Battle of New Orleans.

Friday, June 10, 2016

West Point Graduates Killed in Action in the War of 1812: Class of 1812

JOSEPH M. WILCOX--  1st Lt. 3rd U.S. Infantry in the Creek Campaign on the Alabama River.  Tomahawked and scalped January 15, 1814.

WILLIAM WALLACE SMITH--  1st Lt Light Artillery.  Wounded in the Battle of Crysler's Field "while serving a cannon."  Died of his wounds December 3, 1813, at Fort Prescott, Upper Canada.

--Brock-Perry

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