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{{Infobox military person
| name = Edward David Taussig
| image =Edward D. Taussig.jpg
| caption = Captain Taussig (probably onboard ''Massachusetts'')
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1847|11|20}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1921|1|29|1847|11|20}}
| placeofburial_label = Place of burial
| placeofburial = [[United States Naval Academy Cemetery]]
| birth_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
| death_place = [[Newport, Rhode Island]]
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| nickname =
| allegiance = {{USA}}
| branch = [[File:United States Department of the Navy Seal.svg|25px]] [[United States Navy]]
| serviceyears = 1863–1909, 1918
| rank = [[File:US-O8 insignia.svg|20px]] [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]]
| unit =
| commands = {{USS|Bennington|PG-4|2}}<br />{{USS|Yorktown|PG-1|2}}<br />{{USS|Enterprise|1874|2}}<br />{{USS|Independence|1814|2}}<br />{{USS|Massachusetts|BB-2|2}}<br />{{USS|Indiana|BB-1|2}}<br />''[[Fifth Naval District]]''
| battles = [[American Civil War|Civil War]]<br />[[Spanish–American War]]<br />[[Philippine–American War]]<br />[[China Relief Expedition]]<br />[[World War I]]
| awards =
| relations = [[Vice admiral (United States)|Vice Admiral]] [[Joseph Taussig|Joseph K. Taussig]] (son); [[Captain (United States Navy)|Captain]] [[Joseph K. Taussig, Jr.]] (grandson)
| laterwork =
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'''Edward David Taussig''' (November 20, 1847 – January 29, 1921) was a decorated [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] in the [[United States Navy]]. He is best remembered for being the officer to claim [[Wake Island]] after the [[Spanish–American War]], as well as accepting the physical relinquishment of [[Guam]] by its indigenous governor following the [[Treaty of Paris (1898)|Treaty of Paris]] in which [[Spain]] ceded Guam to the [[United States|U.S.]] following nearly 300 years of [[colonial rule]]. Taussig briefly served as [[Governor of Guam]]. He was the first of a four-generational family of [[United States Naval Academy]] graduates including his son, [[Vice admiral (United States)|Vice Admiral]] [[Joseph Taussig|Joseph K. Taussig]] (1877–1947), grandson [[Captain (United States)|Captain]] [[Joseph K. Taussig, Jr.]] (1920–1999), and great-grandson, Captain Joseph K. Taussig USMC (1945–).

==Early sea service==
Taussig was born in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], the son of a wool broker, Charles and his wife, Anna (Abeles), who had emigrated from [[Austria]] in 1840.  He was appointed to the [[U.S. Naval Academy]] during the [[Civil War (American)|Civil War]] and entered on July 23, 1863.  His education over the next four years included service on the {{USS|Macedonian|1836|2}}. Graduating in June 1867 he served on the steam frigate {{USS|Minnesota|1855|2}} from July to December 1867 and thereafter variously on the {{USS|Wateree|1863|2}}, {{USS|Powhatan|1850|2}}, {{USS|Onward|1852|2}} and {{USS|Resaca|1865|2}} from January 1868 to April 1870. He was commissioned an [[Ensign (rank)|ensign]] on 18 December 1868. His early sea service was perhaps most remarkable for his time as a [[passed midshipman]] on the [[gunboat]] {{USS|Wateree|1863|2}} when a  [[tsunami]] washed her far inland at [[Arica]] (then part of [[Peru]]), on [[1868 Arica earthquake|13 August 1868]]. He was decorated for his actions during this event.

