Edwin Burr Babbitt

Edwin Burr Babbitt was a major general in the United States Army.

Biography

Babbitt was born at Watervliet Arsenal in Watervliet, New York on July 26, 1862, to Lawrence Sprague Babbitt, a U.S. Army Colonel, and Francis P. "Fannie" Babbitt. He was the grandson of Charles McDougall and nephew of Thomas Mower McDougall.
Babbitt died on December 9, 1939, in Santa [Barbara, California]. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Career

Babbitt graduated 19th in a class of 37 from the United States Military Academy in 1884 and was commissioned a second lieutenant. He served as a brigade commander during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the Battle of Saint-Mihiel during World War I. Awards he received include the Distinguished [Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Army Distinguished Service Medal] for "exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services" in World War I; Officer, Legion d'Honour ; Comendator, Order of [the Sun of Peru] and Order of Abdon Calderón, First Class. The citation for his Army DSM reads:
He retired from military service in 1924.