The prisoners' memoirs, or, Dartmoor prison : $b containing a complete and impartial history of the entire captivity of the Americans in England, from the commencement of the last war between the United States and Great Britain, until all prisoners were released by the treaty of Ghent. Also a particular detail of all occurrences relative to the horrid massacre at Dartmoor, on the fatal evening of the 6th of April, 1815.Andrews, C. (Charles)
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The prisoners' memoirs, or, Dartmoor prison : $b containing a complete and impartial history of the entire captivity of the Americans in England, from the commencement of the last war between the United States and Great Britain, until all prisoners were released by the treaty of Ghent. Also a particular detail of all occurrences relative to the horrid massacre at Dartmoor, on the fatal evening of the 6th of April, 1815.
Andrews, C. (Charles)
Dartmoor Prison; United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Prisoners and prisons
James Mann, Boston, Ciro; the ball entered at the inferior angle
of the left scapula, and lodged under the integument of the right
pectoral muscle. In its course, it passed through the inferior
margin of the right and left lobes of the lungs.
Joseph Toker Johnson, not known; the ball entered at the inferior
angle of the left scapula, penetrated the heart, and passing through
both lobes of the lungs, made its egress at the right axilla.
William Leverage, N. Y., Saratoga; the ball entered about the middle
of the left arm, through which it passed, and penetrating the
corresponding side, betwixt the second and third ribs, passing
through the left lobe of the lungs, the mediartenum, and over the
right lobe, lodged betwixt the fifth and sixth ribs.
James Campbell, N. Y., discharged; the ball entered at the outer
angle of the right eye, and in its course fractured and depressed
the greater part of the frontal bone, fractured the nasal bones, and
made its egress above the orbital ridge of the left eye. He
languished until the morning of the 8th, when he died.
DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED, AND LIMBS AMPUTATED IMMEDIATELY ON THE NIGHT OF
THE SIXTH.
John Gray, Virginia, prize to the Paul Jones, left arm.
James Wills, Marblehead, Paul Jones, left arm.
James Trumbull, Portland, Maine, Elbridge Gerry, left arm.
Robbert Willett, Portland, Maine, left thigh.
Thomas Smith, New-York, Paul Jones, left thigh.
John Gier, Boston, Rambler, left thigh.
Wm. Leversage, N. Y., Magdalen, right thumb.
DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED, LIMBS NOT AMPUTATED ON THE EIGHTH.
Thomas Findley, Marblehead, Enterprise, wounded in the thigh and back.
Ephraim Linson.
John Hogerberth, Philadelphia, Good Friends, of do., thigh and hip.
William Blake, Kennebeck, discharged, M. W., three wounds in the body.
Peter Wilson, New-York, Virginia Planter, in the hand.
James Israel, do., do., thigh.
Jacob Davis, do., do., thigh.
Caleb Cotton, Taunton, Mass., M. W., two places in the body.
John Roberts, do., do., thigh.
Joseph Phipps, Old Concord, Zebra, thigh and belly.
William Lamb, do., do., eyes.
Edward Gardner, Marblehead, impressed, in the wrist.
William Appleby, New-York, Magdelen, arm.
James Bell, Philadelphia, Joel Barlow, wrist and thigh.
Philip Ford, Philadelphia, impressed, five wounds, side, breast, back
and thigh.
James Birch, thigh.
Henry Montcalm, Roxbury, Mass., Governor Tompkins, knee.
Andrew Garrison, thigh and head.
Robert Tadley, Bath, Maine, Grand Turk, privates.
William Penn, Virginia, impressed, thigh.
Joseph Reugh, thigh.
Thaddeus Howard, Rochester, Mass., Hart of Bedford, leg.
Edward Banker, Portsmouth, N. H., impressed, back.
Thomas George, Norfolk, Virginia, U. S. Rattlesnake, thigh.
Alexander Wilson, Providence, R. I., Leo, hand and leg.
John Surrey, N. Y., French privateer, cheek.
Nathaniel Wakeneld, Beverly, Mass., Ciro, right knee.
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