Edward D. Townsend, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States Army general
Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1817
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 10-May-1893
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Edward D. Townsend
- Edward Davis Townsend (August 22, 1817 – May 10, 1893) was Adjutant General of the United States Army from 1869 to 1880. The son of David S.
- & Eliza (Gerry) Townsend and 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.
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- 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.
- Townsend 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, D.C.
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