Edwin Burr Babbitt was a Major General

Major general (United States)

In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general...

 in the United States Army

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Biography

Babbitt was on July 26, 1862 in New York City

New York City

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 to Lawrence, a U.S. Army Colonel, and Fannie Babbitt. He was the son-in-law of Charles McDougall

Charles McDougall (U.S. Army)

Charles McDougall was an officer in the United States Army.-Biography:McDougall was born September 21, 1804 to John and Margaret McDougall in Chillicothe, Ohio. On April 15, 1830 he married Maria Griffith Hanson in Indianapolis, Indiana. They would have six children, including Thomas Mower...

 and brother-in-law of Thomas Mower McDougall

Thomas Mower McDougall

Thomas Mower McDougall was an officer in the United States Army who took part in the Battle of Little Bighorn.-Biography:McDougall was born on May 21, 1845 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. His father was Charles McDougall. McDougall would marry a woman named Alice, who died in 1920. He would pass...

. Babbitt died on December 9, 1939 in Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara, California

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. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery

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Career

Babbitt graduated from the United States Military Academy

United States Military Academy

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 in 1884 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant

Second Lieutenant

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. He served as a brigade commander during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive

Meuse-Argonne Offensive

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 and the Battle of Saint-Mihiel

Battle of Saint-Mihiel

The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a World War I battle fought between September 12–15, 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Force and 48,000 French troops under the command of U.S. general John J. Pershing against German positions...

 during World War I

World War I

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. Awards he received include the Army Distinguished Service Medal

Distinguished Service Medal (Army)

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. He retired in 1924.