Ichabod Crane (colonel)

Ichabod B. Crane
Ichabod B. Crane
	Only known photo of Crane; an 1848 daguerrotype
Born	July 18, 1787; Elizabethtown, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	October 5, 1857 (aged 70)
Buried	New Springville, New York City, New York, U.S.
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Marine Corps; United States Army
Years of service	1809-1812 (USMC) ; 1812-1857 (USA)
Rank	First lieutenant (USMC) ; Colonel (USA)
Unit	USS United States (1809-1811)
Commands held	Company B, 3rd Artillery (1812-1825) ; Btln., 4th Artillery (1825-1832); 2nd Artillery; 1st Artillery
Battles/wars	War of 1812 Capture of Fort York (1813); Capture of Fort George (1813); Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor; Black Hawk War; Second Seminole War; "Patriot War"
Relations	Stephen Crane (grandfather); William Montgomery Crane (brother); Joseph Halsey Crane (brother); Charles Henry Crane (son);
Other work	Commander, U.S. Army District of Northeast Florida (c. 1837); acting governor, Military Asylum, Washington DC (1851-1853); post commander, Governors Island;

Ichabod Bennet Crane (July 18, 1787 – October 5, 1857) was an American career military officer for 48 years and the probable namesake of the protagonist in Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

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