Edwards, Oliver

soldier; born in Springfield, Ma ., 1835; served in the Civil War, attaining the rank of brigadier-general, almost every step of his advance being gained by acts of personal gallantry. At Spottsylvania he held the "bloody angle" for eleven hours with his own brigade; and afterward, at the head of twenty regiments, faced the Confederates for thirteen hours. Returned to mercantile pursuits after the war. Edwards, in Kansas, a S. W.cen.co.; area, 612 sq. m.; is intersected by the Arkansas river and by the A., T. & S. F. Railroad. Surface, undulating, nearly all prairie. Cap. Kinsley. Pop. (1895) 3,222. Edwardsville, in Pennsylvania , a borough of Luzerne co. Pop . (1890) 3,284. Ef'fingham, in South Carolina , a post-town of Florence co. Pop . (1890) 1,219. Eftsoons', adv . [A. S.] Soon, quickly. (R.) "Eftsoons his chin dropped he."-Cole ridge.