Edmund Cooper Bainbridge Colonel, United States Army |
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Appointed from New York, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1852 (20) Brevet Second Lieutenant, 3rd U. S. Artillery, 1 July 1856 Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, 31 October 1856 First Lieutenant, 2 November 1859 Transferred to the 5th U. S. Artillery, 14 May 1861 Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, 3 August 1861 Captain, 5th U. S. Artillery, 30 August 1862 Major, ADC, U. S. Volunteers, 3 September 1861 Honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, 1 July 1866 Major, 1st U. S. Artillery, 6 March 1882 Transferred to the 3rd U. S. Artillery, 1 May 1882 Lieutenant Colonel, 22 May 1891 Colonel, 12 February 1895 Brevetted Major and Lieutenant Colonel, 13 March 1865 for faithful and meritorious service during the war Retired 30 April 1897 Died 1 April 1903 COLONEL E. C. BAINBRIDGE WASHINGTON, April 1, 1903 - Colonel Edmund C. Bainbridge, a retired officer of the Army, died today at his residence in this city from heart trouble and complications incident to old age. Colonel Bainbridge was born in Virginia and
appointed to the Military Academy from New York July 1, 1852. On
his graduation he was appointed Second Lieutenant of the Fourth Artillery,
and served with great credit during the Civil War, first in the Fifth Artillery,
then in the Quartermaster's Department, and next in the volunteer establishment,
where he held the rank of Major. He was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel
in March 1865 for distinguished service. After the Civil War he served
as Major in the First and Third Artillery and as Lieuenant Colonel and
Colonel of the Third Artillery, reaching the last-named grade in February
1895. He was retired in April 1897.
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