Brigadier General Edward Aylesworth Perry, CSA (Florida State Archives)

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• Richmond Academy, Richmond, MA.
• Yale University, New Haven, CT. Attended 1854. He left in 1855.

• Georgia
• Alabama, 1855 - 1856. He briefly studied law while in Alabama.

• Lawyer / Judge, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL, 1857 - 1861. He practiced law up to the outbreak of war.

• Politician (state level), Tallahassee, Leon County, FL, 1885 - 1889. Served as 14th Governor of Florida.

• 6' 2.00"

Civil War Florida Soldier ID: 245 | Edit this Soldier | Revision History
Created by: CivilWarFlorida Administrator           on February 25th, 2004 9:24:01 PM EST

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Page 319 -- Roll Soldiers of Florida, Miscellaneous

Letter of  Edward Aylesworth Perry to John Milton on September 29, 1862
Series 32, John Milton Letterbooks, Folder #4, p. 490 (photocopy), Florida State Archives

Head Quarters, 2nd Fla. Reg Near Winchester, Va His Excellency John Milton Sept. 29th 1862 Governor of Fla Sir I was wounded at the battle of Fraziers farm July 31st, and during my absence from the Regt, your communication of the 31st July came, and the Commanding officer did not open it but left it with the baggage in Richmond. When I rejoined my Regiment and learned that a communication had come from the Executive of Florida, I took measures to have it brought to me. We have been so constantly on the move, it did not overtake me until yesterday. I make this explanation that...

Letter of  Edward Aylesworth Perry to John Milton on October 18, 1862
Series 32, John Milton Letterbooks, Folder #4, p. 492 (photocopy), Florida State Archives

Head Quarters 2nd Fla. Reg September 29th 1862 Total and aggregate Report of the Officers and Soldiers reported as belonging to the Regiment this day Co. A. Capt. Ballantine Total 61 Agg 63 “ B. “ Williams “ 44 “ 47 “ C. “ Moore “ 31 “ 34 “ D. “ Musgrove “ 27 “ 31 “ E. “ McCaslain “ 44 “ 46 “ F. “ Pooser “ 51 “ 54 “ G. “ Flagg “ 39 “ 42 “ H. “ Moseley...

Letter of  Edward Aylesworth Perry to John Milton on December 18, 1862
Series 32, John Milton Letterbooks, Folder #4, p. 538 (photocopy), Florida State Archives

Hd Qrs Perrys Brigade Near Fredericksburg Va December 18th, 1862 His Excellency John Milton Governor of Florida I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt through Capt. L’Engle of your letter of the 10th November and the beautiful “Battle Flag� furnished by you and wrought by the fair daugh ters of Tallahassee for the 2nd Florida Regiment. Be assured Sir that I share the pride felt by that gallant Regiment at receiving at your hands so rich a token of the Estimation in which the 2d Fla is held by our Executive and the fair ladies of our state for whose protection...

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Petersburg, Virginia, became the setting for the longest siege in American history when General Ulysses S. Grant failed to capture Richmond in the spring of 1864. Grant settled in to subdue the Confederacy by surrounding Petersburg and cutting off General Robert E. Lee's supply lines into Petersburg and Richmond. On April 2, 1865, nine-and-one-half months after the siege began, Lee evacuated Petersburg.

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