09/20/2026
We would like to thank Dennis Estlock and The Cabin on 360 for allowing us to investigate the location. We had a fantastic night lots of activity 2 amazing EVP'S " Edgard " while in the rancher basement. And a female child's voice saying "holl-y". We heard the voice but didn't hear what the voice stated. Estes session going on and we thought the voice came from the spirit box. Our victim under the Estes section never heard the voice. Evp playback you can clearly hear the voice say Holl-y which is the name of one of the investigators there. Back Edgard, I researched the name and checking for Civil War references to Edgard related to the location of the cabin on 360. And here is what was found.
1. Lt. Col. George M. Edgar — Confederate
This is the strongest name connection I found.
George M. Edgar commanded the 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion, commonly called “Edgar’s Battalion.” The unit was part of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in May 1864, and its service record specifically places the 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion at Totopotomoy Creek on May 30, 1864, followed by Cold Harbor June 1–3.
That date is significant because May 30 is the day of the Battle of Bethesda Church. The National Park Service describes Early's Confederates attacking Warren's V Corps near Bethesda Church that day.
So there really was a Confederate commander named Edgar whose unit participated in the same broader battle.
However, I have not yet found evidence putting George Edgar himself at the exact 5420 Mechanicsville Turnpike parcel, and I don't want to turn a geographical possibility into a claimed identification.
Also, George Edgar survived this battle. He was later wounded and captured at Third Wi******er.
2. Edgar Stone — Union
This is another unusually good documented match.
Private Edgar Stone, Company K, 7th New York Heavy Artillery, is explicitly recorded as having fought at Totopotomoy Creek. His record says he was born in 1835, was a farmer from Westerlo, New York, enlisted in 1862, and participated in Totopotomoy before continuing through later campaigns. He survived the war and died in 1910.
The National Park Service independently confirms that the 7th New York Heavy Artillery participated at Totopotomoy May 28–31, 1864.
There's even a contemporary casualty list for the regiment showing men wounded on May 30, 1864, confirming the regiment was under fire that day.
But there's an important geographical qualification: the 7th NY Heavy Artillery belonged to II Corps, whereas the principal May 30 Bethesda Church fighting around Warren's exposed flank involved V Corps against Early. So Edgar Stone was unquestionably in the Totopotomoy operation, but I can't currently place him at your exact investigation location.
3. Edgar P. Putnam — Union cavalry
There's also Edgar Pierpont Putnam of the 9th New York Cavalry.
This one initially looks extremely interesting because Putnam was operating in Hanover County immediately before Totopotomoy. On May 27, 1864, Sgt. Edgar P. Putnam led a reconnaissance near Crump's Creek, encountered Confederate cavalry, drove them off and captured prisoners. His action later resulted in the Medal of Honor.
Again, though, he survived the war. He died in 1921.
Something else I found that may be more significant
While searching specifically for soldiers associated with the immediate Bethesda Church fighting, I found a record for:
Private Samuel D. Flint
26th Virginia Infantry Battalion — Edgar's Battalion
A military-history genealogy record reports that Flint was killed at the Battle of Bethesda Church on May 30, 1864.
Notice the connection:
George M. Edgar → commander of the 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion → “Edgar's Battalion” → Totopotomoy/Bethesda Church, May 30, 1864 → at least one member of Edgar's Battalion reported killed at Bethesda Church.
That raises another possibility for interpreting an EVP sounding like “Edgar.”
It doesn't necessarily have to be someone's first name. “Edgar” was also the name soldiers could use to identify their commanding officer or unit — Edgar's Battalion.
That is historically much more interesting than simply finding somebody named Edgar somewhere in the Overland Campaign.
What we can establish historically
The National Park Service identifies Bethesda Church as another name associated with the Battle of Totopotomoy Creek and says Warren's V Corps was attacked by Early's corps while moving near Bethesda Church. The NPS estimates approximately 1,890 casualties across the Totopotomoy operations, although casualty accounting varies between sources.
A surviving Army of the Potomac battlefield map is especially valuable here. It was surveyed under Army orders and depicts troop locations around Totopotomoy and Bethesda Church from May 28 through June 2, 1864. The New York State Library also holds Warren's Bethesda Church sketches and a larger map showing troop locations.
That's what I'd use for the next stage rather than simply searching names.
The next question is whether Edgar's 26th Virginia Battalion can be plotted close to the modern 5420 Mechanicsville Turnpike property. If we can establish the brigade/battalion's position on May 30 and overlay that against the modern property, we'll know whether the “Edgar” connection is merely within the same battle or whether Edgar's Battalion was actually on or immediately adjacent to the land where you captured the EVP.
At this point, the historical record supports an Edgar connection to the battle, but it does not yet establish that the EVP represents George Edgar, Edgar Stone, Edgar Putnam, or any other particular person.
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Very interesting if you ask me. Sadly which I can not explain while setting the QR-80 recorder on the chair it fell to the ground, the batteries popped out, im like oh no as I feared it was broken but luckily it was not damaged. The odd thing all recorded files were gone. The batteries may have been out for maybe 45 seconds. All recordings gone. I tried several times to get the recorder to lose it's memory but taking the battiers out for over a minute and the recorder retained the files. It's like "Edgard" didn't want us to have his voice. Just so sad because it was such a clear evp.
Again a great night of investigating with some great people, Project Zero Paranormal Investigation and G. I. Paranormal . We appreciate you joining us and major thanks for always helping us pack our gear up and putting it into our car.
Dennis, thank you for the amazing history lesson about the land. 2 newbies who joined us learned alot about the cabin and the land. And I think it helped them to better understand why the cabin on 360 is so active and loved my so many people.
Sincerely, thanks to everyone for giving Boo's Paranormal an amazing night.
As soon as I get a chance to post the Holl-y evp I will.
