Edwards, John N. (John Newman), 1839-1889

found: LC in OCLC, 2-27-90(hdg.: Edwards, John Newman, 1839-1889; usage: John N. Edwards)

found: Wikipedia, 6 February 2017:individual entry (Major John Newman Edwards, CSA, (January 4, 1839-May 4, 1889) was famed General Joseph O. Shelby's adjutant during the American Civil War, an author, a journalist and the founder of the Kansas City Times. He is perhaps best known for contributing to the folk hero status of outlaw Jesse James. John N. Edwards was born in Warren County, Virginia. He moved to Missouri about 1855. In 1862, Confederate General Joseph O. Shelby, raised a cavalry regiment near Waverly, Missouri, in Lafayette County. Edwards joined it. In September 1863, he was appointed brigade adjutant, with the rank of major. In June 1865, rather than surrender, Shelby along with Edwards and approximately 1,000 of his remaining troops rode south into Mexico. Edwards wrote his first book while in Mexico, "An Unwritten Leaf of the War". Returning to Missouri in 1867, Edwards joined "The Republican" as a reporter. The following year, he began the Kansas City Times, a staunch Democratic paper; Edwards remained at the Times until 1873. In 1877, Edwards published "Noted Guerrillas." In 1887, Edwards returned to Kansas City as editor of the paper he had founded. Edwards health was damaged by alcoholism and he died in 1889 at the age of 50 in Jefferson City)