Lower Merion Historical Society

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John W. Edwards

Pvt., 97th Pa. Infantry, Company F

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Mustered in Sept. 23, 1861, in West Chester at age 18, a farmer from Hayesville. Severely wounded March 31, 1864, and again at Petersburg, Va., June 15, 1864. Reported to Camp Discharge from Harrisburg Nov. 5, 1864. Hospitalized at camp Nov. 22 for gunshot wound of left arm. Discharged from service Dec. 1, 1864.