Edwin Vose Sumner Jr.

Edwin Vose Sumner Jr. (August 16, 1835 – August 23, 1912) was a general in the United States Army. Born at Carlisle, Pennsylvania; he was the son of General Edwin Vose Sumner, one of the oldest generals to serve during the American Civil War.

Civil War service

Edwin V. Sumner Jr. began his military career shortly after the outbreak of the American Civil War, when he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Cavalry Regiment on August 5, 1861.

Post Civil War After the Civil War, Sumner served in the Indian Wars. He was appointed major in the 5th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, March 4, 1879, lieutenant colonel in the 8th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, April 15, 1890, and colonel of the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, November 10, 1894.

In 1890, he was elected a member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati by right of his collateral descent from Major Job Sumner, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War.

At the beginning of the Spanish–American War, he was appointed brigadier general of Volunteers on May 27, 1898, and was discharged from the Volunteers on February 24, 1899.

Awards Civil War Campaign Medal Indian Campaign Medal Spanish War Service Medal (posthumously eligible)