Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893
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Townsend was Assistant Adjutant General during the Civil War. He was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy (1837) and served in the Florida War as a Lt. Col. In 1861 he was promoted to Colonel. From Nov. 1861 to March 1862 he served in the Adj. Gen.'s Office. He was promoted to Acting Adj. Gen. of the Army on March 23, 1862. He retired in 1880. (For further information see his biography in the Civil War Dictionary.).
American army officer.
Edward Davis Townsend was principal executive officer of the War Department during the Civil War and was in close contact with President Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. He was chosen to represent the Army at the various funerals for Lincoln. As Adjutant General of the Army, he also was responsible for developing the plan for a United States military prison, resulting in the establishment of the prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Born in Boston, Mass., Edward D. Townsend had a long career in the U.S. Army, serving during the Florida war in 1837-1838, on the northern frontier during the Canada border disturbances in 1838-1841, and in the office of the adjutant-general of the Army and as chief of staff to Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott in 1861. During the Civil War General Townsend was the principal executive officer of the War Dept. and had frequent contact with President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State Edwin M. Stanton. In 1869 he was breveted adjutant-general with rank of brigadier-general. He retired from active service in 1880.
Adjutant General of the U.S. Army and principal executive officer of the War Department during the Civil War; Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton chose Townsend to represent the army at the various funerals for Lincoln and other events such as this program at Fort Sumter; Townsend was an 1837 graduate of the USMA (West Point, N.Y.).
American army officer; Adjutant General.
Edward Davis Townsend, son of David S. Townsend and Eliza Gerry Townsend and grandson of Elbridge Gerry. A West Point graduate (1837), he served in the Florida War and in 1846 was transferred to the adjutant general's department. In 1851 he was assigned to the Pacific Division and served on the Pacific Coast until February 1856. During the Civil War, Townsend was adjutant general to Winfield Scott, and in 1862 became U.S. Adjutant-General. After the war, he supervised the compilation of the documents published as the War of the Rebellion : Official Records. He retired in 1880.
United States Army lieutenant, second Seminole War campaign.
Assistant Adjutant General during the Civil War.
"Townsend was principal executive officer of the War Department during the Civil War and was in close contact with President Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. He was chosen to represent the army at the various funerals for Lincoln. As adjutant general of the army, he also was responsible for developing the plan for a United States military prison, resulting in the establishment of the prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas." -- "Edward Davis Townsend Collection." Online Archives of California. http://content.cdlib.org/ (Retrieved May 20, 2009)
Henry W. Cleveland "acted as private secretary to Vice President Alexander H. Stephens of the Confederate Government during the civil war. He also was Mr. Stephens's biographer. He served in the Confederate Army and was on President Jefferson Davis's staff." -- "Cleveland Library Sale." New York Times. May 3, 1908. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free (Retrieved May 20, 2009)
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