Brigadier General Edward Sigerfoos (December 14, 1868 – October 7, 1918) was a senior United States Army officer.

From 1891 to 1918, his military service included a number of assignments in the continental United States, Cuba, the Philippines, China, and France.

The elder Sigerfoos had a number of professions during his lifetime, working as a school teacher at one point, until finally opening a dry goods business in Arcanum, Ohio in 1872.

Deciding to attend the Ohio State University with his brother Charles, Sigerfoos arrived at the institution in the fall of 1885 and spent two years at a preparatory school before matriculating as a freshman.

In addition, he received a medal to recognize his performance during a state drill and ceremony contest in Portsmouth, Ohio.

Sigerfoos "took high rank in the class room, won honors as a public speaker" and was chief editor of the student newspaper.

During the spring of 1898, in anticipation of war with Spain, the 5th Infantry Regiment received orders to man a number of coastal fortifications on the southern coast of the United States.

Most of the regiment left Fort McPherson by mid April with the bulk of it, the headquarters, band, and four companies, sent to Tampa.

These detachments were spread throughout the province of Santiago and were "actively engaged" in the suppression of the "frequent depredations of organized brigands.

By the time the entire regiment left Cuba, it lost two officers and seventy-four enlisted men to a variety of tropical diseases.

In early February, 1900, Sigerfoos was appointed recorder for an army retiring board that was to meet in Chicago under the command of assistant judge advocate-general Thomas F.

Scheduled to meet at Fort Sheridan, the purpose of this board was to examine candidates for the United States Military Academy.

[13] Sigerfoos would remain there for the next three to four years, part of which was in direct participation in the Philippine–American War and later the United States occupation of the islands.

The companies and various detachments of the regiment marched a total of over 15,426 miles and engaged in thirty-eight skirmishes and minor actions before hostilities ended in July, 1902.

The commission tried Noverto Pré, an insurgent army officer for "murder in violation of the laws and customs of war."

"[17] After returning to the continental United States in the early 1900s, in 1905 Sigerfoos was assigned as professor of military science at the University of Minnesota.

[20] Sigerfoos arrived to China on March 28, 1917, in order to serve with the 15th Infantry Regiment stationed in the city of Tianjin.

The members in October agreed that with winter fast approaching, priority would be given to the adequate accommodation of some of the city's 55,000 refugees.

[24] "Major Morrow and his associates" received praise for their efficient management of the facility, in which superior sanitary conditions prevented the outbreaks of any contagious diseases; however, Sigerfoos was also responsible for this successful outcome.

Longino entered the army in September 1908, becoming assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps, rising to the rank of brigadier general in early 1941.