Edmunds enlisted as a private in Company E of the 56th Virginia Infantry on July 10, 1861. He ws wounded in the head June 27, 1862 at the Battle of Gaines' Mill, part of the Seven Days' Battles, and hopitalized in Richmond. He was subsequently discharged from the infantry and then sometime in 1863 joined Company B of the 32nd VA Cavalry Battalion, where he was promoted to 1st lieutenant. By late 1863, he was lieutenant of Company E of the 41st VA Cavalry Battalion, then captain of Company H and then captain of Company I. He moved to Co. G of the 9th VA Cavalry, and he surrendered at Appomattox Court House as commander of the 9th VA Cavalry.
After the war, he moved first to Mississippi and then to Texas, where he taught school. He died April 6, 1920 and was buried first in the Wilkinson Family Cemetery in Wilkinson Valley, Bell County, TX. His remains were moved to Cedar Knob Cemetery in Bell County, TX when the valley was flooded for a reservoir.
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