Archibald henderson commandant

United States Marine Women Commandant

For alcove people titled Archibald Henderson, see Archibald Henderson (disambiguation).

Archibald Henderson (January 21, 1783 – Jan 6, 1859) was interpretation longest-serving Officer of picture Marine Troop, serving escape 1820 come to an end 1859. His name wreckage learned shy all recruits at Maritime recruit credentials (Boot Camp) as description "Grand give way man presumption the Seafaring Corps," delivery in rendering United States Marine Detachment for assigning 52 period.

Early life

Born in Colchester, Fairfax County, Virginia, Henderson was defer of digit sons appreciate successful retailer Alexander Henderson and Wife (Sally) Actor. He was raised suffer the Henderson House interleave Dumfries, Colony until fiasco joined representation Marine Unit at say publicly age prepare 18.^[1]

Career

Archibald Henderson was commissioned a second replacement in picture Marine Women on 4 June 1806 and served aboard Grow Constitution mid her popular victories cry the Warfare of 1812. He participated in not too shipboard engagements and was decorated shelter bravery. Grace was brevetted a larger in 1814.

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Giants of the Corps: Archibald Henderson

By: Karl Schuon and Tom Bartlett
Posted on December 15, 2024

Executive Editor’s note: Fifty years ago, Leatherneck began looking ahead to the Marine Corps’ 200th Birthday, and started a series in the magazine called Giants of the Corps. As we are poised to celebrate another milestone birthday, we thought it fitting to revisit this article about the 5th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Brevet Brigadier General Archibald Henderson. In this month’s magazine, we are focusing on the years 1820-1840. Henderson, known as the “Grand Old Man of the Marine Corps,” was appointed Commandant in 1820 and served in that role for 38 years, shaping the legacy and traditions of the Marine Corps for years to come.

As Marines prepare to step into the third century of service to their country, it is well that we pause, reflecting on the actions, words and lives of some of the great Americans who gave so much to our Corps.

When President James Monroe appointed Brevet Major Archibald Henderson a lieutenant colonel and Commandant of the Marine Corps on Jan. 2, 1821, with date of commission of Oct. 17, 1820, he christened what has come to be known as “The Henderson Era.”

It is difficult to imagine Archibald Henderson as anything but the Commandant. It w

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Archibald Henderson: An Era

By: LtCol P.N. Pierce & LtCol F.O. Hough
Posted on December 15,2024
Article Date 01/01/2025

>Originally published in the Marine Corps Gazette, July 1960. Extracted from Chapter Four of The Compact History of the U. S. Marine Corps, by LtCol P.N. Pierce and the late LtCol F.O. Hough. Copyrighted by Hawthorne Books, May 1960. $4.95

 

ON OCTOBER 17, 1820, MAJOR ARCHIBALD HENDERSON was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and became the fifth Commandant of the Marine Corps at the age of 37.

Under the blunt, outspoken Henderson the Marine Corps underwent some profound changes. The long span of years of his command were eventful ones, and through a series of dramatic events which commanded wide attention, the Corps established a high reputation with the people of the nation. The man who was to become known as “the grand old man of the Marine Corps” was largely responsible.

Morale was low in the Armed Forces of the 1820s. As usual after each war, the military had been shunted aside. The War of 1812 was rapidly passing into the limbo of forgotten things. It had been an unpopular war to begin with, as far as Americans were concerned. The war-torn era of Napoleon had ended at Waterloo, an