Edmonson enlisted as a private in Co. A of the 3rd VA Cavalry on August 14, 1861. He was wounded near Boonsboro, MD on July 8, 1863. Edmonson was wounded again when he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, VA on May 6, 1864 with a gunshot wound to the right leg.
After the war, Edmonson returned to Mecklenburg County, VA and farmed. He was a farmer in Dinwiddie County, VA in the 1880 census. In 1885, he moved to Bedford County, PA. By 1900, he was a coal miner in Bedford County, PA and in 1910, he was running a hotel in the town of Everett. In 1920 he was retired in living in Altoona, PA and in 1930, he was residing in Bedford County, PA. He died on Feb. 27, 1932 and is buried in Grandview Cemetery in Altoona, PA.
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