War of 1812 Discharge Certificates
Appendix II: List of Company/Detachment Commanders
Updated February 7, 2005
- War of 1812 Discharge Certificates
- Appendix I: List of Units and Subunits
- Appendix II: List of Company/Detachment Commanders
- Appendix III: List of Soldiers by Name
- Appendix IV: List of Soldiers by Unit
Appendix II: List of Company/Detachment Commanders
(Note 9)
NAME | RANK | REGIMENT |
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Adams, Benjamin | Capt. | 33rd Infantry |
Addams, Joseph C. | Capt. | 34th Infantry |
Arbuckle, Matthew | Capt. | 2nd Infantry |
Archer, Samuel B. | Capt. | 2nd Artillery |
Arell, Richard | Capt. | 14th Infantry |
Armistead, Addison Bowles | Capt. | 1st Artillery |
Armstrong, Horatio Gates | Capt. | 23rd Infantry |
Arrosmith, John T. (Note 10) | Capt. | 6th Infantry |
Atkins [sic, Atkinson], Henry | Capt. | 3rd Infantry |
Bailey, Benjamin | Capt. | 34th Infantry |
Baker, Isaac L. | Capt. | 44th Infantry |
Barker, George W. | Capt. | 42nd Infantry |
Barker, James Nelson | Capt. | 2nd Artillery |
Barron, John Varnum | 2nd Lt. | 11th Infantry |
Bartlett, John P. | Lt. | 3rd Artillery |
Bartlett, Josiah | Lt. | 21st Infantry |
Barton, Joseph L. | Capt. | 15th Infantry |
Battey, William | Capt. | 25th Infantry |
Beach, Jesse | Lt. | 25th Infantry |
Bean, Richard | Capt. | 11th Infantry |
Beatty, Erskurius | Capt. | 1st Sublegion |
Bell, John R. | Lt. | Light Artillery |
Bell, Richard Hales | Capt. | 5th Infantry |
Bender, George | Capt. | 9th Infantry |
Bezeau, William | Capt. | 26th Infantry; also Light Artillery |
Biddle, Thomas Jr. | Capt. | 2nd Artillery |
Bill, Alexander T. F. | Ensign | 25th Infantry |
Binney, John | Capt. | 4th Infantry |
Birch, George | Lt. | Light Dragoons |
Birdsall, Benjamin | Capt. | 4th Rifle Regiment |
Bliss, John | Capt. | 11th Infantry |
Blount, John Gray | Capt. | 18th Infantry |
Bowman, William | Lt. | 21st Infantry |
Bowyer, Henry | Capt. | Light Dragoons |
Bradford, Lemuel | Capt. | 21st Infantry |
Bradley, Peter | Capt. | 25th Infantry |
Branch, Benjamin | Capt. | Light Artillery |
Branch, Henry | Capt. | 20th Infantry |
Brant, Joshua B. | Lt. | 2nd Infantry |
Brittain, Phillip | Capt. | 10th Infantry |
Brooks, Jonathan | Capt. | 3rd Artillery |
Brownlow, Alexander | Capt. | 2nd Infantry |
Buck, Londus L. | Capt. | 6th Infantry |
Burbank, Sullivan | Lt./Capt. | 21st Infantry |
Burbidge, James | Lt. | 25th Infantry |
Burd, John A. | Capt. | 2nd Light Dragoons |
Butler, George | Capt. | 18th Infantry |
Butler, Samuel Waring | Capt. | 3rd Infantry |
Butler, William | Capt. | 3rd Infantry |
Butterfield, Shubael | Lt. | 2nd Infantry |
Caldwell, John | Lt. | 16th Infantry |
Campbell, William | Capt. | Light Artillery |
Carberry, Thomas | Capt. | 36th Infantry |
Carson, Charles | Capt. | 15th Infantry |
Chadwick, Peter | Capt. | 34th Infantry |
Chamberlin, Reuben | Capt. | 2nd Infantry |
Charlton, James | Capt. | 12th Infantry |
Childs, Eben (Ebenezer) | Capt. | 5th Infantry |
Chotard, Henry | Capt. | 3rd Infantry |
Chunn, John T. | Capt. | 19th Infantry |
Clay, Joseph | Capt. | 10th Infantry |
Clinch, Duncan Lamont | Capt. | 3rd Infantry |
Clinton, Owen | Capt. | 18th Infantry |
Cocks, William | Capt. | Artillery |
Coles, Walter | Capt. | 3rd Rifle Regiment |
Conover, Stephen | Capt. | 1st Artillery |
Copeland, Jesse | Capt. | 10th Infantry |
