Samuel B. Rathbone


(Ap’d N. Y.)

Cadet of the Military Academy, June 29, 1803, to June 13, 1808, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieut., Reg. of Artillerists, June 13, 1808.

Served: in garrison at Atlantic Posts, 1808 – 1812; and in the War of 1812 – 1815 with Great Britain, being engaged in the Attack on “Queenstown Heights”, U. C., Oct. 13, 1812, where he was Mortally Wounded, and Died of Wounds, Dec. 8, 1812, at Fort Niagara, N. Y.

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