==1870s–1890s service==
Promoted to [[Master (naval)|master]] on 21 March 1870 and to [[Lieutenant (navy)|lieutenant]] on 1 January 1872, during the 1870s and 1880s, Taussig was stationed at a number of shore stations and ships: {{USS|Narragansett|1859|2}}, [[Pacific Squadron]] (October 1870 – September 1873); [[Newport Torpedo Station]], (June–October 1874); [[Hydrographic Office]], [[Washington, D.C.]] (October – December 1874); [[Panama Survey Expedition]] (January- April 1875); special duty, [[Bureau of Navigation (United States Navy)|Bureau of Navigation]], [[Washington, D.C.]] (May–October 1875); [[commander]], [[receiving ship]] {{USS|Relief|1836|2}}, [[Washington, D.C.]] (September 1875); [[Temporary duty assignment]] [[Washington Navy Yard]] (October 1875 – April 1876); {{USS|Juniata|1862|2}}, [[Baltimore]] and [[Norfolk Navy Yard]] (April – September 1876); [[training ship]] {{USS|Monongahela|1862|2}} (September 1876 – February 1877); {{USS|Trenton|1876|2}}, [[flagship]] of the [[European Squadron]], and {{USS|Constellation|1854|2}}, special service [[European Station]] (February 1877 – January 1880); [[U.S. Naval Academy]] (June 1880 – April 1883); [[Coast Survey|coast survey]] duty, commanding the survey steamers [[USC&GS McArthur (1874)|''McArthur'']] and [[Hassler (vessel)|''Hassler'']] (May 1883 – August 1886); training ship {{USS|Jamestown|1844|2}} (September 1886 – December 1887); and [[Bureau of Navigation]], [[Washington, D.C.]] (December 1887 – December 1890). During special duty, [[Navy Department]], [[Washington D.C.]] (December 1890 – April 1894) Taussig was involved in managing the navy's exhibit at the [[Columbian Exposition]], including the full size mock-up  [[Battleship Illinois (replica)|battleship ''Illinois'']], where he was [[executive officer]], following his promotion to [[lieutenant commander]] on 19 June 1892. Thereafter, his assignments were [[executive officer]], {{USS|Atlanta|1884|2}}, [[North Atlantic Squadron]] (April 1894 – September 1895); [[executive officer]], [[receiving ship]] {{USS|Richmond|1860|2}}, [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]] (October 1895 – February 1896); [[executive officer]], {{USS|Monadnock|BM-3|2}}, [[Pacific Squadron]] (February – September 1896); [[Hydrographic Office]], [[Washington, D.C.]] (September – December 1896); hydrographic inspector, [[U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey]], [[Washington, D.C.]] (December 1896 – August 1897); [[Coast Survey|coast survey]] steamer [[USC&GS George S. Blake|''Blake'']] (August 1897 – May 1898); and [[Norfolk Navy Yard]] (June – July 1898).

==Wake Island, Guam and the Philippine–American War==
Promoted to the rank of [[Commander (United States)|commander]] on 10 August 1898, his first [[command (military formation)|command]] was the [[gunboat]] {{USS|Bennington|PG-4}}, which departed [[San Francisco]] on 18 September bound for [[Hawaii]], [[Guam]] and duty with the [[Asiatic Squadron]], in the aftermath of the 12 August 1898 [[Spanish–American War]] [[armistice]]. {{USS|Bennington|PG-4|2}} arrived in [[Hawaii]] on 27 September 1898 and spent the next three months operating in local waters and conducting surveys, including [[Pearl Harbor]]. In December of that year, Taussig was given orders to proceed to [[Wake Island]] and claim it for the [[United States]]. After ten days passage from [[Honolulu]], he arrived to formally claim the island on 17 January 1899. At one p.m. a flag staff was placed, and with sailors in dress whites forming two ranks, Taussig called all to witness that the island was not in the possession of any other nation and declared it in possession of the [[United States]]. Taussig ordered the [[American flag]] raised by [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] [[Wettengell]] and {{USS|Bennington|PG-4|2}} gave a 21 gun salute when the flag reached the truck. At the time [[President of the United States|President]] [[William McKinley]] ordering that Wake Island be claimed as a U.S. possession was seen as questionable; however, no other nation had claimed the island and there was no native population. [[Wake Island]] was primarily taken for its strategic value as a cable station, midway between [[Hawaii]] and the [[Philippines]].

