• Arbuckle, Mathew
  Va. Va.
  2 Lieutenant 3 infantry 3 Mar 1799
  1 Lieutenant 24 Oct 1799
  transferred to 2 infantry 1 Apr 1802
  Captain 20 June 1806
  Major 3 infantry 15 Aug 1812
  Lieutenant Colonel 9 Mar 1814
  transferred to 7 infantry 10 Apr 1817
  Colonel 16 Mar 1820
  Brevet Brigadier General 16 Mar 1830 for 10 yrs faithful service in one grade
  died 11 June 1851

Extracted from the Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army: 1789 - 1903
By Francis B. Heitman
Published under act of Congress approved March 2, 1903

Names are followed by state or countrywhere born and then the state from which originally appointed but when there is only one place listed, it indicates the state whence appointed, the place of birth not being known.

Where "Cadet Military Academy" is indicated, the next date refers to the date he entered that institution, and the figure in parenthesis represents his standing in the graduating class.

Some additional excellent resources for your research are:
• Interment.net ~ Cemetery Transcriptions on the net.

• Ancestry.com ~ A huge compilation of databases some of which are free and some of which require a paid subscription.

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