" and "D" at Indianola April 24, and Companies "B," "E," "F," "H," "I" and "K" at San Lucas Springs May 9, 1861. Company "G" attached to Porter's Brigade, Hunter's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861. Advance on
Manassas. Va., July 16-21. Battle of Bull Run July 21. Company "F" reached Washington, D. C., July, 1861. Companies "F" and "G" attached to Porter's City Guard, Washington, D. C., to March, 1862. Provost Guard, Headquarters, Army Potomac, to July, 1863 (Cos. "A," "B," "D," "F," "G"). Dept. of the East to April, 1864. Provost Guard, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to October, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to November, 1864. Baltimore, Md., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to August, 1865.
SERVICE
.-Duty in the- Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Moved to Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Expedition up the Pamunkey May 17. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines' Mill June 27. Turkey Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. Movement to Alexandria August 16-23. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. (Co. "B" joined at Sharpsburg October 3, 1862.) At Sharpsburg,Md., till October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6, 1863. (Co. "C" joined at Falmouth, Va., April 18, 1863.) Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Ordered to New York July 15. At City Hall Park, New York July 17-30, and on the Battery, New York,till August 22. At Forts in N. Y. Harbor till April 23, 1864. Moved to Washington, D. C.,April 23. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; SpottsylvaniaMay 8-21; North Anna River May 22-26; Totopotomoy May 28-31; Cold Harbor June 1.12; Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16-November 2. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Moved to Buffalo, N. Y., November 2, thence to Baltimore, Md., November 22, and duty there till Augusgt, 1865.
Companies "C" and "D" reached Washington, D. C., April, 1862. Attached to Defences of
Washington, to May, 1862. Cooper's 1st Brigade, Sigel's Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army Potomac, September, 1862. Joined other Companies at Headquarters Army Potomac. Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., May 24, 1862. Defence of Harper's Ferry May 24-30. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley till August. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Virginia Campaign August 16-September 2, Fords of the Rappahannock August 20-23. Sulphur Springs August 26. Plains of Manassas August 27-29. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 15 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 47 Enlisted men by disease. Total 67.
Source:
Frederick A. Dyer "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" vol. 3
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