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EDSON, Theodore, soldier, born in Massachusetts in 1838; died in Rock Island, Illinois, 16 November 1870. He was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1860, and served with honor in the civil war, being chief of ordnance in General Rosecrans's Tennessee campaign. He was brevetted captain on 31 December 1862, for services at the battle of Stone River, given his full rank on 3 March 1863, and commanded various arsenals and ordnance depots, being chief of ordnance in the department of Virginia and North Carolina in 1864'5. He was promoted to major in 1867, and in 1869'70 was instructor in gunnery at West Point.
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