Joseph Gilbert Totten

Joseph Gilbert Totten (August 23, 1788 – April 22, 1864) fought in the War of 1812, served as Chief of Engineers and was regent of the Smithsonian Institution and co-founder of the National Academy of Sciences.
== Antebellum ==
== Service Record ==
December 26, 1860 - April 14, 1861: Operations in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina	Dispatches	 	
At the outbreak of the war, Joseph Totten was a General and Chief of the United States Engineers
These dispatches were compiled with primary source materials from The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Chapter 1)	
 
 
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 (US Capt) John Foster
* At the outbreak of the war, John Foster was a Captain of Engineers in the United States Corps of Engineers
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January 3-26, 1861: The Secession of Georgia	Dispatches	 	
At the outbreak of the war, Joseph Totten was a Colonel in charge of the United States Engineers
These dispatches were compiled with primary source materials from The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Chapter 2)	
 
 
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 (CS A/EG) William Whiting
* At the outbreak of the war, William Whiting was an Adjutant and Engineer General of the Provisional Confederate States Army
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January 4-20, 1861: The Secession of Alabama and Mississippi	Dispatches
At the outbreak of the war, Joseph Totten was a Colonel in charge of the United States Engineers
These dispatches were compiled with primary source materials from The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Chapter 3)	
 
 
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January 6-August 31, 1861: Operations in Florida	Dispatches
At the outbreak of the war, Joseph Totten was a Colonel in charge of the United States Engineers
These dispatches were compiled with primary source materials from The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Chapter 4)	
 
 
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January 9-May 20, 1861: The Secession of North Carolina	Dispatches
At the outbreak of the war, Joseph Totten was a Colonel in charge of the United States Engineers
These dispatches were compiled with primary source materials from The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Chapter 5)	
 
 
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January 1-February 19, 1861: The Secession of Louisiana	Dispatches
At the outbreak of the war, Joseph Totten was a Colonel in charge of the United States Engineers
These dispatches were compiled with primary source materials from The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Chapter 6)	
 
 
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February 7-May 9, 1861: Operations in Arkansas, the Indian Territory, and Missouri	Dispatches
At the outbreak of the war, Joseph Totten was a Colonel in charge of the United States Engineers
These dispatches were compiled with primary source materials from The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Chapter 8)	
 
 
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== Post-War Career ==
== Family ==
== Notes ==
== Sources ==
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gilbert_Totten
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