- Frederick Townsend, Union Brigadier General, 3 rd New York Infantry Regiment, later with the 18 th and 9 th Infantry Regiment 1891 Noted Living Albanians Book Signed by Civil War General Frederick Townsend On April 25, 1891to John D. Parsons, Esq. Townsend himself appears in one of author David Addison Harsha's "Biographical Sketches" alongside a portrait in his military uniform. Gilt-stamped half-leather binding with brown cloth over boards, four raised bands, 524 pages, illustrated with numerous engraved portraits. Published in 1891 by Weed, Parsons and Company of Albany, NY. 9 1/2" x 6 1/2". During the Civil War, Frederick Townsend founded and was Colonel of the 3rd New York Infantry Regiment, and later served with the 18th and 9th Infantries, where he was brevetted a Brigadier General. He saw action at the Battle of Big Bethel, Battle of Lick Creek, Mississippi, the Siege of Corinth, and the Battle of Perryville. He served three terms as Adjutant-General of New York, from 1857 to 1861, and again in 1880.