Enos D. Hopping

Enos D. Hopping
Born 1805
New York City
Died September 1, 1847(1847-09-01)
Mier, Mexico
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service 1847
Rank Brigadier General
Battles/wars Mexican-American War

Enos D. Hopping (1805 – September 1, 1847) was a brigadier general in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War.

Biography

He was born in 1805 to Jehiel Hopping and Harriet Mead.

A personal and political friend of Secretary of War William L. Marcy, Hopping was appointed a brigadier general in the Regular Army by President James K. Polk on March 3, 1847.

He was commanding a camp of instruction in northern Mexico when he died on September 1, 1847.

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