General john stricker biography

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American Battlefield Trust's Post

Brigadier General John Stricker, who fought in both the Revolutionary War and the War of , died #OnThisDay June 23, His father, Colonel George Stricker, commanded the First Maryland Regiment during the Revolution, and John was present at the battles of Princeton, Brandywine, and Monmouth. After the Revolution, he went into finance and banking in Baltimore. When Baltimore was threatened during the War of , Stricker was made a Brigadier General and given command of the Third Brigade of the Maryland Militia, tasked with defending the city. His troops were ordered to North Point, where he successfully slowed the British advance and mortally wounded the British commander, Robert Ross. His men fell back to the defensive line north of the city and held there until the British withdrew following the failed bombardment of Fort McHenry. After the War of , Stricker returned to civilian life.

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Capt. Lt. John Stricker

by: By JohnStricker, Jr.

Maryland Historical Magazine, September , vol. 9, No. 3,

This man has sometimes been confused with Lieutenant John Stricker; they may have been related but this line of research has not been pursued. The surname was and is common in Pennsylvania; the very similar Strickler has also caused difficulties but it is supposed they were distinct families.

John, born in , was the eldest son of George Stricker () and his first wife Catherine (Springer) of Frederick County, Maryland. The family, of Swiss origin, had gradually migrated northward from North Carolina in the pre-Revolutionary period. George Stricker served on the Frederick County Committee of Observation in , and on 3 January was Captain of the Ninth (Light Infantry) Company of General William Smallwood&#;s First Maryland Battalion. On 17 July he was commissioned by the Continental Congress Lt. Colonel of the German Regiment of Maryland and Penn

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“…Every praise was due to him; the city being threatened, it became the duty of the citizens to be foremost in its defense. He claims the honor, and its brave officers and men under his command hailed with delight the opportunity of meeting the enemy’s attack…” Division Orders, September 19,

He was the son Colonel George Stricker () a Revolutionary War officer born on February 15, in Frederick, Maryland. During the revolution he served in General William Smallwood’s’ First Maryland Regiment at the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth, and Princeton.

On August 28, , he was commissioned a brigadier general of the Maryland Militia and commanded the Third Brigade of Baltimore City of the Third Division of the Maryland Militia. On September 11, , Stricker led the Third Brigade and other militia from Pennsylvania and western Maryland to meet the British on what would be the Battle of North Point the following afternoon. He commanded 3, militia to confront the British veterans troops appro