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Alexander Macomb (1782-1841)
Photographer: Thomas Sully via Wikimedia Commons (PD)
Taken: 1829
Caption: Alexander Macomb (1782-1841)
Additional Description: Among the first officers to receive formal training at West Point, he devised a maze of false roads in the forest to stymie the British at Plattsburgh despite being outnumbered by 5-to-1.
Submitted: August 1, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p740791
File Size: 0.056 Megabytes

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