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About Dr. Edward Lawrence Keyes
Dr. Edward Lawrence Keyes
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Edward Lawrence Keyes was born on August 28, 1843 to Erasmus Darwin Keyes and Caroline M. Clarke at the Fort Moultrie Army Base in Charleston, South Carolina. The illustrious military career of Erasmus Keyes began as a student at West Point. At an early assignment at Fort Moultrie, he was aide-de-camp to General Winfield Scott. Keyes returned to West Point on the faculty, largely owing to General Robert E. Lee's recommendation.
In 1849, at the start of the Gold Rush, Keyes was assigned as Commanding Officer of San Francisco's Presidio.
1 His wife and children remained east in New York. General Keyes was a creative, independent thinker and a superb manager of the Presidio during the chaotic time of the Gold Rush. The Presidio assignment ended in 1858 when he was promoted to Captain, and by 1860, Keyes had returned to the command of General Scott, who had become Commander-in-Chief of the new Union Army at the beginning of the Civil War.
2 Soon after leaving Scott's command, Keyes was distinguished in rear-guard action at the First Battle of Bull Run, resulting in promotion to Colonel. President Lincoln then chose him to command the Fourth Corps during General McClellan's Peninsula campaign in 1862. Keyes distinguished himself at the battle of Seven Pines, and again during the subsequent retreat at White Oak Swamp. He was then promoted to Major-General, but owing to a falling out with McClellan, he was assigned to fort duty at Yorktown and saw little combat during 1863. During the Civil War, Keyes twice followed the advice of President Lincoln, even though a superior officer disagreed with Lincoln's decisions.
3 After being assigned to a board for retiring disabled officers in 1864, General Keyes resigned his commission and returned to California. He purchased a vineyard in the Napa Valley and built one of the first large wine cellars in the state. Keyes then became president of a gold mining company, vice-president of a savings bank, and vice-president of the Vinicultural Society of Napa County. By the mid-1870s, he and some family members moved to Nice, France, where he died in 1895. He is buried at West Point. General Keyes' wartime newspaper clippings have recently come to light, and a facsimile copy has been published.
4 The wide ranging abilities and character traits of Keyes seem to have been passed on to his son, Edward Lawrence Keyes, who in turn showed creative, independent thought in his medical profession.
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Dr. Edward Lawrence Keyes's Timeline
| 1843 |
August 28, 1843
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Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
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| 1873 |
May 15, 1873
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Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, United States
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| 1876 |
December 24, 1876
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New Jersey, United States
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| 1878 |
June 8, 1878
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Sea Bright Beach, Sea Bright, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
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| 1888 |
January 8, 1888
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Manhattan, New York, New York County, New York, United States
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| 1924 |
January 26, 1924
Age 80
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Manhattan, New York, New York County, New York, United States
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Gates of Heaven Cemeery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, United States
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