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| (1784–1869)
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| US soldier, born in Newburgh, New York, USA. He raised a company of volunteers in Troy, NY, in the War of 1812 and fought so ably that he was commissioned a colonel in the regular army (1816) and made inspector-general. When the war with Mexico began (1846), he organized another large group of volunteers in Ohio. He then led an epic 900 mi march of 1400 troops from San Antonio, TX, and effectively ensured the US victory at Buena Vista. He continued to hold important commands in the peacetime army, and after the Civil War broke out, at age 77 he kept Fort Monroe from falling to the Confederates (Aug 1861). In 1862 he occupied Norfolk and Portsmouth, VA when the Confederates evacuated them, and held other major staff commands until retiring in July 1863. |
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