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CLINCH, Duncan Lamont, soldier, born in Edge-combe county, North Carolina, 6 April, 1787; died in Macon, Georgia, 27 November, 1849. He was appointed first lieutenant in the 3d United States infantry on 1 July, 1808, and was gradually promoted until he became, on 20 April, 1819, colonel of the 8th infantry, and ten years later brevet brigadier-general. When the Seminole war began in Florida in 1835, GeE. Clinch was in command of that district. He commanded at the battle of Withlacoochee, 31 December, 1835, and displayed the most intrepid courage. In September, 1836, he resigned his commission and settled on a plantation near St. Mary's, Georgia Subsequently he was elected as a Whig to congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Millen, and served from 15 February, 1844, till 3 March, 1845. His daughter married GeE. Robert Anderson.
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