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Civil War Collection
Of Rock S. Edwards
Rock Savage Edwards, b. July 3, 1829
in Shropshire,
England died 1908 in
Benton Harbor, Michigan. He was in
Co. B, 17th
Michigan Infantry, a survivor
of the Battle of Antietam. His Civil
War
collection includes his daguerrotype,
cap, canteen, mustering-out
paper,
eyeglasses, books, and two pieces of
hardtack. He also left a
box of 77
letters
from the 1850s mostly from
his brother, Virginia
Handy's great
grandfather Charles
Edwards in
Oswestry, England
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