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William Gatks.—The death of General William Gates took place in this city on Wednesday last, at the ripe old age of eighty years. Deceased entered the Military Academy iu 1801 and gruduated in 1806, when he was promoted to a second lieutenancy in an artillery regiment, and did garrison duty until the hostilities between the United States and Great Britain took place, in 1812, when he was advanc- , cd to a first lieutenancy, and was engaged in the capture of Toronto, (then York), Upper Canada, and in the bombardment of Fort George, After the settlement of the then existing difficulties he served in garrison and frontier duty and rose through various grades of his profession. During the troubles of South Carolina in 1882, 33, when nullification was threatened in the Palmetto State, General Gates, then Major of Frst artillery, was stationed at Fort Moultrie iu Charleston harbor. He took an active part in nearly all the Indian troubles, and when the war with Mexico broke out he accompanied the Third artillery as lieutenant colonel. In 1840, and for two years subsequent, he acted as Governor of Tampico, Mexico. Since then he did many years’ service in garrison. He retired from active service in 1863 and was brcvetted brigadier general in 1805 for long and faithful services.—JY. V. Herald t Oct. iUh.
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Middletown Transcript
Middletown, Delaware, US
Sat, Oct 17, 1868
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