Edmund Brooke Alexander

Edmund Brooke Alexander (October 6, 1802 – January 3, 1888) was an officer in the United States Army in the Mexican-American War through the American Civil War who rose to the rank of brevet Brigadier General in 1865.

Alexander was an 1823 graduate of the United States Military Academy along with Lorenzo Thomas and George S. Greene.

Alexander was brevetted Major at the Battle of Cerro Gordo on April 18, 1847 and Lieutenant Colonel at the Battles of Contreras and Churubusco on August 20 during the Mexican-American War.

Alexander, still a brevet Lieutenant Colonel, led the 8th Infantry, when it became the first garrison stationed at Fort Bliss in the El Paso, Texas, area, from January 1854 through March 1855. In March 1855, promoted to Colonel, Alexander was appointed command of the new 10th Infantry.

During the Civil War, Alexander was Provost Marshal in St. Louis, Missouri.

In 1869, he retired at the rank of Colonel.

Namesake
In World War II, a United States Army transport ship, USAT Edmund B. Alexander, was named in his honor.