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Edwin Burr Babbitt: Born Jan. 8, 1803. Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1822, to July 1, 1826, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Bvt. Second Lieut., 3d Infantry, July 1, 1826. Second Lieut., 3d Infantry, July 1, 1826. Served: in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1827; on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1827‑28, — Expedition to Council Bluffs, Io., and against Pawnee Indians, 1829, — Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1829‑30, — Dubuque Mines, Io., 1830‑31, — Ft. Armstrong, Ill., 1831, — Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1831, — Ft. Jesup, La., 1831‑35, — and Ft. Towson, (First Lieut., 3d Infantry, Mar. 31, 1834) I. T., 1835‑36; and on Quartermaster duty at Ft. Towson, I. T., 1836‑37, (Asst. Quartermaster, Mar. 10, 1836, to July 7, 1838) — in the Florida War, 1837‑38, — Houlton, Me., 1839‑40, pending "Disputed (Capt., Staff — Asst. Quartermaster, July 7, 1838) Territory" controversy, — settling claims in Florida and Georgia, (Captain, 3d Infantry, July 1, 1839, to June 18, 1846) 1840‑42, — Palatka, Fla., 1842, — Houlton, Me., 1842‑44, — Ft. Towson, I. T., 1845‑46, — New Orleans, La., 1846, — War with Mexico, 1847‑48,
(Bvt. Major, May 30, 1848,
— Department of Texas, 1849‑52, 1852‑54, — Baltimore, Md., 1854‑56, — Philadelphia Clothing Depot, Pa., 1856‑57, — Baltimore, Md., 1857‑58, — Ft. Laramie, Dak., 1858‑59, — and as Chief Quartermaster of the Department (Major, Staff — Quartermaster, May 10, 1861) of Oregon, Nov. 14, 1860, to Sep. 13, 1861. Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑66: as Chief (Lieut.‑Colonel, Staff — Dep. Quartermaster-Gen., Aug. 3, 1861) Quartermaster of the Department of the Pacific, Sep. 13, 1861, to Sep. 5, 1865 (Colonel, ex officio, Aug. 2, 1864, to July 29, 1866), — of the Department
(Bvt. Colonel, Mar. 13, 1865,
(Bvt. Brig.‑General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865,
of Columbia, and as Senior and Supervising Quartermaster of the (Col., Staff — Asst. Quartermaster-Gen., July 29, 1866) Military Division of the Pacific, Sep. 5, 1865, to Dec. 14, 1866.
Retired from Active Service, July 29, 1866, under the Law of July 17, 1862,
Served: as Supervising Quartermaster of the Department of the Columbia, Dec. 14, 1866, to Oct. 14, 1867; and in charge of Clothing Depot of the Division of the Pacific, Nov. 30, 1866, to May 31, 1869. Died, Dec. 10, 1881, at Ft. Monroe, Va.: Aged 78.a |
a The twelve years following his last Army assignment are passed over without notice in the Register.
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