Background
Armistead was born in Virginia, and served as an orderly sergeant at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
officer commander Confederate general
Armistead was born in Virginia, and served as an orderly sergeant at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
He graduated from West Point in 1803.
He was promoted to colonel and Chief Engineer on November 12, 1818. When the Army was reorganized on June 1, 1821, he became commander of the 3rd Artillery Regiment. He was brevetted brigadier general in November 1828.
He succeeded Zachary Taylor as commander of the army during the Second Seminole War against the Seminole Indians in Florida in 1840–1841.
He died in Upperville, Virginia. Armistead died in 1845 at the age of 72.
He had a total of 42 years of service as a commissioned officer The attack became immortalized by onlooker Francis Scott Key who penned The Star Spangled Banner while watching the British bombardment of Armistead"s fort.
During the War of 1812, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and successively served as Chief Engineer of the Niagara frontier army and the forces defending Chesapeake Bay.
