American soldier, born in Rahway, NJ, in 1795; died in Clifton, NY, on the 31st of March 1874. In 1818 he graduated at the United States Military Academy, and served successively in the Black Hawk expedition; in Florida, in 1836, in the campaign against the Seminoles; on the Canadian border; and again on the Mexican border. He was ordered against the Seminoles in 1852–53, and again in 1854–56; was commander of the Washington defenses until April 4, 1861; was ordered to Fort Pickens, FL, in 1861–62, and his last important services were rendered in New York City, July 12–16, 1863, during the draft riots. For this he was brevetted major-general of the regular army. In the same year he was retired from active service, having had his name on the army register for more than forty-five years.
