Military officer; born in
New Market,
Caroline co., Va.,
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April 10, 1780; entered the army as second lieutenant in 1799.
In 1813 he held the rank of major in the 3d Artillery, and was distinguished at the capture of
Fort George.
His gallant defence of
Fort McHenry in September, 1814, won for him immortal honors.
He had five brothers in the military service in the second war for independence--three in the regular army and two in the militia service.
Because of his bravery in defending
Baltimore, he was brevetted a lieutenant-colonel; and the citizens presented him with an elegant silver service in the form of a vase fashioned like a bombshell, with goblets and salver.
After his death at
Baltimore, April 25, 1818, a fine marble monument was erected there to his memory.
The
grateful citizens also erected a large monument, designed by
Maximilian Godefroy, and wrought in white marble, in memory of
all the defenders of
Baltimore.
It
is a cenotaph, and was erected in 1815, at a cost of $60,000. It bears the names, in bronze letters, of the officers who perished in defence of the city.
