Townsend, Edward Davis

Life Span
to
Full name
Edward Davis Townsend
Place of Birth
Boston, MA
Burial Place
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington DC
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
4
Family
Davis S. Townsend (father), Ann Overing Wainwright (wife) 
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Church or Religious Denomination
Episcopalian
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Reconstruction
Date Title
Brigadier General Edward D. Townsend to Major General Oliver O. Howard, Washington, D.C., April 17, 1866
War Department, General Order 26, Washington, DC, May 1, 1866
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