From Wikipedia.
While researching John Milton Brannan, a Civil War officer who was in command of Fort Zachary Taylor during Florida's secession crisis, I found out he had married a daughter of Ichabod Crane, a very familiar name. So, more research was in order.
(July 18, 1787 to October 5, 1857)
Career military officer in U.S. Army and probable namesake of Washington Irving's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Born in New Jersey, enlisted in USMC in 1809 as a second lieutenant and assigned to the USS United States frigate, 44 guns, commanded by Stephen Decatur. served for two years.
He then resigned from the Marines in April 1812 and accepted a U.S. Army commission as captain of Company B, 3rd Artillery.
--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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