Major John Newman Edwards, CSA, (January 4, 1839–May 4, 1889) was General Joseph O. Shelby’s adjutant, an author, a journalist and the founder of the Kansas City Times. He is perhaps best known as the man who made the outlaw Jesse James a folk hero. Wikipedia
An ex-soldier, alcoholic, and newspaper editor, John Newman Edwards spent the years after Confederate general Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse searching for ways to venerate the grand Confederate cause. www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/james/peopleevents/p_edwards.html
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