1To James Madison from Byrd C. Willis, 15 September 1826 (Madison Papers)
Alexander Macomb (1782–1841), a career officer in the U.S. Army and victor at the 1814 Battle of Plattsburgh, was head of the Office of Engineers after the War of 1812. In 1828, Macomb became commanding general of the army, a position he held until his death (Heidler and Heidler, Encyclopedia of the War of 1812
2To James Madison from Byrd C. Willis, 7 April 1825 (Madison Papers)
...1781–1846), after his marriage to Mary Willis Lewis, lived for a time near Orange Court House but settled at Willis Hill, his plantation near Fredericksburg. He was a captain in the Twentieth Regiment of Infantry during the War of 1812. In 1825 Willis moved to Florida Territory, where he was appointed navy agent at Pensacola in 1832, a position he held until his resignation in 1836 (du Bellet,