Enos D. Hopping
Born1805
New York City
Died(1847-09-01)September 1, 1847
Mier, Mexico
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1847
RankBrigadier General
Battles/warsMexican–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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