Brevet Lt. Col. Julius Frederick Heileman

Military History. — Cadet of the Military Academy, Apr. 14, 1803, to Mar. 6, 1806, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieut., Reg. of Artillerists, Mar. 6, 1806. Served: in garrison at Atlantic Posts, 1806‑12; in the War of 1812‑15 with Great Britain, at Southern Posts on the Atlantic Coast; in garrison at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., 1815‑20, — Ft. Niagara, N. Y., 1820‑23, — New York harbor, 1823‑24, — Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), 1824‑28, Ft. Moultrie, S. C., 1828‑32, Charleston harbor, S. C., 1832‑3, during South Carolina's threatened nullification, — and Ft. Monroe, Va., 1833‑35; and in the Florida War, 1835‑36; being engaged against the Seminole Indians in the Skirmish near Micanopy, June 9, 1836, where he commanded. Died, June 27, 1836, at Fort Drane, Fla.

• Second Lieut., Reg. of Artillerists, Mar. 6, 1806.
• First Lieut., Reg. of Artillerists, Apr. 30, 1808
• Captain, Reg. of Artillerists, May 5, 1813
• Transferred to Corps of Artillery, May 12, 1814
• Captain, 2d Artillery, in Re-organization of Army, June 1, 1821
• Bvt. Major, May 5, 1823, for Faithful Service Ten Years in one Grade
• Major, 2d Artillery, Nov. 17, 1834
• Bvt. Lieut.‑Colonel, June 9, 1836, for Gallantry and Good Conduct in the Affair of Micanopy, Fla.

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