From Wikipedia.
Born 1782 and died March 2, 1839. American soldier and politician. Eventually rose to the rank of brigadier general in the U.S. Army and was a U.S. representative from Louisiana 1835-1839.
Born in New Hampshire, he was the grandson of Eleazor Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth College. He graduated from there in 1800 and practiced law in Maine (a part of Massachusetts at the time). he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1810-1811 and Senate in 1812. (He probably opposed the War of 1812 as most of New England did.)
After the outbreak of war, he organized the 21st U.S. Infantry Regiment and was given the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Promoted to colonel and commander of the regiment in March 1813, most of his soldiers were from Maine and Massachusetts.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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