Jesse R. Edelen enlisted as a Private in Captain William I. Rain's Company (Winder Cavalry), Maryland Line**, January 29, 1863 at Richmond, admitted to the Receiving & Wayside Hospital, Richmond, August 3, 1863, transferred the next day to Chimborazo Hospital, horse captured/stolen at Brandy Station October 11/25, 1863, admitted to R & W Hospital November 21, 1861 granted 30 days furlough November 22, admitted to CSA General Hospital, Charlottesville,Va November 27, readmitted with Debility December 17, admitted Chimborazo Hospital March 7, 1864 with Debility, discharged March 31, captured at Frederick, Md. July 8, 1864, sent to Fort McHenry, Md. July 12, near Baltimore, Md. July 20, 1864, transferred to Point Lookout July 21, paroled, n.d., admitted to hospital in Charlottesville November 1864, resumed furlough November 29, received at the office of the Provost Marshall General, Washington, DC on May 30, 1865
**This company subsequently became Co. E, 1st Battalion Maryland Cavalry
The 1st Battalion Maryland Cavalry was organized November 12, 1862. The designation was changed to the 1st Regiment Maryland Cavalry January 19, 1864
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William M. Edelin enlisted as a Private in Company A 1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion September 1, 1862 at Leesburg, paroled at Appomattox, Court House April 10, 1865, newspaper clipping in his file:
W. M. Edelin Dies; Civil War Veteran, Special Dispatch to the Star.
"Hyattsville, Md., July 23.-William Marshal Edelin, 91, who served in the Confederate Army as a member of the 5thM Maryland Cavalry, died here early yesterday. His death was due to a fall from a second story window.
"Mr. Edelin formerly resided in the Bel Air, Md., neighborhood. Only a few years ago he survived several major operations. He was a descendant of early Maryland settlers, being a son of the late William M. and Jane Blake Edelin.
"Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the St. Jerome's Catholic Church here at 9:30 o'clock, with Rev. Chester J. Cyer, assistant pastor officiating. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery."
The 1st Battalion Maryland Cavalry was organized November 12, 1862. The designation was changed to the 1st Regiment Maryland Cavalry January 19, 1864