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1846 AD (search for this): entry halleck-henry-wager
Halleck, Henry wager 1815-
Military officer; born in Westernville, Oneida co., N. Y., Jan. 16, 1815; graduated at West Point in 1839, entering the engineer corps.
Until June, 1840, he was assistant professor at West Point, and from 1841 to 1844 was employed on the fortifications in New York Harbor.
In 1845 he visited the military establishments of Europe.
In the winter of 1845-46 he delivered at the Lowell Institute, Boston, a series of lectures on the science of war, afterwards published in book form with the title of Elements of military art and Science.
He served in California and on the Pacific coast during the war with Mexico, in which he distinguished himself.
He was on the staff of Commodore Shubrick at the capture of Mazatlan, and was made lieutenant-governor.
From Aug. 13, 1847, to Dec. 20, 1849, he was secretary of the province and Territory of California, and had a large share in preparing the State constitution.
He left the army in 1854, and began the practice
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