j. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 12, 1865. Lieut. Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Nov. 11, 1865. Chief engineer of the military division of the Tennessee, July, 1865, to Jan. 13, 1866, being President of the Board of Appraisers of the railroad property in that division, Aug., 1865, to Jan. 13, 1866.
Mustered out of volunteer service, Jan. 15, 1866.
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Jan. 13, 1874.
Retired from active service at his own request, Jan. 10, 1883, after forty years service.
Townsend, Edward Davis.
Born at Boston, Mass., Aug. 22, 1817.
Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1833, to July 1, 1837. Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1837. First Lieutenant, Sept. 16, 1838. Regimental Adjutant, July 7, 1838, to Aug. 18, 1846. Brevet Captain, staff, Assistant Adj. General, Aug. 8, 1846.
Captain, 2d Artillery, Apr. 21, 1848.
Vacated, Apr. 21, 1848. Brevet Major, staff, Assistant Adj. General, July 15, 1852. Lieut. C