Henry A.S. Dearborn-- Part 2: Built Forts, Commanded Militia, Military Societies

Obviously, he must have learned some military engineering from his father, Secretary of War Henry Dearborn, as he oversaw the construction of Fort Preble and Fort Scammel in Portland Harbor (Maine).  During the War of 1812, he commanded volunteers manning the defenses of Boston Harbor.

He was promoted to brigadier general in the Massachusetts Militia in 1814.  Also serving as adjutant general of the Massachusetts Militia from 1834 to 1843 with the rank of major general.

In 1816, he was elected captain of the Ancient and Honorable  Artillery Company of Massachusetts  In 1832, after his father's death (Henry Dearborn was an officer in the American Revolution), he was admitted to the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.  This organization is made up of those who were officers during the Revolution and their descendants.

He eventually became the first  president general of the organization who was not a veteran of the Revolution.  As president he had the Society change its rules to where other descendants

--Brock-Perry