Henry D. Todd Jr.

Henry D. Todd Jr. was born in Claverack, New York on August 29, 1866, the son of Flora (Johnson) Todd, daughter of Maryland Chancellor John Johnson Jr. and Henry D. Todd, a rear admiral in the United States Navy and faculty member at the United States Naval Academy. The younger Todd attended private schools and St. John's College Preparatory School in Annapolis, Maryland. Todd was a member of the university's baseball team and earned academic honors during all four years he was a student. After graduating from Penn, Todd was appointed to the United States Military Academy by Maryland Congressman Barnes Compton. He graduated in 1890, ranked 7th of 54. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant of Field Artillery and assigned to the 3rd Artillery Regiment. ==Start of career==

Todd initially served with the 3rd Artillery at Washington Barracks in Washington, D.C. From July 1900 to July 1901, Todd attended the Artillery Officers Course at Fort Monroe, Virginia. He simultaneously commanded Battery G, 1st Artillery and served as the garrison's engineer officer. Todd was promoted to captain in February 1901, and he completed the course as an honor graduate. ==Continued career==

From July 1901 to October 1902, Todd was assigned to the staff of the artillery district based at Fort Hamilton, New York. After brief service at Fort Monroe in October and November 1908, Todd was assigned to duty with the Army General Staff, appointed as secretary of the Army War College and the general staff's second section. From October 1910 to December 1912 Todd served in Manila, assigned as assistant chief of staff for the Philippine Division and chief of the division's military information office. From January to March 1913, was commander of the post at Fort Mott, New Jersey. From March 1913 to July 1915, Todd was commander of the post at Fort McKinley, Maine. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in September 1913. From July 1915 to June 1917, Todd was posted to Fort Monroe and assigned as editor of the Journal of U.S. Artillery. In September 1916, Todd was promoted to colonel in the Coast Artillery Corps. ==World War I==

In June 1917, a few weeks after the American entry into World War I, Todd was assigned as commander of Fort Adams and the Coast Defenses of Narragansett Bay. After completing organization and training, the division arrived in France in June 1918, and underwent additional training at the Valdahon-Ornans training area until entering combat in August. Todd's brigade moved to the Toul sector in September. In the middle of the month, the 58th Artillery Brigade took part in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel. Later that month, Todd was assigned to command the 1st Division Artillery, an organization that included his brigade, the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, and two Coast Artillery regiments. Beginning in late September, Todd's command took part in the Meuse–Argonne offensive. Near the end of the month, Todd was assigned to command the 91st Division Artillery, which included his 58th Artillery Brigade, the 158th Artillery Brigade, and one battalion of the 65th Coast Artillery Regiment. , commanding the 89th Division, Major General Frank L. Winn, to succeed Wright in command of the 89th, and Brigadier General Henry D. Todd Jr., commanding the 58th Field Artillery Brigade, Stenay, Meuse, France, November 12, 1918. Standing behind Wright is his aide-de-camp, Captain Charles H. Gerhardt. In October, the 91st Division was relieved by the 32nd Division, and Todd continued to command the 58th Artillery Brigade in support of the 32nd. After resting and refitting in mid-October, Todd's brigade was assigned to support the 89th Division near Epinonville. On October 30, Todd was wounded by a shell fragment while conducting forward reconnaissance. He was evacuated for treatment, and on November 6, Todd returned to command of the 89th Division Artillery, which he led during combat in the Tailly, Ardennes area until the end of the war. After the Armistice with Germany on November 11, 1918, Todd and his brigade were based in Luxembourg and performed post-war occupation duty of Germany. In May 1919, Todd led the 58th Artillery Brigade back to the United States, and it was demobilized at Camp Grant, Illinois in June. For his wartime service, Todd received the Purple Heart, three Citation Stars (later converted to the Silver Star medal), and the Army Distinguished Service Medal. Army Distinguished Service Medal citation First Silver Star citation ==Later career==

After the war, Todd reverted to the permanent rank of colonel. From August 1919 to June 1920, he attended the Army War College for the second time. He was then assigned as a student at the Naval War College, where he remained until November. In September 1920, Todd was again promoted to temporary brigadier general. He left the Naval War College before completing the program because he was assigned to command the 31st Coast Artillery Brigade at Fort Lewis, Washington, which he led from December 1920 to July 1921. His temporary promotion expired in March 1921, and in April 1921 he received promotion to permanent brigadier general. In August 1921, Todd was assigned to command the Coast Defenses of Subic Bay and Manila Bay in the Philippines. In 1923, Todd returned to the United States and was assigned to command the Ninth Coast Artillery District in San Francisco. In 1926, he was assigned to command the Hawaiian Coast Artillery Brigade and in 1927 he was promoted to major general. From 1929 to 1930, Todd was commandant of the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe and commander of the Third Coast Artillery District. ==Death and burial==

Todd left the Army on August 31, 1930, as a result of having reached the mandatory retirement age of 64. In retirement, his activities included service as a vice president of the West Point Association of Graduates and Washington, D.C. chapter president of the Coast Artillery Association. He died at his daughter's home in Washington, D.C. on January 22, 1964. Todd was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. ==Family==

In 1897, Todd married Emma Northrop Greene (1869–1955). They were the parents of three children – Henry Poultney (born and died in 1899), Harriet Stewart (1900–1994), and Harrison Tyler (1905–2001). ==Notes==