| Edwin Burr Babbitt | |
| Birth Date: | 26 July 1862 |
| Birth Place: | Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Placeofburial: | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Serviceyears: | 1884–1924 |
| Servicenumber: | 0-888 |
| Rank: | Major general |
| Commands: | Panama Canal Division |
| Alma Mater: | United States Military Academy class of 1884 |
| Battles: | World War I |
| Awards: | Distinguished Service Medal |
| Relations: | Lawrence Sprague Babbitt (father) |
Edwin Burr Babbitt (July 26, 1862 - December 9, 1939) was a major general in the United States Army.
Babbitt was born at Watervliet Arsenal in Watervliet, New York on July 26, 1862, to Lawrence Sprague Babbitt, a U.S. Army Colonel, and Francis P. "Fannie" (McDougall) Babbitt.[1] He was the grandson of Charles McDougall and nephew of Thomas Mower McDougall.[2]
Babbitt died on December 9, 1939, in Santa Barbara, California.[2] He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[3]
Babbitt graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1884 and was commissioned a second lieutenant. He served as a brigade commander during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the Battle of Saint-Mihiel during World War I. Awards he received include the Army Distinguished Service Medal for "exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services" in World War I; Officer, Legion d'Honour (France); Comendator, Order of the Sun of Peru (Peru) and Order of Abdon Calderón, First Class (Ecuador). The citation for his Army DSM reads:
He retired from military service in 1924.