Henry Stanton
United States Army officer
About Henry Stanton
Lived 1796 – 1856 (aged 59–60).
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).
Biography Stanton was born in Vermont around 1796. He was appointed a lieutenant in the light artillery on June 29, 1813, and an assistant deputy quartermaster-general in July of the same year. He was then appointed military secretary to General George Izard in 1814, followed by a role as deputy quartermaster-general, with the rank of major on May 13, 1820. He served as adjutant-general under General Thomas S. Jesup in Florida from 1836 to 1837, and as assistant quartermaster-general, with the rank of colonel from 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.
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United States Army officer
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Henry Stanton was born in 1796.
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Henry Stanton died on 1 August 1856.
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