From Cullum's Register.
Samuel Babcock was the 36th graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point and attended from April 28, 1806 to February 23, 1808. He was promoted then to second lieutenant and served as Assistant Engineer in the fortifications in New York Harbor from 1808-1814.
He was made Assistant Engineer of Military Department No. 5, consisting of Virginia and Maryland.
Promotion to first lieutenant Corps of Engineers came July 1, 1812.
--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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