Corboley, John R. | Capt. | 5th Infantry |
Corning, Malachi | Capt. | 11th Infantry |
Crane, Ichabod Bennet | Bvt. Maj. | 1st Artillery |
Crawford, David | Capt. | 11th Infantry |
Crawford, Reuben | Capt. | 20th Infantry |
Crossman, Daniel | Capt. | 34th Infantry |
Cuyler, Ralph Burton | Capt. | 6th Infantry |
Danforth, Joshua | Capt. | 45th Infantry |
Danvers, Matthew D. | Capt. | 29th Infantry |
Davenport, William | Capt. | 16th Infantry |
Davis, James | Capt. | 39th Infantry |
Dinkins, James Edward | Capt. | 3rd Infantry |
Douglas, Robert | Capt. | 34th Infantry |
Drew, Francis | Capt. | 33rd Infantry |
Drew, Ira | Capt. | 21st Infantry |
Dunn, Benjamin | Capt. | 33rd Infantry |
Dyson, Samuel T. | Capt. | 1st Artillery |
Ede, Jeremiah | Lt. | 34th Infantry |
Edwards, Robert | Capt. | 17th Infantry |
Elkins, Smith | Capt. | 45th Infantry |
Estabrook, Nathan* | Capt. | Light Artillery |
Fanning, Alexander C. W. | Bvt. Maj. | 2nd Artillery |
Fillebrown, John Jr. | Capt. | 40th Infantry |
Fink, John L. | Capt. | 13th Infantry |
Foss, Elijah | Capt. | 33rd Infantry |
Foster, William L. | Capt. | 5th and 9th Infantry |
Foster, William Sewell | Capt. | 11th Infantry |
Foulk, Willis | Capt. | 22nd Infantry |
Fowle, John Jr. | Capt. | 5th Infantry |
Gaines, Edmund Pendleton | Capt. | 2nd Infantry |
Garrett, Henry | Capt. | 43rd Infantry |
Gates, William | Capt. | 1st Artillery |
Gibson, Alexander | Capt. | Legion of the United States |
Gifford, John | Ensign | 25th Infantry |
Gilder, Reuben | Capt. | 14th Infantry |
Godwin, Alexander | Lt. | 15th Infantry |
Goodenow, Rufus K. | Capt. | 33rd Infantry |
Gooding, George | Capt. | 4th Infantry |
Goodrich, Valuntine R. | Capt. | 11th Infantry |
Gookin, John Wingate | Capt. | Artillery Corps |
Gray, George Jr. | Capt. | 1st Riflemen |
Gray, James | Capt. | 39th Infantry |
Green, James | Capt. | Artillery Corps |
Greenwood, Miles | Capt. | 16th Infantry |
Guion, Isaac | Capt. | 3rd Sublegion |
Haig, George | Capt. | Light Dragoons |
Hale, Horace | Capt. | 11th Infantry |
Hall, Elijah | Capt. | 45th Infantry |
Hall, Robert R. | Lt. | 22nd Infantry |
Hamilton, James | Capt. | 18th Infantry |
Hamilton, Thomas | Capt. | 1st Infantry |
Haring, Samuel * | Capt. | 13th Infantry |
Harris, Samuel D. | Capt. | 2nd Light Dragoons |
Harrison, Thomas | Lt. | 21st Infantry |
Hayne, Arthur P. | Capt. | 1st Dragoons |
Heileman, Julius Frederick | Capt. | Artillery Corps |
Henniger, Henry | Capt. | 39th Infantry |
Henry, Spotwood | Capt. | 2nd Artillery |
Henshaw, William S. | Capt. | 5th Infantry |
Hindman, Jacob | Capt./Maj./Bvt. Lt. Col. | 2nd Artillery |
Hodsdon, Isaac | Capt. | 33rd Infantry |
Hogeboom, Peter L. | Lt. | 23rd Infantry |
Holden, Daniel | Capt. | 45th Infantry |
Hook, James Harvey | Capt. | 38th Infantry |
Hopkins, Samuel Goode | Capt. | 2nd Light Dragoons |
Hoppock, John Lambert | Capt. | 15th Infantry |
Howard, George | Capt. | 25th Infantry |
Hughes, Daniel | Capt. | 1st Infantry |
Hull, Abraham Fuller | Capt. | 9th Infantry |
Humphrey, Enoch | Capt. | Artillery |
Ingersoll, Justus | Lt. | 23rd Infantry |
Jamison, John | Capt. | 5th Infantry |
Jones, John | Capt. | 39th Infantry |
Kean, Joseph | Capt. | 4th Riflemen |
Kearney, Stephen Watts | Capt. | 13th Infantry |
Kendall, Robert R. | Capt. | 34th Infantry |
Ketchum, Daniel | Maj. | 25th Infantry |
King, Edward | Capt. | 18th Infantry |
