Lemuel P. Montgomery: Difference between revisions

'''Lemuel Purnell Montgomery''' (c. 1786<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~altcdar/graves.htm Rev. Soldiers Grave Markings]</ref> – March 27, 1814) was an American military officer who fought in the [[Creek War]]. Montgomery was an attorney in [[Nashville, Tennessee]] when the [[War of 1812]] broke out, and was commissioned as a major. He fought in a series of battles in the Creek39th War, culminating in the [[Battle of Talladega]], for which he would be given a pair of pistols by [[Andrew Jackson]] which are today preserved at the [[Smithsonian]]Infantry.<ref>[http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/collection/object.asp?ID=524 The Price of Freedom: Major Lemuel Montgomery's Pistol]</ref> Montgomery was killed in the [[Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814)|Battle of Horseshoe Bend]] on March 27, 1814.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZEkUAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA702,M1 Battle of Horseshoe Bend]</ref> [[Montgomery County, Alabama]] is named in his honor.<ref>[http://www.mc-ala.org/Home/About%20Your%20County/History/History.htm Montgomery County, Alabama History]</ref>