George Armistead

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Statue of George Armistead in Baltimore

George Armistead (born April 10, 1780 in Newmarket , Caroline County , Virginia , † April 25, 1818 ) was Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army . He defended as a commander in the War of 1812 during the Battle of Baltimore , the Fort McHenry .

In 1813 he had an approximately 3 m × 13 m large stars and stripes made for Fort McHenry, of which he was in command. The waving flag (with 15 stars and 15 red / white stripes) over the fort, made by Mary Pickersgill and others, inspired Francis Scott Key to write his poem The Defense of Fort McHenry after the Battle of Baltimore . This poem was later set to music for the national anthem of the United States, The Star-Spangled Banner .

His family has German origins. The name Armistead is derived from Darmstadt . He grew up with 4 brothers who all served like him in the army or in a militia during the war. One of his brothers was engineer officer Colonel Walker Keith Armistead , and Confederate Brigadier General Lewis Addison Armistead was his nephew.

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Individual evidence

  1. Star-Spangled Banner and the War of 1812. In: Encyclopedia Smithsonian. Smithsonian Institution , accessed November 10, 2014 .