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A Pennsylvania veteran of the War of 1812. Younger brother of David Holmes (1769-1832), U.S. Congressman from Virginia, governor of the Mississippi Territory 1809, governor of Mississippi in 1817. then U.S. senator and later governor again.
Andrew Holmes was a lawyer in New Orleans when the War of 1812 broke out. he went into the Army and distinguished himself in several battles, especially in the Battle of the Thames where he led an attack that defeated part of a Highland regiment.
He fell leading his wing of Colonel Croghan's force against Mackinac in an unsuccessful attack on 1814. Holmes was killed in the attack on British Fort George in that action along with several others.
--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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