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==Birth==
William Edwards was born in Rensselaerville, NY on May 18, 1849, a son of Peter Edwards and Lucinda Mackey

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==Military Service==
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|Residence:
|Preston Hollow
|-
|Place of Birth:
|Rensselaerville, NY
|-
|Date of Birth:
|18 May 1849
|-
|Names of Parents:
|Peter (Edwards) and Lucinda Mackey
|-
|Marital Status:
|Single
|-
|Occupation:
|Farmer
|-
|Term of Enlistment:
|3 years
|-
|Bounty Received:
|none
|-
|Enlistment Date:
|20 March 1865
|-
|Enlistment Place:
||Kingston, NY
|-
|Enlistment Rank:
|Private
|-
|State Served:
|New York
|-
|Regiment:
|80th Infantry<ref name="A-G Report">[[Annual Report of the Adjutant-General|Annual Report of the Adjutant-General]]</ref>
|-
|Company:
|Company G
|-
|Deserted on:
|16 Dec 1865
|-
|Deserted at:
|City Point, VA
|-
|}
{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Additional Remarks:  Enlisted at the age of 18.<ref name="A-G Report"/>  "Was at the surrender of Gen'l Lee  Still in service"<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref>
|-
|Sources Used: [[Annual Report of the Adjutant-General|Annual Report of the Adjutant-General]] of the State of NY for the year 1899; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
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==Death==
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[[Category:Biography]][[Category:Military]][[Category:Civil War]] [[Category:Rensselaerville Biographies]]