James Monroe Bankhead (1783 - 1856) a U. S. Army officer in the War of 1812, Second Seminole War, and Mexican American War, who rose to the rank of General.James Monroe Bankhead was born on May 24, 1783 in Port Royal, in Caroline County, Virginia.Bankhead joined the U. S. Army in 1808, as a Captain in the 5th Infantry Regiment. Bankhead and Winfield Scott entered the army on the same day and they remained lifelong friends.
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