Editing Jacob Collamer (section)

==Military service==
He served as an officer in a [[Vermont Army National Guard|Vermont Militia]] unit during the War of 1812.<ref>James V. Marshall, [https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesmanu00mars/page/613 The United States Manual of Biography and History], 1856, page 613</ref>  Appointed as an [[Second lieutenant#United States|ensign]] in the 4th Regiment commanded by William Williams,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com |title=U.S. War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815, Entry for Jacob Collamer |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com LLC |location=Lehi, UT |access-date=June 16, 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> he served first with an artillery unit on Vermont's border with [[Canada]].{{sfn|''Memorial Address on the Life and Character of the Hon. Jacob Collamer''|page=4}}  After promotion to [[First lieutenant#U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force|first lieutenant]], Collamer served as [[Aide-de-camp#United States|aide-de-camp]] to [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] John French, commander of the militia's 2nd Brigade, 4th Division.<ref>{{cite book |last=Child |first=Hamilton |date=1888 |title=Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888 |url=https://archive.org/stream/gazetteeroforang00chil#page/n143/mode/2up/ |location=Syracuse, NY |publisher=Syracuse Journal Company |pages=128–129}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Vermont General Assembly |date=1816 |title=Journals of the General Assembly of the State of Vermont |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6QROAAAAYAAJ&q=%22john+french+%22vermont+militia%22+%222d+brigade%22 |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=Vermont Secretary of State |page=147}}</ref>

French's unit left Orange County for upstate New York in September 1814 in response to warnings of an imminent [[British Army during the Napoleonic Wars#War in North America|British invasion]] from [[Canada]].{{sfn|''Memorial Address on the Life and Character of the Hon. Jacob Collamer''|page=4}}  When the brigade was crossing [[Lake Champlain]] en route to [[Plattsburgh (city), New York|Plattsburgh]], Collamer was sent ahead in a boat to inform Vermont Militia commander Samuel Strong that French's troops were on their way.{{sfn|''Memorial Address on the Life and Character of the Hon. Jacob Collamer''|page=4}}  Collamer was fired on by American sentinels, but was uninjured.{{sfn|''Memorial Address on the Life and Character of the Hon. Jacob Collamer''|page=4}}  Strong informed Collamer that the [[Battle of Plattsburgh]] had taken place the day before, and the British had retreated, so French's troops returned home.{{sfn|''Memorial Address on the Life and Character of the Hon. Jacob Collamer''|page=4}}