 Edmonds akatanga kufarira zvinhu zvinonakidza achiri muduku achiri mucheche paakaverenga bhuku raMaturin Murray Ballou rinonzi Fanny Campbell, the Female Pirate Captain, iro rinotaura nezvenyaya yaFanny Campbell nemabasa ake paaiva mungarava yevapambi panguva yeAmerican Revolution apo akanga akapfeka semurume. Campbell akapfuurira kupfeka somurume pashure pehondo kuti aite zvimwe zvinhu. Edmonds akashandisa Campbell semafuridziro kuti atize ganhuriro dzepabonde rake. Akanyoresa muF Company ye2nd Michigan Infantry musi waMay 25, 1861, inozivikanwawo seFlint Union Greys. Akazvivanza somurume ainzi Franklin Flint Thompson, zita repakati zvichida rakatevedzerwa neguta reFlint, kuMichigan kwaakazvipira. Akanzwa kuti raiva basa rake kubatira United States, sezvo yakanga iri nyika yake itsva. Pakutanga akashanda semukoti wemunda, achitora chikamu mumakwikwi akati wandei pasi paGeneral McClellan, kusanganisira Yekutangauye Hondo yechipiri yeBull Run, Antietam, Hondo yePeninsula, Vicksburg, Fredericksburg, nezvimwewo. 