Henry Stanton
United states army officer
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| Intro | United states army officer | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Officer | |
| Work field | Military | |
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| Birth | 1796 | |
| Death | 1 August 1856 (aged 60 years) |
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Henry Stanton (c 1796–1856) was a United States Army officer who was brevetted brigadier-general for meritorious conduct in the Mexican War (1846–1848).
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Stanton born in Vermont about 1796. He was appointed a lieutenant in the light artillery on June 29, 1813, assistant deputy quartermaster-general in July 1813, military secretary to General George Izard in 1814, deputy quartermaster-general, with the rank of major on May 13, 1820, acting adjutant-general under General Thomas S. Jesup in Florida from 1836 to 1837, assistant quartermaster-general, with the rank of colonel on 7 July 7, 1838, and was brevetted brigadier-general for meritorious conduct in the Mexican War on January 1, 1847. He died at Fort Hamilton, New York on 1 August 1856.