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Joseph Gilbert Totten
Joseph Gilbert Totten
Born(1788-08-23)August 23, 1788
New Haven, Connecticut
DiedApril 22, 1864(1864-04-22) (aged 75)
Washington, D.C.
Place of burial
Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
Service/branchUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of service1805–1806, 1808–1864
Rank Brigadier General
Brevet Major General
Commands heldCorps of Engineers
Battles/warsWar of 1812
American Civil War
RelationsJames Totten (brother)
C. A. L. Totten (nephew)
Joseph K. Mansfield (cousin)

Joseph Gilbert Totten (August 23, 1788 – April 22, 1864) fought in the War of 1812, served as Chief of Engineers and was regent of the Smithsonian Institution and cofounder of the National Academy of Sciences. In 1836, he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.[1]

  1. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved April 8, 2021.

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himself by planning and building Fort Meigs in 1813. He also rebuilt Fort St. Joseph, later renamed Fort Gratiot in his honor. In 1814 he took part in the attack...

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ordered the position on Queenston Heights to be fortified. Lieutenant Joseph Gilbert Totten of the U.S. Engineers traced out the position of the proposed fortifications...

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Island in the Delaware River and had been designed by chief engineer Joseph Gilbert Totten circa 1819, was pressed into service as a prison for Confederate...

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the Saranac River. Its fortifications had been laid out by Major Joseph Gilbert Totten, Izard's senior Engineer officer, and consisted of three redoubts...

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overseen by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Gilbert Totten, the foremost American military engineer of his day. In 1838 Totten became U.S. Army Chief of Engineers...

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from 1833 to 1838 by Colonel Joseph G. Totten of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. At that time, Colonel Totten was in charge of construction...

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