King, William | Capt. | 3rd Artillery |
Kinney, Joseph | Capt. | 25th Infantry |
Laval, William | Capt. | 3rd Infantry |
Lawrence, Thomas | Capt. | 22nd Infantry |
Lawson, Benjamin | Capt. | 2nd Artillery |
Leavenworth, Henry | Capt. | 25th Infantry |
Leland, Sherman | Capt. | 34th Infantry |
Leonard, Luther | Capt. | 1st Light Artillery |
Leonard, John | Capt. | 40th Infantry |
Leonard, Nathaniel | Capt. | 1st Artillery |
Lester, Noah | Capt. | 1st Light Dragoons |
Lewis, Howell | Capt. | 3rd Sublegion |
Lewis, Thomas | Capt. | 3rd Sublegion |
Lewis, William | Capt. | 3rd Sublegion |
Littlejohn, William M. | Capt. | 1st Dragoons |
Long, John B. | Capt. | 39th Infantry |
Lyman, Chester | Capt. | 9th Infantry |
Lynds, Elam | Capt. | 29th Infantry |
Lyon, _____* (Note 11) | Capt. | 29th Infantry |
Lyon, Thomas | Capt. | 16th Infantry |
Lytle, John | Capt. | 4th Riflemen |
Mabson, Samuel C. | Capt. | 3rd Infantry |
MacDonald, William | Lt. | 19th Infantry |
Machesney, John | Capt. | 16th Infantry |
Madison, Andrew Lewis | Capt. | 12th Infantry |
Many, James B. | Capt. | Artillery |
Marechal, Joseph (Note 12) | Capt. | 14th Infantry |
Marston, Morrill | Bvt. Maj. | 5th Infantry |
Martin, Thomas | Capt. | 1st Sublegion |
Masters, James E. A. | Capt. | 6th Infantry |
McClelland, John | Capt. | 3rd Infantry |
McCobb, Denny | Col. | Volunteer Regiment |
McEwen, Alexander | Capt. | 16th Infantry |
McIlvain, William | Capt. | 14th Infantry |
McIntire, Rufus | Capt. | Artillery Corps |
McIntosh, John N. | Capt. | Light Artillery |
McKeon, James | Capt. | 3rd Artillery |
McPherson, Robert Hector | Capt. | 1st Light Artillery |
McRae ("McCraye"), John Jr. | Capt. | 20th Infantry |
Melvin, George Washington | Capt. | 1st Light Artillery |
Merrill, John | Capt. | 34th Infantry |
Miller, John | Capt. | 2nd Infantry |
Mills, Peter | Capt. | 23rd Infantry |
Montgomery, Thomas | Capt. | 14th Infantry |
Morgan, Asa | Capt. | 1st Dragoons |
Morgan, Lodowick | Capt. | 1st Riflemen |
Morrow, William | Capt. | 22nd Infantry |
Murdock, John Bates | Capt. | 25th Infantry |
Myers, Mordecai | Capt. | 13th Infantry |
Newman, Francis | Capt. | Artillery Corps |
Nicholas, William | Capt. | 2nd Artillery |
Norris, James F. | Capt. | 9th Infantry |
Odell, Azariah W. | Capt. | 23rd Infantry |
Ogden, Benjamin S. | Capt. | 3rd Artillery |
Opie, LeRoy | Capt. | 5th Infantry |
Osborn, Selleck | Capt. | 1st Light Dragoons |
Palmer, I. [J?]* | Lt. | 1st Light Dragoons |
Patterson, Bernard M. | Capt. | 39th Infantry |
Patterson, Robert | Capt. | 32nd Infantry |
Paxton, James | Capt. | 12th Infantry |
Peckham, Lewis | Capt. | 4th Infantry |
Pentland, John | Capt. | 22nd Infantry |
Perry, James | Capt. | 40th Infantry |
Phagan, John | Capt. | 39th Infantry |
Phelps, Seth | Capt. | 25th Infantry |
Philips, Joseph | Capt. | Artillery Corps |
Pierce, Benjamin Kendrick (Note 13) | Capt. | 1st and 3rd Artillery |
Poland, Benjamin | Capt. | 34th Infantry |
Post, Thomas | Capt. | 12th Infantry |
Powers, Thomas M. | Lt. | 16th Infantry |
Prior, Abner | Capt. | 1st Sublegion |
Ramsey, Thomas | Capt. | 1st Riflemen |
Rasin, Samuel | Capt. | 36th Infantry |
Read, James (1806) | Capt. | Artillery |
Read, Thomas M. | Lt./Capt. | 25th Infantry |
Reed, James (1813) | Capt. | 2nd Artillery |
Reed, John | Capt. | 3rd Sublegion |
Richards, George H. | Capt. | Artillery Corps |
Rippey, Samuel A. | Lt. | 22nd Infantry |
