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'''Joseph Gilbert Totten (1788-1864)''' - Born 23 Aug 1788 in New Haven, Connecticut. A career U.S. Army officer and engineer who had a long and distinguished military engineering career (1805-1864). He served during the [[War of 1812]], the [[Mexican War]] and the [[U.S. Civil War]]. Died on active duty at age 75 on 22 Apr 1864 in Washington, DC.
[[File:Joseph Gilbert Totten.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Joseph G. Totten]]

Joseph Totten entered the [[United States Military Academy]] on 4 Nov 1802 and graduated in the [[:Category:West Point 1805|Class of 1805]], 1 Jul 1805, as the 10th graduate of the Academy. He served during the [[War of 1812]] and later on various ordnance and artillery boards. He served as supervising engineer on the construction of [[Fort Adams (Rhode Island)]] (1825-1838). He served in engineering positions during the [[Mexican-American War]] and as Chief of the Corps of Engineers during the [[U.S. Civil War]]. He was Breveted a Major General 21 Apr 1864 and died the next day at age 75. He was buried on 26 Apr 1864 in the [[Congressional Cemetery]] (Site - R44/36), Washington DC.

There were three forts named after General Totten: 
* [[Fort Totten (North Dakota)]] - North Dakota
* [[Fort Totten (Washington DC)]] - Washington DC
* [[Fort Totten (New York)]] - New York
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* [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/Cullums_Register/10*.html Cullum - Joseph G. Totten]
* [http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/obituary-totten-gen-joseph-gilbert-0 Congressional Cemetery Obituaries -  Joseph G. Totten]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gilbert_Totten Wikipedia - Joseph G. Totten]
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