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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1806

Vol. I
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(Born Mas.)

Julius F. Heileman​1

(Ap'd Vt.)

Military History. — Cadet of the Military Academy, Apr. 14, 1803, to Mar. 6, 1806, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., Reg. of Artillerists, Mar. 6, 1806.

 p69  Served: in garrison at Atlantic Posts, 1806‑12; in the War of 1812‑15

(First Lieut., Reg. of Artillerists, Apr. 30, 1808)

(Captain, Reg. of Artillerists, May 5, 1813)

(Transferred to Corps of Artillery, May 12, 1814)

with Great Britain, at Southern Posts on the Atlantic Coast; in garrison at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., 1815‑20, — Ft. Niagara, N. Y., 1820‑23, —

(Captain, 2d Artillery,
in Re-organization of Army, June 1, 1821)

(Bvt. Major, May 5, 1823, for Faithful Service Ten Years in one Grade)

New York harbor, 1823‑24, — Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), 1824‑28, Ft. Moultrie, S. C., 1828‑32, Charleston harbor, S. C., 1832‑3, during South Carolina's threatened nullification, — and

(Major, 2d Artillery, Nov. 17, 1834)

Ft. Monroe, Va., 1833‑35; and in the Florida War, 1835‑36; being engaged

(Bvt. Lieut.‑Colonel, June 9, 1836, for Gallantry and Good Conduct in the Affair of Micanopy, Fla.)

against the Seminole Indians in the Skirmish near Micanopy, June 9, 1836, where he commanded.

Died, June 27, 1836, at Fort Drane, Fla.


The Author's Note:

1 Was the son of Dr. John F. Heileman, Surgeon of General Riedesel's German Brigade under General Burgoyne, of the British Army.


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