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Andrew Holmes (army officer)

Andrew Holmes (army officer)

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Major Andrew Hunter Holmes (1782—August 14, 1814) born in Fairfax County, Virginia,[1] was an American army officer. He was Captain of the 24th Infantry in the War of 1812 and was promoted to major June 8, 1813. On April 18, 1814, he was Major of the 32nd Infantry. He was victorious at the Battle of Longwoods in Upper Canada but was killed August 4, 1814, in an attack on Fort Mackinac, Michigan, in the Battle of Mackinac Island. Holmes County, Ohio,[2] and Holmesville, Mississippi, are named for him.[3]

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Location of the battle on Mackinac Island where Holmes was killed.

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  1. [1]
    "Maj Andrew Hunter Holmes". Find A Grave. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  2. [2]
    Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 159.
  3. [3]
    Pike County Mississippi 1798-1876 Pioneer Families and Confederate Soldiers Archived 2019-04-12 at the Wayback Machine by Luke W. Conerly 1909


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