Alexander Macomb | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:AlexanderMacomb-CC.jpg) General Macomb's official portrait, by Thomas Sully, 1829, in the West Point Museum Art Collection, U.S. Military Academy | |
| Commanding General of the U.S. Army | |
| In office May 29, 1828 – June 25, 1841 | |
| President | John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison John Tyler |
| Preceded by | Jacob Brown |
| Succeeded by | Winfield Scott |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 3, 1782 Detroit, Province of Quebec, British America |
| Died | June 25, 1841 (aged 59) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Congressional Cemetery |
| Relations | William H. Macomb (son) Montgomery M. Macomb (grandnephew)[1] |
| Awards | Congressional Gold Medal |
| Signature | &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Signature_of_Alexander_Macomb_(1782%E2%80%931841).png){kind=small} |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Army |
| Years of service | 1799–1800, 1801–1841 |
| Rank | &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:US-O8_insignia.svg){kind=small} Major General |
| Commands | 3rd Artillery Regiment Right Division of the Northern Army Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General of the United States Army |
| Battles/wars | |
Alexander Macomb (/məˈkum/;[2] April 3, 1782 – June 25, 1841) was the Commanding General of the United States Army from May 29, 1828, until his death on June 25, 1841. Macomb was the field commander at the Battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812 and, after the stunning victory, was lauded with praise and styled "The Hero of Plattsburgh" by some of the American press. He was promoted to Major General for his conduct, receiving both the Thanks of Congress and a Congressional Gold Medal.
- ^ Shepard, Frederick J. (1904). Supplement to the History of the Yale Class of 1873. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University. pp. 340–342.
- ^ "It was on this occasion, or perhaps at a picnic, that General Macomb, after being busily engaged in decorating the rooms with evergreens, in his ready way gave the impromptu distich: Honor to Farley, glory to Macomb, / One cut the bushes, the other swept the room." Buchanan, Roberdeau (1876). Genealogy of the Roberdeau Family: Including a Biography of General Daniel Roberdeau, of the Revolutionary Army, and the Continental Congress; and Signer of the Articles of Confederation. Washington, DC: J. L. Pearson. p. 118.