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| Captain Edwards entered the U. S. Navy as Acting--Master, Oct. 22, 1861and was assigned to duty on the favorite man-of-war, Oneida, and while on her, served under the Captains but subsequently Read Admiras, Bailey, S. P, Lee, and Preble. He was on many hotly contested, memoriable engagements among which were the battles of Port Royal, Forts St. Philip and Jackson, the taking of New Orleans, the battle of Vicksbury and other engatements on the Mississippi River, and also at the catpure of Fort Morgan and the taking of Mobile. Captain Edwards at his home in Barnegat, Monmouth Co., NJ 3 1860 Census, Ocean Co., Barnegat township, Page 257 385/385 Thomas Edwards, age 27, mariner, 800/800 born NJ Sarah, age 26 Ida, age 3 Mary Ridgeway, age 11 Sara S. Conklin | ||||||||||
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