Departing from [[Wake Island]] at 5:35&nbsp;p.m. on 17 January 1899, {{USS|Bennington|PG-4|2}} arrived at [[Guam]] on 23 January 1899.  The island previously had been captured on 21 June 1898 by [[Captain (nautical)|Captain]] [[Henry Glass (admiral)|Henry Glass]] of the {{USS|Charleston|C-2|2}} who had left [[Francisco Portusach Martínez]], an [[United States|American]] [[civilian]], in charge of the territory.  [[Captain (nautical)|Captain]] [[Henry Glass (admiral)|Glass]] is reported to have told [[Francisco Portusach Martínez|Martinez]], the only American on [[Guam]], to "take care of the island until some other officers or man-of-war might reach Guam." Although this has never been confirmed by the [[U.S. Navy]], it was widely believed to be true. [[Francisco Portusach Martínez|Martinez]] had been deposed in favor of non-American leadership under [[José Sisto]] and then [[Venancio Roberto]], each laying competing claims to governance.  [[Venancio Roberto]]'s claim was rebuked in favor of [[José Sisto|Sisto]] by [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Vincendon L. Cottman]], commander of the [[U.S. Navy]] collier {{USS|Brutus|AC-15|2}} that had arrived at [[Guam]] on New Year’s Day 1899 en route back to the U.S from the Spanish–American War. However [[José Sisto|Sisto's]] authority was short-lived.

On February 1, [[José Sisto|Sisto]] officially relinquished control of the governmental and administrative affairs of [[Guam]] to Taussig and Cottman. The American flag was raised over the Governor's Palace in a ceremony that ended with a 21-gun salute from the {{USS|Bennington|PG-4|2}}, formally ending nearly 300 years of [[Guam]] being part of the [[Spanish colonial empire]]. In his short time on [[Guam]], [[Commander]] Taussig set up a local council system of temporary government which lasted until the arrival of [[Lieutenant]] [[Louis A. Kaiser]] in July 1899 under orders to conduct navy surveillance of affairs of [[Guam]]. Taussig also supervised the establishment of signal stations and a port survey. On April 15, 1899, [[Admiral]] [[George Dewey]] cabled the [[Navy Department]] in Washington, "{{USS|Wheeling|PG-14|2}} arrived six days from Guam. Quiet and order there. Most friendly to Americans. Native Government established by Taussig working well. Native soldiers fine body of men. {{USS|Nanshan|AG-3|}} (United States Naval Transport) in Guam."

Departing [[Guam]] in mid-February 1899, [[Commander]] Taussig and {{USS|Bennington|PG-4|2}} continued on to [[Manila]], where the ship arrived on 22 February 1899 with the mission of supporting the [[United States Army|Army's]] [[Military campaign|campaigns]] during the [[Philippine–American War]] primarily with patrol and escort duty. In August 1899, Taussig was summarily relieved of command of the {{USS|Bennington|PG-4|2}} and ordered home by [[Rear Admiral]] [[John C. Watson]], [[commander]] of the [[Asiatic Station]], following Taussig’s dissent from the latter’s views concerning campaign plans that were voiced at a staff conference in [[Manila]]. According to press reports, [[John C. Watson|Watson]] resented Taussig's verbal opposition, and a heated argument between the two ensued. Following his return to [[San Francisco]] on the hospital ship, {{USS|Solace|AH-2|2}}, [[Commander]] Taussig requested an investigation.

He was assigned to duty with the [[United States Lighthouse Board]] as 13th District Inspector in [[Portland, OR]] from October 1899 – April 1900. However, [[Commander]] Taussig did not have to wait long for vindication, when in March 1900, public accounts surfaced of [[John C. Watson|Watson's]] friction with officers under his command and with the [[Bureau of Navigation]] over [[John C. Watson|Watson's]] choice of [[Commander]] [[C.C. Cornwall]] as his [[executive officer]], which the [[Bureau of Navigation|Bureau]] disapproved. Due to health reasons, [[John C. Watson|Watson]] was himself privately relieved of command months before the public announcement in March 1900 that he was to be relieved by [[Rear Admiral]] [[George C. Remey]]. [[John C. Watson|Watson]] returned home on his [[flagship]] {{USS|Baltimore|C-3|}} in April 1900, the same month that [[Commander]] Taussig's duty as lighthouse inspector ended.

