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3 unusual facts about Edward Daniels


Edward Daniels

In 1868 Edward Daniels and his wife Ione Gove Daniels purchased the Gunston Hall estate in Virginia from descendants of George Mason.

He was a fervent abolitionist and became involved in the escape of fugitive slave Joshua Glover in 1854 as well as the plot to free abolitionist activist Sherman Booth from federal prison in 1860.

Edward Daniels was quick to respond to the opening of hostilities between the States, organizing the 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment in 1861.



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