Robert Armstrong (September 28, 1792 – February 23, 1854) was an officer in the United States Army, a candidate for the position of Governor of Tennessee, and a United States consul to Liverpool.

[1] He served as a sergeant in the Army during the War of 1812, and as a lieutenant of artillery under Andrew Jackson during the Creek War, getting wounded at the Battle of Enitachopco Creek in 1814,[2] and served as a member of Jackson's staff at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.

He was commissioned a brigadier general during the Second Seminole War during 1836 and 1837, and was engaged in the Battle of Wahoo Swamp.

He remained in that position until his death in 1854 in Washington, D.C.[1] He married Margaret Nichol in June 1814 and died in 1861[citation needed]

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