Landsman Robert Alexander Edmonston, Confederate States Navy. Enlisted April 1864, age 18, assigned to the training ship C.S.S. Patrick Henry on the James River. Later served aboard the ironclad ram, C.S.S. Virginia (II), James River Squadron, at the rank of Landsman.
Edmonston participated in the last major naval battle of the War Between the States, the Battle of Trent's Reach (aka, the naval Battle at City Point, Virginia), January 23-24, 1865. During the battle, the C.S.S. Virginia II has hit by the Union monitor U.S.S. Onondaga's 15 inch Dalhgren smooth bore cannon, penetrating the Virginia's 4 inch iron plate killing 7 crewmen.
Edmonston also participated in the destruction of the C.S.S. Virginia on April 3, 1865 (during the evacuation of Richmond) when the vessel was scuttled (blown up) to prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy. The Confederate Navy crews from the James River Squadron became Admiral Semmes' Naval Brigade and fought as infantry during the Appomattox Campaign.
Robert Edmonston was employed as a house painter and came to Philadelphia in 1872.
Bio under construction.
Edmonston participated in the last major naval battle of the War Between the States, the Battle of Trent's Reach (aka, the naval Battle at City Point, Virginia), January 23-24, 1865. During the battle, the C.S.S. Virginia II has hit by the Union monitor U.S.S. Onondaga's 15 inch Dalhgren smooth bore cannon, penetrating the Virginia's 4 inch iron plate killing 7 crewmen.
Edmonston also participated in the destruction of the C.S.S. Virginia on April 3, 1865 (during the evacuation of Richmond) when the vessel was scuttled (blown up) to prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy. The Confederate Navy crews from the James River Squadron became Admiral Semmes' Naval Brigade and fought as infantry during the Appomattox Campaign.
Robert Edmonston was employed as a house painter and came to Philadelphia in 1872.
Bio under construction.
Landsman Robert Alexander Edmonston, Confederate States Navy. Enlisted April 1864, age 18, assigned to the training ship C.S.S. Patrick Henry on the James River. Later served aboard the ironclad ram, C.S.S. Virginia (II), James River Squadron, at the rank of Landsman.
Edmonston participated in the last major naval battle of the War Between the States, the Battle of Trent's Reach (aka, the naval Battle at City Point, Virginia), January 23-24, 1865. During the battle, the C.S.S. Virginia II has hit by the Union monitor U.S.S. Onondaga's 15 inch Dalhgren smooth bore cannon, penetrating the Virginia's 4 inch iron plate killing 7 crewmen.
Edmonston also participated in the destruction of the C.S.S. Virginia on April 3, 1865 (during the evacuation of Richmond) when the vessel was scuttled (blown up) to prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy. The Confederate Navy crews from the James River Squadron became Admiral Semmes' Naval Brigade and fought as infantry during the Appomattox Campaign.
Robert Edmonston was employed as a house painter and came to Philadelphia in 1872.
Bio under construction.
Edmonston participated in the last major naval battle of the War Between the States, the Battle of Trent's Reach (aka, the naval Battle at City Point, Virginia), January 23-24, 1865. During the battle, the C.S.S. Virginia II has hit by the Union monitor U.S.S. Onondaga's 15 inch Dalhgren smooth bore cannon, penetrating the Virginia's 4 inch iron plate killing 7 crewmen.
Edmonston also participated in the destruction of the C.S.S. Virginia on April 3, 1865 (during the evacuation of Richmond) when the vessel was scuttled (blown up) to prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy. The Confederate Navy crews from the James River Squadron became Admiral Semmes' Naval Brigade and fought as infantry during the Appomattox Campaign.
Robert Edmonston was employed as a house painter and came to Philadelphia in 1872.
Bio under construction.
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