caption serviceyears branch commands relations death_place death_date birth_place allegiance placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
joseph gilbert totten 1805 -- 1806 , 1808 -- 1864 united states army union army corps of engineers james -lrb- nephew -rrb- joseph k. mansfield -lrb- cousin -rrb- totten -lrb- brother -rrb- c. a. l. totten washington , d.c. 22 april 1864 new haven , connecticut united states of america union place of burial war of 1812 23 august 1788 congressional cemetery , washington , d.c. brigadier general brevet major general joseph gilbert totten.jpg joseph gilbert totten
 joseph gilbert totten
joseph gilbert totten

joseph gilbert totten -lrb- august 23 , 1788 -- april 22 , 1864 -rrb- fought in the war of 1812 , served as chief engineer and was regent of the smithsonian institution and cofounder of the national academy of sciences .
