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[[File:Lemuel P Montgomery statue.JPG|thumb|right|A statue of Major Montgomery at the [[Montgomery County, Alabama|Montgomery County]] courthouse.]] |
[[File:Lemuel P Montgomery statue.JPG|thumb|right|A statue of Major Montgomery at the [[Montgomery County, Alabama|Montgomery County]] courthouse.]] |
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'''Lemuel Purnell Montgomery''' (c. 1786 – 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 of the 39th Infantry. He 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> |
'''Lemuel Purnell Montgomery''' (c. 1786 – 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 of the 39th Infantry. He was killed in the [[Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814)|Battle of Horseshoe Bend]], a part of the [[Creek War]], 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> |
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[[Montgomery County, Alabama]], was named in his honor, in 1816.<ref>[http://www.mc-ala.org/Home/About%20Your%20County/History/History.htm Montgomery County, Alabama History]</ref> |
[[Montgomery County, Alabama]], was named in his honor, in 1816.<ref>[http://www.mc-ala.org/Home/About%20Your%20County/History/History.htm Montgomery County, Alabama History]</ref> |
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Lemuel Purnell Montgomery (c. 1786 – 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 of the 39th Infantry. He was killed in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, a part of the Creek War, on March 27, 1814.[1]
Montgomery County, Alabama, was named in his honor, in 1816.[2]
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