Edward D. Townsend
Edward Davis Townsend
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Born | Boston, Massachusetts |
August 22, 1817
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Washington, D.C. |
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Allegiance | United States of America |
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United States Army |
Years of service | 1837–1880 |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Commands held | Adjutant General of the Army |
Battles/wars | Second Seminole War American Civil War Indian Wars |
Relations | Elbridge Gerry (grandfather) |
Edward Davis Townsend (August 22, 1817 – May 10, 1893) was Adjutant General of the United States Army from 1869 to 1880.
The grandson of Vice President Elbridge Gerry, Townsend was educated at Boston's Latin School before graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1837. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Second U. S. Artillery and served as that regiment's adjutant and participating in the Second Seminole War and the relocation of the Cherokee Nation. In 1846 he was transferred to the Adjutant General's Corps and assigned to duty in Washington, D.C. He served on the Pacific coast from 1851 to 1856, after which he returned to Washington for the remainder of his career. In February 1869 he was promoted to Brigadier General and became Adjutant General. He retired in 1880. He died in Washington in 1893 after an accidental shock from a cable car and is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington DC.
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Preceded by | Adjutant Generals of the U. S. Army February 22, 1869-June 15, 1880 |
Succeeded by Richard C. Drum |
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