EDWIN E. BOULDIN,
Son of James W. Bouldin, of Charlotte county, Virginia, and Almeria
(Read) Bouldin, was born in Charlotte county, on March 31, 1838.
Both parents are now deceased. The father will be remembered as
having served several terms in Congress, representative from the
Charlotte District. The mother was the daughter of Rev. Clement R.
Read. After pursuing the academic course of study in the University
of Virginia, Edwin E. studied law under George W. Read, Esq., 18578,
then went to Texas, and practiced at Goliad from 1859 till the
opening of the war. Hastening back to Virginia, to offer his services
to his native State, he entered the Confederate Army in April, 1861,
in Company B, 14th Virginia Cavalry, known as the "Charlotte Cavalry."
In September, 1861, he was commissioned first lieutenant of
this company, and in the spring of 1862 elected captain of same. He
was slightly wounded in battle of Gettysburg, on which immortal field
he commanded his regiment, and was soon after very seriously
wounded at the crossing of the Potomac, near Hagerstown. He was
captured in battle of Moorfield, 1864, and held at Camp Chase,
Ohio, eight months. Exchanged in 1865, he rejoined his regiment,
which he commanded from Five Forks until its surrender at Farmville,
Virginia. Since the war, he has lived in Danville, where he is still
engaged in the practice of his profession, as attorney and counselor
at law. At Charlotte, Virginia, on February 9, 1871, he married
Lucy L. Edmunds of Charlotte, and their children are seven: James W.,
Bessie E., Joseph N., Almeria K., Lucy L., Fannie H. and Hattie.