==The China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)==
In the spring of 1900, [[China|Chinese]] [[xenophobia]] fueled by increasing foreign political and economic influence, including the expanding presence of foreign missionaries increased until it culminated in the [[Boxer Rebellion]]. Some Chinese Imperial troops, supporting the [[Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists]] (the [[Fists of Righteous Harmony|Boxers]]) besieged the foreign legations at [[Peking]] and at [[Tianjin|Tientsin]]. An international relief force from eight nations was sent to relieve the siege. As part of the [[United States Navy]]'s force assigned to the campaign, the gunboat {{USS|Yorktown|PG-1|}}, sister-ship of the {{USS|Bennington|PG-4|2}}, was withdrawn from her patrol duties in the northern [[Philippines]] to provide assistance to the operations off the coast of North China. {{USS|Yorktown|PG-1|2}} departed [[Manila]] on 3 April 1900, bound for [[China]]. Upon reaching the mainland, her landing force served ashore at [[Taku Forts|Taku]]. In June 1900, Taussig assumed command of {{USS|Yorktown|PG-1|2}}. That same month, {{USS|Yorktown|PG-1|2}} assisted {{USS|Oregon|BB-3|2}} to back off a reef near [[Taku Forts|Taku]]. In August 1900, with {{USS|Yorktown|PG-1|2}} stationed off [[Chefoo, China]], Taussig cabled dispatches of the decisive [[Battle of Beicang]] (Peitsang) from which the Chinese military forces never recovered. The gunboat departed Shanghai on 10 September 1900 and reached [[Cavite]] on the 17th. In the [[Philippines]], {{USS|Yorktown|PG-1|2}} resumed her cooperation with Army forces, engaged in pacification efforts and continued these duties over the next two years. [[Commander]] Taussig was detached from {{USS|Yorktown|PG-1|2}} in June 1901 and was ordered home to await orders (June – October 1901).

==Later Years==
Thereafter, Taussig's assignments were to the [[Washington Navy Yard]] (November 1901 – January 1902); ordinance office, [[Boston Navy Yard]] (January – May 1902); and [[commander]], [[training ship]], {{USS|Enterprise|1874|2}} (May–October 1902). Promoted to [[Captain (United States)|captain]] on 7 November 1902, he served as yard captain, [[Pensacola Navy Yard]] (January – October 1903); commander, [[receiving ship]] {{USS|Independence|1814|2}}, [[Mare Island, California]] (October 1903 – October 1904); and commander, {{USS|Massachusetts|BB-2}}, [[North Atlantic Squadron]] (November 1904 – January 1906).

On July 24, 1905, along with [[Rear Admiral]]s [[Charles D. Sigsbee]], [[James H. Sands]], [[Charles H. Davis, Jr.]], [[Captain (nautical)|Captains]] [[Benjamin F. Tilley]], [[William H. Reeder]], and Gervais of the French naval cruiser, ''Jurien de la Graviere'', Taussig had the honor of being an honorary pall bearer when [[Admiral]] [[John Paul Jones]] body was returned from [[France]] on the {{USS|Brooklyn|CA-3|2}} to be interred at the [[U.S. Naval Academy]].

Following his command of ''Massachusetts'', he was commander, of the [[training ship]] {{USS|Indiana|BB-1}} (January – December 1906); yard captain, [[New York Navy Yard]] (March – May 1907); general court martial duty, [[League Island Navy Yard]] (Pennsylvania) (May – December 1907); commandant, [[Norfolk Navy Yard]] and [[Fifth Naval District]] (December 1907 – November 1909).

While at [[Norfolk Navy Yard|Norfolk]] he was promoted to [[rear admiral]] on 15 May 1908. Rear Admiral Taussig was placed on the [[U.S. Navy]] [[retired list]] on 20 November 1909.

In 1909 he became a companion of the District of Columbia Commandery of the [[Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States]]—a military society consisting of officers who had served in the Union armed forces during the American Civil War.

