About Andrew Holmes
Lived 1782 – 1814 (aged 31–32). Andrew Holmes was an American military personnel.
Location of the battle on Mackinac Island where Holmes was killed.
Major Andrew Hunter Holmes (1782August 4, 1814) born in Fairfax County, Virginia, was an American army officer. He was Captain of the 24th Infantry in the War of 1812 and was promoted to major June 8, 1814. 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, and Holmesville, Mississippi, are named for him.
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Who was Andrew Holmes?
United States Army officer
When was Andrew Holmes born?
Andrew Holmes was born in 1782.
When did Andrew Holmes die?
Andrew Holmes died in 1814.
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Andrew Holmes was a military personnel.
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Andrew Holmes was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Andrew Holmes. https://biography.guide/andrew-holmes-military-personnel/
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