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词条 Edward H. Plummer
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Death and legacy

  4. External links

  5. References

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Brigadier General Edward Hinkley Plummer (September 24, 1855 – February 11, 1927) was the Commander of Camp Dodge.[1]

Early life

He was born on September 24, 1855 in Elkridge, Maryland. He was a cadet at the United States Military Academy from July 1, 1873 to June 14, 1877.[1]

Career

He was commissioned in the Tenth Infantry and performed frontier duty from 1877 to 1898.[2]

From 1904 to 1907, he commanded Fort Egbert in Eagle, Alaska.[3]

In 1917, he organized and served as the first commander of the Department of the Panama Canal.[4]

He retired on November 30, 1918 at Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois.[5][6]

Death and legacy

He died on February 11, 1927 in Pacific Grove, California.[7] He was buried at the Presidio of Monterey, California.

His papers are held by the Defense Language Institute's Foreign Language Center Archives.[8]

External links

  • {{Find a Grave|20841903}}

References

1. ^{{cite book|last=Davis, Jr.|first=Henry Blaine|title=Generals in Khaki|publisher=Pentland Press, Inc.|year= 1998|ISBN= 1571970886|oclc=40298151|pages=298-299 }}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Davis, Jr.|first=Henry Blaine|title=Generals in Khaki|publisher=Pentland Press, Inc.|year= 1998|ISBN= 1571970886|oclc=40298151|pages=298-299}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Davis, Jr.|first=Henry Blaine|title=Generals in Khaki|publisher=Pentland Press, Inc.|year= 1998|ISBN= 1571970886|oclc=40298151|pages=298-299}}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Davis, Jr.|first=Henry Blaine|title=Generals in Khaki|publisher=Pentland Press, Inc.|year= 1998|ISBN= 1571970886|oclc=40298151|page=298-299}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/Cullums_Register/2660*.html |title=Edward Hinkley Plummer military records |date= |accessdate=2015-03-28 |quote= |publisher= |location= }}
6. ^{{cite book |author= George Washington Cullum and Edward Singleton Holden |coauthors= |title= Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy |year=1920 |publisher= |page=229 |quote=Edward Hinkley Plummer, Born Sept. 24, 1855. March, 1911; at Fort Snelling. Minnesota, commanding regiment. November, 1911. to February, 1913; at Galveston, Texas, February, 1913: to Vera Cruz, Mexico, with American Expeditionary Force, April 1914; Provost Marshal General of Vera Cruz and adjacent territory occupied by United States and as such administered civil government of Vera Cruz; returned to Galveston with regiment, November, 1914; commanded regiment during Texas Coast storm of August, 1915, when there was eighteen feet of water over regimental camp site and all four regiments of the Brigade were compelled to take shelter in concrete structures at Fort Crockett; at Dallas, Texas, commanding regiment at Military Tournament at Texas State Fair; at Mission, Texas, with regiment on Rio Grande Valley, to June, 1916; transferred to Fort Ringgold, Texas ... | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2BjcAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA229 |isbn= }}
7. ^{{cite news |author= |agency=Associated Press |title=Gen. Edward H. Plummer, Veteran of Spanish-American and World Wars Dies at 72 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C05E7D9143BE13ABC4A52DFB466838C639EDE |quote= |newspaper=New York Times |date=February 12, 1927 |accessdate=2015-03-28 }}
8. ^http://www.dliflc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/GeneralEdwardPlummerCollection.pdf
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