Joseph Cushing Edmands

Joseph Cushing Edmands
BornMarch 26, 1842
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 28, 1878
Boston, Massachusetts
Buried
AllegianceUnited StatesUnion
Service / branchUnion Army
Years of service1861 – 1865
Rank Colonel
Brevet Brigadier General
Unit24th Massachusetts Infantry
Commands32nd Massachusetts Infantry
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War

Joseph Cushing Edmands (March 26, 1842 – December 28, 1878) was a volunteer soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War who attained the grade of colonel and in 1866 was awarded the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general.[1]

  1. ^ Bowen, 923–924.