==World War I==
During [[World War I]], Taussig was recalled to active duty as [[commandant]] of the Naval Unit at [[Columbia University]] (September – December 1918).

==Dates of rank==
:[[File:Navyacademylogo.jpg|50px]] [[United States Naval Academy]] [[Midshipman]] – Class of 1867
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![[Ensign (rank)#United States|Ensign]]
![[Master (naval)|Master]]
!Lieutenant
![[Lieutenant Commander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]]
![[Commander (United States)|Commander]]
![[Captain (U.S. Navy)|Captain]]
|-
!O-1
!O-2
!O-3
!O-4
!O-5
!O-6
|-
| style="text-align:center; width:16%;"| [[File:US Navy O1 insignia.svg|60px]]
| style="text-align:center; width:16%;"| [[File:US Navy O2 insignia.svg|60px]]
| style="text-align:center; width:16%;"| [[File:US Navy O3 insignia.svg|60px]]
| style="text-align:center; width:16%;"| [[File:US Navy O4 insignia.svg|60px]]
| style="text-align:center; width:16%;"| [[File:US Navy O5 insignia.svg|60px]]
| style="text-align:center; width:16%;"| [[File:US Navy O6 insignia.svg|60px]]
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!December 18, 1868
!March 21, 1870
!January 1, 1872
!June 19, 1892
!August 10, 1898
!November 7, 1902
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:100%;"
|-
![[Commodore (rank)|Commodore (lower half)]]
![[Rear Admiral (upper half)]]
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!O-7
!O-8
|-
| style="text-align:center; width:16%;"| [[File:US Navy O7 insignia.svg|60px]]
| style="text-align:center; width:16%;"| [[File:US Navy O8 insignia.svg|60px]]
|-
!Never Held
!May 15, 1908
|}

==Service Medals==

===United States awards===
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Civil War Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Philippine Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=China Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=World War I Victory Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|[[Civil War Campaign Medal]]
|[[Philippine Campaign Medal]]
|[[China Relief Expedition Medal]]
|[[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal]]
|} </center>

The original service criteria for the [[Spanish Campaign Medal]] promulgated in Navy Department Special Order No. 81 of June 27, 1908 required service on specific vessels and time periods for which Taussig's service during the Spanish–American War did not qualify.  However, in the early 1920s, the award criteria was relaxed to provide for award of the medal to all those who served in the U.S. Navy or Marine Corps during the Spanish–American War. The first [[government contract]] to supply campaign medals to the expanded recipient base with the [[Bastian Brothers Company]] was not until 1922. Rear Admiral Taussig died in January 1921 prior to the expanded eligibility period for the Spanish Campaign and so never received the Spanish Campaign Medal.

==Personal life==
Edward D. Taussig married Ellen Knefler on 9 November 1873. They had five sons, including [[vice admiral]] [[Joseph Taussig|Joseph K. Taussig]] and Charles, who was a prominent New York attorney.  A third son, Paul, died of [[appendicitis]] in July 1894, while a [[cadet]] at the [[U.S. Naval Academy]]. Edward D. Taussig died at [[Newport, Rhode Island]], on 29 January 1921 and is buried at the [[United States Naval Academy Cemetery]] along with his wife and son, Paul.

He was born into a secular Jewish family. *https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.806206

==Namesake==
* The [[Allen M. Sumner class destroyer]] {{USS|Taussig|DD-746|2}} (DD-746), commissioned from 1944–1974 was named for him.
* [[Admiral Taussig Boulevard]] at [[Naval Station Norfolk]] in Norfolk, Virginia, is named for him.{{Citation needed|date=November 2016}}

