Edward H. Plummer

Edward Hinkley Plummer circa 1915

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

Biography

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.

He retired on November 30, 1918. He retired on November 30, 1918 at Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois.^[2][3]

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

External links

• Edward Hinkley Plummer at Findagrave

References

1. "Gen. Edward H. Plummer, Veteran of Spanish-American and World Wars Dies at 72". New York Times. Associated Press. February 12, 1927. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
2. "Edward Hinkley Plummer military records". Retrieved 2015-03-28.
3. 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 ...