Ritchie, John | Capt. | Artillery Corps |
Robeson, Thomas J. | Capt. | 18th Infantry |
Robinson, John Jehu | Capt. | 42nd Infantry |
Rockwell, Samuel | Lt. | 1st Artillery |
Romayne, James T. B. | Capt. | 1st Artillery |
Ropes, Benjamin | Capt. | 21st Infantry |
Rossell, Zachariah | Capt. | 15th Infantry |
Selden, Joseph | Capt. | 2nd Light Dragoons |
Seymour, Thomas S. | Capt. | 25th Infantry |
Simons, Royal D. | Lt. | 34th Infantry |
Smith, Ballard | Capt. | 1st Infantry |
Smith, Charles | Capt. | 2nd Light Dragoons |
Snow, Henry | Capt. | 45th Infantry |
Sparks, Richard | Capt. | 3rd Sublegion |
Springer, Uriah | Capt. | 3rd Sublegion |
Springer, William A. | Lt. | 34th Infantry |
Sproull, John | Capt. | 13th Infantry |
Stanley, Nathan | Capt. | 45th Infantry |
Stark, Jonathan | Capt. | 11th Infantry |
Steele, George G. | Capt. | 16th Infantry |
Stockton, George | Capt. | 28th Infantry |
Stockton, Thomas | Capt. | 3rd Artillery |
Strong, David | Capt. | 1st Infantry |
Stuart, Thomas | Capt. | 39th Infantry |
Sullivan, Clement | Capt. | 14th Infantry |
Swearingen, James Strode | Capt. | 1st Artillery |
Sweet, William | Capt. | 34th Infantry |
Sylvester, Samuel | Lt. | 45th Infantry |
Sylvester, Thomas B. | Capt. | 45th Infantry |
Tappan, Samuel | Capt. | 23rd Infantry |
Taylor, Henry P. | Capt. | 18th Infantry |
Taylor, James | Capt. | 30th Infantry |
Taylor, William | Capt. | 18th Infantry |
Thompson, Alexander Ramsay | Capt. | 2nd Infantry |
Thomson, John L. | Capt. | 43rd Infantry |
Thornton, Arthur Whetham | Capt. | Light Artillery |
Thornton, John A. | Capt. | 20th Infantry |
Tinsley, Samuel | Capt. | 3rd Sublegion |
Tobey, Charles Edward | Capt. | 21st Infantry |
Torrington, _____* | Capt. | 20th Infantry |
Treat, Joseph | Capt. 21st | Infantry |
Van Dalsem, Henry H. | Capt. | 15th Infantry |
Van Veghten, Derck | Capt. | 23rd Infantry |
Vose, Josiah H. | Capt. | 21st Infantry |
Waage, Montague G. | Capt. | 18th Infantry |
Wadsworth, Edward | Capt. | 1st Riflemen |
Walbach, John De Barth | Capt. | 1st Artillery |
Walker, William | Capt. | 25th Infantry |
Walker, William | Capt. | 39th Infantry |
Watson, Benjamin | Capt. | 25th Infantry |
Watson, Horace Harvey | Capt. | 3rd Artillery |
Webb, Edward | Capt. | 6th Infantry |
Weeks, John W. | Capt. | 11th Infantry |
Wheelock, Abel | Lt. | 2nd Dragoons |
White, Edward | Lt. | 25th Infantry |
White, Hays G. | Capt. | 3rd Infantry |
Wilkinson, _____ * | Lt. | regiment not stated |
Williams, Ira | Capt. | 26th Infantry |
Williams, John | Lt. | 13th Infantry |
Willis, Lewis B. | Capt. | 12th Infantry |
Winston, William | Capt. | Light Dragoons |
Woodruff, Joseph | Capt. | 3rd Infantry |
Wright, Clinton | Capt. | 2nd Dragoons |
Youngs, White | Capt. | 15th Infantry |
Zantzinger, Richard Augustus | Capt. | Artillery Corps |
Note 9: Some of these men had other commands during their careers. The ranks and spellings shown here usually follow Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army from its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office 1903), hereinafter, Heitman, also available as National Archives Microfilm Publication M1858. Those marked with an asterisk (*) could not be located in Heitman.
Note 10: Or T. J. Arrowsmith.
Note 11: "Lyon" may be a misspelling for Lynds.
Note 12: Called "Marshall" in Heitman.
Note 13: Brother of President Franklin Pierce.