DUNCAN LAMONT CLINCH B ORN Edgecomb County, North Carolina, and Mary Lamont, daughter of Duncan Lamont. Appointed First Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry, July 1st, 1808; Captain, 1810; Lieutenant Colonel, 1813; Colonel, 1819; and in 1829 was brevetted Brigadier General. When the Seminole War broke out in Florida in 1835, General Clinch was in full command of that district and in its earlier efforts he acted a most conspicuous part. In the battle of Ouithlacoochee, December 31st, 1835, he displayed the most intrepid courage and performed noted acts of bravery. He resigned his commission in the Army in April, 1836, and from 1843 to 1845 he was a member of Congress from Georgia. His daughter, Eliza Bayard, married General Robert Anderson. |