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United States’ brig Eagle
Plattsburgh, Sept. 12, 1814
Sir: I am happy to inform you that all my officers and men acted bravely,
and did
their duty in the battle yesterday, with the enemy.
I shall have the pleasure of making a more particular representation of
the
respective merits of my gallant officers, to the honorable the secretary
of the
navy.
I have the honor to be,
Respectfully sir,
Your most obedient servant,
Robert Henley.
P.S. We had 31 round shot in our hull (mostly 24-pounders), four in our
lower
masts, and we were well peppered with grape. I enclose my boatswains’
report.
R. H.
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United States’ Schooner Ticonderoga
Plattsburgh Bay, Sept. 12, 1814.
Sir:
It is with pleasure I state, that every officer and man under my command,
did their
duty yesterday.
Yours Respectfully.
Stephen Cassin,
Lieutenant Commandant. |
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Commodore Thomas MacDonough
United States’ ship Saratoga,
Sept. 15, 1814, off Plattsburgh.
Sir:
As providence has given into my command the squadron of Lake Champlain,
of which you were (after the fall of Captain Downie) the commanding officer,
I beg you will, after the able conflict you sustained, and evidence of determined
valor you evinced on board his Brittanic majesty’s brig Linnet, until the necessity of
her surrender, accept of your enclosed parole, not to serve against the United states, or their
dependencies, until regularly exchanged.
I am, &c. &c.
T. MacDonough.
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To Captain Pring, royal navy.
MACDONOUGH’S OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN LOSSES AND
BRITISH PRISONERS.
United States’ ship Saratoga,
September 13, 1814.
Sir:
I have the honor to enclose you a list of the killed and wounded on
board the
different vessels of the squadron under your command in the action of the
11th inst.
It is impossible to ascertain correctly the loss of the enemy. From the
best
information received from the British officers, from my own observations,
and from
various lists found on board the Confiance, I calculate the number of men
on board that
ship at the commencement of the action, at 270, of whom 180, at least,
were killed and
wounded; and on board the other captured vessels at least, 80 more,
making in the whole,
killed or wounded, 260. This is doubtless short of the real number, as
many were thrown
overboard from the Confiance during the engagement.
The muster books must have been thrown overboard, or otherwise disposed
of, as
they are not to be found.
I am, sir, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
George Beale, Jr.,
Purser.
Thomas Macdonough, esq., commanding United States’ squadron on Lake
Champlain.
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RETURN OF KILLED AND WOUNDED ON BOARD THE UNITED STATES’ SQUADRON
ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN, IN THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BRITISH FLEET, ON THE 11TH
OF SEPTEMBER, 1814. |
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SHIP SARATOGA |
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KILLED |
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Peter Gamble
|
lieutenant |
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Thomas Butler
|
quarter gunner |
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James Norberry
|
boatswain’s mate |
|
Abraham Davis
|
quartermaster |
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William Wyer
|
sailmaker |
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William Brickell
|
seaman |
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Peter Johnson
|
seaman |
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John Coleman
|
seaman |
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Benjamin Burrill
|
ordinary seaman |
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Andrew Parmalee
|
ordinary seaman |
|
Peter Post
|
seaman |
|
David Benner
|
seaman |
|
Ebenezer Johnson
|
seaman |
|
Joseph Couch
|
landsman |
|
Thomas Stevens
|
seaman |
|
Randall McDonald
|
ordinary seaman |
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John White
|
ordinary seaman |
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Samuel Smith
|
seaman |
|
Thomas Maloney
|
ordinary seaman |
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Andrew Nelson
|
seaman |
|
John Sellack
|
seaman |
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Peter Hanson
|
seaman |
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Jacob Laraway
|
seaman |
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Edward Moore
|
seaman |
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Jerome Williams
|
ordinary seaman |
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James Carlisle,
|
marine |
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John Smart
|
seaman |
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Earl Hannemon
|
seaman |
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Total, 28. |
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WOUNDED |
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James M. Baldwin
|
acting midshipman |
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Joseph Barron
|
pilot |
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Robert Gray
|
quarter gunner |
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George Cassin
|
quartermaster |
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John Hollingsworth
|
seaman |
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Thomas Robinson
|
seaman |
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Purnall Smith
|
seaman |
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John Ottiwell
|
seaman |
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John Thompson
|
ordinary seaman |
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William Tabee
|
ordinary seaman |
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William Williams
|
ordinary seaman |
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John Roberson
|
seaman |
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John Towns
|
landsman |
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John Shays
|
seaman |
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John S., Hammond
|
seaman |
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James Barlow
|
seaman |
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James Nagle
|
ordinary seaman |
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John Lanman
|
seaman |
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Peter Colberg
|
seaman |
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William Newton
|
ordinary seaman |
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Neil J. Heidmont
|
seaman |
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James Steward
|
seaman |
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John Adams
|
landsman |
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Charles Ratche
|
seaman |
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Benjamin Jackson
|
marine |
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Jesse Vanhorn
|
marine |
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Joseph Ketter
|
marine |
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Samuel Pearson
|
marine |
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Total, 29. |
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