Post War
Tower stayed in the regular army after the Civil War. In November 1865, he became a lieutenant colonel in the Engineer Corps. Tower supervised the work of improving several major harbors, both for commercial and military purposes. He was promoted to colonel in January 1874. Tower retired from the service in 1883. He then returned to Cohasset, Massachusetts where he lived until his death on March 30, 1900. He was buried in Central Cemetery in Cohasset.
He was an original founding member of the Aztec Club of 1847, a social organization for officers who served in the Mexican-American War. He was also a member of the Military Order of Foreign Wars.
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