Charles Josephus Nourse

{{Infobox military person |name= Charles Josephus Nourse |birth_date= {{birth date|1786|06|01}} |death_date= {{death date and age|1851|03|19|1786|06|01}} |birth_place= [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]], US |death_place= [[Washington, D.C.]], US |burial_place= [[Rock Creek Cemetery]] |burial_label= Place of Burial |image=File:Charles J. Nourse (US Army Adjutant General).jpg |image_size=150 |caption=Charles J. Nourse |allegiance= [[United States|United States of America]] |branch= [[United States Army]] |service_years= 1812–1827 |rank= [[Major (United States)|Major]] |commands=[[List of Adjutant Generals of the U.S. Army|Adjutant General of the U.S. Army]] (acting) |battles= |other_work=Chief Clerk of the [[United States Department of War|War Department]] |relations=[[Joseph Nourse]] (father) }} '''Charles Josephus Nourse''' (June 1, 1786–March 19, 1851) was an American military officer who served as acting [[List of Adjutant Generals of the U.S. Army|Adjutant General of the U.S. Army]] from 1822 to 1825.

== Biography == Nourse was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]] on June 1, 1786. He was the son of [[Register of the Treasury]], [[Joseph Nourse]].

In 1808 Nourse carried private messages to [[England]] for President [[James Madison]]. In 1809 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army. He was promoted to first lieutenant in 1812 and received brevets to captain (1813), and major (1814). Nourse took part in the [[War of 1812]] as an aide to General [[James Wilkinson]].

Nourse served in the Army until 1827, and was acting Adjutant General from 1822 to 1825. He resigned from the Army to become chief clerk for the [[United States Department of War|Department of War]] and he served until he was replaced at the start of [[Andrew Jackson]]'s administration in 1829.

After leaving the War Department, Nourse resided at ''The Highlands'', his Washington, D.C. plantation.

He died in [[Washington, D.C.]], and was buried at [[Rock Creek Cemetery]].

==See also== *[[List of Adjutant Generals of the U.S. Army]]

==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite book |title=Some Prominent Virginia Families |last=du Bellet |first=Louise Pequet |year=1907 |publisher=J. P. Bell Co. |location=[[Lynchburg, Virginia]] |url=https://archive.org/details/someprominentvir04pecq|accessdate=2009-05-07|page=[https://archive.org/details/someprominentvir04pecq/page/110 110]}} *{{cite book |title=Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, Volume 1 |last=Heitman |first=Francis B. |year=1903 |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|Government Printing Office]] |location=[[Washington, D.C.]]}}

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