Edmund Brooke Alexander
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| Edmund Brooke Alexander | |
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| October 6, 1802 – January 3, 1888 (aged 85) | |
 Edmund Brooke Alexander |
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| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Rank | Brevet Colonel |
| Unit | 8th Infantry |
| Battles/wars | Mexican-American War |
Edmund Brooke Alexander (6 October 1802–3 January 1888) was an officer in the United States Army in the Mexican-American War through the American Civil War who rose to the rank of brevet Brigadier General in 1865.
Alexander was an 1823 graduate of the United States Military Academy along with Lorenzo Thomas and George S. Greene.[1]
Alexander was brevetted Major at the Battle of Cerro Gordo on 18 April 1847 and Lieutenant Colonel at the Battles of Contreras and Churubusco on 20 August during the Mexican-American War.[2]
Alexander, still a brevet Lieutenant Colonel, led the 8th Infantry, when it became the first garrison stationed at Fort Bliss in the El Paso, Texas, area, from January 1854 through March 1855.[3] In March 1855, promoted to Colonel, Alexander was appointed command of the new 10th Infantry.[4]
During the Civil War, Alexander was Provost Marshal in St. Louis, Missouri.[2]
In 1869, he retired at the rank of Colonel. [1]
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[edit] Namesake
In World War II, a United States Army transport ship, Edmund B. Alexander, was named in his honor.
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[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Dodge.
- ^ a b DANFS, America
- ^ Commanding Officers United States Regular Army Garrisons at or Near El Paso, Texas, 1848-Present. United States Army. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
- ^ Seyburn, p. 531.
[edit] References
- America. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS). United States Navy. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
- Dodge, Russ (2001-10-19). Edmund Brooke Alexander (biography). Find A Grave. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
- Seyburn, S. Y. (1896). "The Tenth Regiment Of Infantry", in Theophilus Francis Rodenbough, William L. Haskin: The Army Of The United States: Historical Sketches Of Staff And Line With Portraits Of Generals-In-Chief. New York: Maynard, Merrill. OCLC 1635675. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
[edit] External links
- Edmund Brooke Alexander at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2008-03-12
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