Founder of the Watertown Arsenal and commanding officer, 1816 -- 1820. Gen. George Talcott entered the army of the United States during the war of 1812, from New York city as a Lieutenant, and was stationed on the IslaiKis in the harbor of New York ; he was almost immediately promoted to a Captaincy in the Ordnance Corps, he first commanded at the arsenal in the city of New York (afterward the house of refuge), then for a period at the arsenal at Albany (now occupied as District School No. 13), then at Charlestown, Mass., and while there constructed the arsenal at Watertown, where he commanded for a while, and from thence went to Pittsburgh, Pa., and took command of the Alleghany arsenal near that place, from whence he was ordered to the arsenal at Watervliet, where he remained in command, having been promoted to the brevet rank of Major, for ten years faithful services, until the reorganization of the Ordnance Corps in 1832, when he was appointed its Lieut.- Colonel, and soon after Inspector of Arsenals and Armories. During the administration of President Van Buren, he was ordered to take charge of the Bureau at Washington, as "Acting Chief," and held that position until the death of Col. George Bomford, on the 26th of March, 1848, when he was promoted to the full rank of Colonel and Chief of the Ordnance Corps. His commission as Brevet Brigadier-General, "for meritorious services, particularly in relation to the Mexican war,"was dated March 3, 1849. He died at his residence, 748 Broadway, Albany, N. Y., April 25, 1862, se. 75 years, 4 months, 19 days.
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