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Military History. — Cadet of the Military Academy, June 15, 1808, to Mar. 1, 1811, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieut., Light Artillery, Mar. 1, 1811. Served: in garrison at Atlantic Posts, 1811‑12; and in the War of 1812‑15 (First Lieut., Light Artillery, July 6, 1812) with Great Britain, on the Niagara Frontier, 1812, in the Campaign on (Captain, 42d Infantry, Oct. 1, 1813) the St. Lawrence, 1813, and with Major-General Izard's division on the (Transferred to 4th Rifles, May, 1814) march from Lake Champlain to the Niagara Frontier, 1814, being engaged in the Capture of Ft. George, U. C., May 27, 1813, — Battle of Chrystler's Field, L. C., Nov. 11, 1813, — and Combat of Lyon's Creek, U. C., Oct. 19, 1814; in garrison at Newport, R. I., 1815‑16, — at Boston
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harbor, Mas., 1816; as Aide-de‑Camp to Major-General Ripley, 1816; and in garrison at Boston harbor, Mas., 1816‑17. Died, Jan. 15, 1817, at Ft. Warren (now Ft. Winthrop), Mas. |
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