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ceived the appointment of Clothier General to the army. Af- 

 ter the end of the war he went to Kentucky, and engaged in 

 mercantile pursuits. Entering again the -army, he was sta- 

 tioned on the frontiers. For some years he was at the head 

 of the southern department of the army. In the war of 1812 

 he was variously employed a portion of the time, in making 

 the fortifications of New Orleans, and in directing operations 

 on the northern frontiers. In 1815 he was tried by a court- 

 martial upon several charges, but was acquitted. He died in 

 Mexico, on the 28th of December, 1825. His body was brought 

 to the house of Mr. Poinsett, then Minister from the United 

 States to Mexico, and his interment took place in the parish 

 of St. Miguel. Public opinion has been much divided as to 

 the character of General Wilkinson ; but all agree that he was 

 a gallant soldier of the Revolution, though his conduct after 

 that period appears, in the estimation of some, to be inex- 

 plicable. 



