David Holtz company book, 1814-1815.
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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 17th (1812-1815)
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In June 1812, Congress authorized the expansion of the army from 7 regular infantry regiments to 25. The 17th Infantry Regiment was the second Kentucky regiment, recruited and organized at Georgetown, Kentucky by Col. Samuel Wells. Colonel John Miller was in command of the 17th and 19th Infantry Regiments at Fort Meigs, a picketed encampment built on the Maumee, supported with blockhouses and artillery batteries, when the British attacked the fort in late April 1813. Captain Holt's company of th...
United States. Army
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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...
HOLTZ, DAVID
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David Holtz entered the 17th Regiment Infantry on July 6, 1812, as a captain under Colonel Samuel Wells. This regiment was organized on January 11, 1812, in Kentucky and was later consolidated with the 3rd Infantry. Their purpose was to liberate the Northwest Territories (Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois) from the British. The 17th Infantry participated in the siege at Fort Meigs and the Niagara campaign. In the summer of 1814 they were stationed in Detroit. From the guide to the David H...
