[citation needed] After the war, Major Edmondson owned a tobacco warehouse in South Boston, Virginia and became a successful businessman and community leader.

He worked for reconciliation and stated that the Civil War was "all a big mistake", according to those who knew him in his later years.

[citation needed] Major Edmondson also supported Isaac Edmundson's successful campaign for state office.

[citation needed] Major Edmondson and his wife Sally Ann Poindexter were the parents of twelve children.

[citation needed] They and some of their children are buried in St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Halifax, Virginia.