From Cullum's Register. Graduate #21.
No. 21Appointed from New Jersey. Cadet USMA July 8, 1803, to Nov. 14, 1806. Graduated and appointed 2nd Lt. in Regiment of Artillerists (RoA). Served in various garrisons along Atlantic coast 1806-1812. 1st Lt. RoA Aug. 1, 1809 and Captain RoA June 20, 1813.
Duty at Fort Independence, Massachusetts and Fort Constitution, New Hampshire during the War of 1812.
Garrison at New London, Ct. 1815-1816, Pittsfield, Mass. 1816, Castine, Maine 1816-1817 and Portsmouth, New Hampshire 1817-1818.
Died at Fort Constitution, N.H. on September 26, 1818, at age 30. Fort Constitution guarded Portsmouth, N.H..
--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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