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- It is not known what led Captain E. N. Plowden to resign. It may well have been his objection to the reorganization. Even after his resignation, Captain Plowden must have remained with the unit for a period of time. In a letter to his wife, dated June 4th, 1862, John Covert Plowden (E. N. Plowden's first cousin), writing from James Island, referred to "Cpt. Edgar" being "here this morning" and mentioned "Yankee artillery firing" on the unit.In the obituary of Edgar Nelson Plowden, which appeared in The Manning Times, p. 7, 10 October 1906, Editor Louis Appelt stated that he had served as "Captain of Company I, 25th SCV." The earlier designation of The Clarendon Guards as Company C, 21st SCV, had already been lost.
Captain Edgar Nelson Plowden and his brother, Lieutenant E. Ruthven Plowden, are better known for their role in burning Brewington Bridge and destroying the causeway across Pocotaligo, on 7 April 1865, thus preventing Potter's column from branching out into "Salem" -- up Brewington Road (see Allen D. Thigpen's The Illustrated Recollections of Potter's Raid April 5-21, 1865, pp. 59-69).
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1820 - 1906 (86 years)
