William McRee was an officer in the United States Army and later a Surveyor General of the United States. Fort McRee was named in his honor.
McRee was born in 1788 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was the son of Major Griffith McRee, a veteran of the American Revolution, and the daughter of Dr. John Fergus of Wilmington.
McRee was a 1805 graduate of the United States Military Academy and received his commission as a second lieutenant into the Ar...
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William McRee was an officer in the United States Army and later a Surveyor General of the United States. Fort McRee was named in his honor.
McRee was born in 1788 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was the son of Major Griffith McRee, a veteran of the American Revolution, and the daughter of Dr. John Fergus of Wilmington.
McRee was a 1805 graduate of the United States Military Academy and received his commission as a second lieutenant into the Army Corps of Engineers on 1 July 1805. From 1806 until 1808, he served as an assistant engineer surveying sites for coastal fortifications in the southern US. In 1808 he transferred to Charleston, South Carolina where he was involved in construction of defenses for that city's harbor.
During the War of 1812, McRee was chief of artillery for the Northern Army then chief engineer for the Army of the Niagara Frontier. For gallant conduct in the Battle of Niagara he was brevetted to lieutenant colonel. For distinguished and meritorious service at...
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