Joseph Proveaux was nominated for the USMA from South Carolina and was one of the first cadets at that institution.
From the "Memoirs of Gen. Joseph Swift" He was USMA graduate #1 in 1802. One of a class of two members and future superintendent of the academy.
He had this to say about Joseph Proveaux: "Joseph Proveaux from Charleston, S.C., a youth of seventeen, of generous spirit but passionate, addicted to dueling and much opposed to study."
Proveaux must have been quite a character and live wire.I can find little about his death, but several sources say he was killed on November 10, 1813, in a duel.
--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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