Edmond L. Smith

Edmond Leaf Smith (October 23, 1829 – September 11, 1891) was an American politician and lawyer from Pennsylvania and Colorado.

[1][3] He reached the rank of first lieutenant of Company C of the 25th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment.

He was paroled and exchanged in October 1864 with the help of his former Georgetown schoolmate Confederate Major Edmund Deslonde.

He received a major's brevet for "bravery and meritorious conduct" during the Battle of Chickamauga.

[3][2][5] After his brother retired, Smith practiced law with Judge Ebenezer T. Wells and Thomas Mason in the firm Wells, Smith & Mason.

He was interred at Saint Peter the Apostle Church Cemetery in Reading.