Major Andrew Hunter Holmes was an American army officer. He was Captain, of the 24th Infantry in the
War of 1812 and was promoted to major June 8, 1813. On April 18, 1814, he was Major of the 32nd Infantry. He was victorious at the
Battle of Longwoods in
Upper Canada but was killed August 4, 1814 in an attack on Fort Mackinac, Michigan in the
Battle of Mackinac Island.
Holmes County, Ohio, and
Holmesville, Mississippi, are named for him.