Edward H. Plummer

"Edward Plummer" redirects here. For the American author and historian, see Edward C. Plummer.
Edward Hinkley Plummer
Born(1855-09-24)September 24, 1855
DiedFebruary 11, 1927(1927-02-11) (aged 71)
Pacific Grove, California
Allegiance United States
Years of service1877–1918
RankBrigadier general
Service number0-12123
Battles / warsWorld War I

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 graduated June 14, 1877.[2]

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.[2]

In 1917, he organized and served as the first commander of the Department of the Panama Canal.[2]

He retired on November 30, 1918, at Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois.[3][4]

Death and legacy

He died on February 11, 1927, in Pacific Grove, California.[1] He was buried at the Presidio of Monterey, California.

His papers are held by the Defense Language Institute's Foreign Language Center Archives.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Edward H. Plummer, Veteran of Spanish-American and World Wars Dies at 72". The New York Times. Associated Press. February 12, 1927. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  2. ^ a b c d Davis, Henry Blaine Jr. (1998). Generals in Khaki. Pentland Press, Inc. pp. 298–299. ISBN 1571970886. OCLC 40298151.
  3. ^ "Edward Hinkley Plummer military records". Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  4. ^ George Washington Cullum and Edward Singleton Holden (1920). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy. p. 229. 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 ...
  5. ^ General Edward Plummer Collection dliflc.edu