Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 4/25/1861 at Alexandria, VA as a Private.

On 4/25/1861 he mustered into "H" Co. VA 7th Infantry
He was discharged on 11/5/1861

He was listed as:
* Wounded 7/21/1861 Manassas, VA

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:

- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

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Joseph Edelin, age 48, Carpenter, enlisted as a Private in Captain Reuben Cleary's Company (Washington [City] Volunteers) 7th Regiment Virginia Volunteers** April 15, 1861 at Alexandria, wounded in the face at Manassas/Bull Run, July 21, 1861, recorded as at "Richmond sick" on the Regimental Return of Oct/Nov 1861, discharged November 1861 [Note: some of the cards in his file spell his name as Edelen]

**This company subsequently became Company H, 7th Regiment Virginia Infantry. The members of Company E, 1st Regiment Virginia Infantry, were transferred to this company about April 22, 1862
[Compiled Service Records]