Military History of John Armstrong, Jr.
	( 11/25/1758 - 4/1/1843)
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	Officer History
	Date   Rank   Unit   Military Action   Position   Status   1775   Captain   Pennsylvania Militia             15 Sep - 31 Dec 1775   Captain   Pennsylvania Militia   Canada Campaign (I)         1776   Major   Continental Army       Aide-de-Camp, General Hugh Mercer       3 Jan 1777   Major   Continental Army   Princeton   Aide-de-Camp, General Hugh Mercer   Wounded     19 Sep 1777   Major   Continental Army   Freeman's Farm, NY (I)         7-15 Oct 1777   Major   Continental Army   Freeman's Farm, NY (II)         1780   Major   Southern Army       Adjutant       Aug 1780   Major   Continental Army       Aide-de-Camp, General Horatio Gates       Jun 1784   Major   Continental Army       Aide-de-Camp, General Horatio Gates   Discharged
	Post-War Offices Held
	Date From   Date To   Office Name   Notes   March 1787   30 October 1788   Congressman, New York City, NY   United States in Congress Assembled (aka Congress of the Confederation); 7th & 8th Sessions     1804   1810   Minister to France, France       February 1813   September 1814   Secretary of War, Washington, D.C.