George Bomford, designer, inventor, and Inspector of Arsenals, Ordnance, Arms and Munitions of War from 1842 to 1845 (Cullum's Register).
Born
1780 (1780) Long Island, New York, U.S.
Died
March 25, 1848(1848-03-25) (aged 67–68) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Place of Burial
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Army
Years of service
1805–1848
Rank
Colonel
Commands held
2nd Chief of Ordnance (1832–1848)
Battles/wars
War of 1812
Relations
James Vote (Voty Bomford) (son)
George N. Bomford (grandson)
George Bomford (1780 – March 25, 1848) was a distinguished military officer in the United States Army and an inventor and designer of weapons and defensive installations. He served as the second Chief of Ordnance for the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps.
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excellent seacoast defense weapon for its day.: 61, 63 Invented by Colonel GeorgeBomford, United States Army, in 1811, columbiads were used in United States...
partially burned by the British on August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812. GeorgeBomford and Joseph Gardner Swift, both military engineers, were called upon...
York, to GeorgeBomford and Louisa Sophia Catton, daughter of noted English artist Charles P. Catton. They had four children, George Newman Bomford, James...
the order (KCIE). Sir Gerald Bomford is a younger brother of landscape artist Laurence GeorgeBomford. "Sir Gerald Bomford, K.C.I.E., Late Director-General...
daughter, Anne Goold Green, married English landscape painter Laurence GeorgeBomford. A crater on Mars was named in his honor. "Nathaniel Everett Green"...
Coming from West Point, these officers, such as Alfred Mordecai and GeorgeBomford, were highly trained in mechanical and chemical engineering and were...
v t e Editors of The Irish Times George Ferdinand Shaw (1859) GeorgeBomford Wheeler (1859–1877) James Scott (1877–1899) William Algernon Locker (1901–1907)...
integrated with the navy rather than the army. RML 11 inch 25 ton gun at Fort George, Bermuda. 16-inch howitzer M1920, Fort Story, Virginia, USA 1942. Pallada...
routed at the Battle of Bladensburg northeast of the capital in Prince George's County, Maryland. Washington had one fort, which the British bypassed,...
North Barracks room No. 5. Thayer met with GeorgeBomford (New York) and Robert E. Lee (Virginia). Bomford was questioned about his parental correspondence...
v t e Editors of The Irish Times George Ferdinand Shaw (1859) GeorgeBomford Wheeler (1859–1877) James Scott (1877–1899) William Algernon Locker (1901–1907)...
v t e Editors of The Irish Times George Ferdinand Shaw (1859) GeorgeBomford Wheeler (1859–1877) James Scott (1877–1899) William Algernon Locker (1901–1907)...
and became the 3rd Chief of Ordnance, following the death of Colonel GeorgeBomford. On March 3, 1849, Talcott was promoted to Brevet Brigadier General...
website, irishtimes.com, beginning on 23 February. George Ferdinand Shaw (1859) Rev. GeorgeBomford Wheeler (1859–1877) James Scott (1877–1899) William...
Decius never married. In 1794, Decius Wadsworth was appointed by President George Washington as a captain in the Artillerist and Engineer Corps. He served...
July 2, 1812 June 1, 1821 2. Colonel GeorgeBomford May 30, 1832 March 25, 1848 3. Brevet Brigadier General George Talcott March 25, 1848 July 10, 1851...
leased by several individuals in the 19th-century, including Colonel GeorgeBomford and U.S. Representative Selah R. Hobbie.: 26–27 William Thornton wanted...
1827: John Armytage Nicholson of Balrath Burry, Kells 1828: Robert GeorgeBomford and Richard Bolton 1829: Anthony Blackburne of Parsonstown 1831: The...
reduce the army to a peacetime establishment, and later, with Colonel GeorgeBomford, to rebuild the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., which had been destroyed...