ROLL OF HONOR
The following Florida Veteran is being honored in this project:
Colonel
Edward BADGER
Age at enlistment: 20
Born: 27 January, 1841 in Barnswell, South Carolina
Died: 20 November, 1892 in Ocala, Florida
Final Resting Place: Greenwood Cemetery, Ocala Florida
Married: Matilda Leavell on 11 March, 1864 in Gadsen, Alabama
Served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 4th Florida Infantry until War's end. Was wounded three times before he left the field at the Battle of Franklin, TN.
He returned to the law profession after the War. A 1880 Census locates him living in Louisville, Kentucky, earning a living as a lawyer.
He received a Florida Confederate Veteran's pension, #A00413 from Marion County, Florida.