==Notes==
{{No footnotes|date=July 2013}}
{{reflist}}

==References==
* "Naval Orders; Disposition of the Commander and Officers of the Atlanta". ''The Washington Post''. Washington, D.C.: Sep 17, 1895. pg. 7, 1 pgs
* "Department Notes". ''The Washington Post''. Washington, D.C.: Dec 12, 1896. pg. 7, 1 pgs
* "Capt. Rob Evans's Message". From ''The Baltimore Sun''. ''New York Times''. New York, N.Y.: Aug 1, 1898. pg. 4, 1 pgs
* "Now Naval Commanders". ''The Washington Post''. Washington, D.C.: Aug 3, 1898. pg. 7, 1 pgs
* "To Take Wake Island". ''The Washington Post''. Washington, D.C.: Dec 24, 1898. pg. 1, 1 pgs
* "Takes Guam Island". ''Los Angeles Times''. Los Angeles, Calif.: Dec 24, 1898. pg. 3, 1 pgs
* "Wake Island Occupation". ''New York Times''. New York, N.Y.: Mar 22, 1899. pg. 5, 1 pgs
* "The Government of Guam- Admiral Dewey Cables that the American Regime Starts Off Well- Garrison of Native Soldiers" ''New York Times''. New York, N.Y.: April 16, 1899
* "Funston's Men Sail Soon". ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' (1872–1963). Chicago, Ill.: Sep 2, 1899. pg. 3, 1 pgs
* "Action in Taussig's Case". ''New York Times''. New York, N.Y.: Oct 24, 1899. pg. 7, 1 pgs
* "Commander Taussig Ordered to Manila". ''New York Times''. New York, N.Y.: Mar 25, 1900. pg. 9, 1 pgs
* "The United Service". Special to The ''New York Times''. ''New York Times''. New York, N.Y.: Dec 31, 1901. pg. 3, 1 pgs
* "The United Service". ''New York Times''. New York, N.Y.: Oct 23, 1902. pg. 13, 1 pgs
* "The Cruiser Controversy". ''The Washington Post''. Washington, D.C.: Oct 23, 1902. pg. 4, 1 pgs
* "The United Service". ''New York Times''. New York, N.Y.: Jan 6, 1903. pg. 10, 1 pgs
* "The United Service". ''New York Times''. New York, N.Y.: Aug 8, 1903. pg. 10, 1 pgs
* "Changes in Command". ''The Washington Post''. Washington, D.C.: Oct 13, 1904. pg. 11, 1 pgs
* "Jones' Body Entombed at the Naval Academy- Impressive Ceremony Attends the Transfer from Brooklyn- French Jackies in Line". ''New York Times''. New York, N.Y.: July 25, 1905, 1 pg.
* "Navy Orders". ''The Washington Post''. Washington, D.C.: Jan 7, 1906. pg. 5, 1 pgs
* "Gets Leave to Visit Home". ''The Washington Post''. Washington, D.C.: Dec 11, 1907. pg. 9, 1 pgs
* "Globe Girdled, 16 Battleships Come Home Today". ''The Atlanta Constitution''. Atlanta, Ga.: Feb 22, 1909. pg. 1, 2 pgs
* "Rites for Admiral Taussig". Special to Washington Post. ''The Washington Post''. Washington, D.C.: Feb 2, 1921. pg. 3, 1 pg
* Jillette Leon-Guerrero, MA, "Guam Leaders from 1899–1904", © 2009 Guampedia™, URL: http://guampedia.com/guam-leaders-from-1899-1904
* Cogar, William B., "Dictionary of Admirals of the U.S. Navy", vol. 2, 1901–1918, pp.&nbsp;274–275
* ''Boston Evening Transcript'', October 7, 1899, p.&nbsp;5
* ''Hawaiian Gazette'', March 16, 1900, p.&nbsp;7
* ''New York Times'', September 12, 1900
* ''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'', August 6, 1900

==External links==
* {{Cite Americana|wstitle=Taussig, Edward David |year=1920 |short=x}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130327080319/http://usnwc.edu/Academics/Library/RightsideLinks/Naval-Historical-Collection/documents/4860_Taussig_HistoricCollection1.pdf Register of the Edward D. Taussig Papers, USN War College, Naval Historical Collection, Newport, RI]
* {{Find a Grave|74266632}}
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/medals/index.html USN Service Medal Index, Naval History and Heritage Command]

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