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FOR ACTUAL
TRANSCRIPTS OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY THE COMBATANTS USE THE LINKS
BELOW:
Commodore Thomas
Macdonough,
USN Commander fleet, USS Saratoga
September 11,
1814 (initial report of victory to
Secretary of Navy Jones)
September 13, 1814 (detailed report to Navy Secretary Jones)
Captain Daniel Pring, RN
Commander HMS Linnet
September 12, 1814 (report to Commodore Yeo,
commander of Royal Navy in Canada, detailing particulars of the
defeat.)
George Beale, Jr. Purser USS
Saratoga
September 13, 1814 (report to Commodore Macdonough
with details of dead and wounded, both fleets.)
General Alexander
Macomb, Commander US Army
12th
September 1814 (Letter to Secretary of
War, upon withdrawal of British forces from Plattsburgh)
15th September 1814
(Detailed Report from Headquarters, Plattsburgh)
Dr. James Mann's account of
the Battle of Plattsburg (excerpts from a work by the
Army physician assigned to Crab Island during the Battle of Plattsburgh.)
The
Secrets of Crab Island- by James P. Millard
The Forgotten
Graves of Crab Island- by James G. Bailey. (Guest Contributor)
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 -
Listing of the names of the American sailors killed and wounded during the naval
battle.
The demise of Capt.
Downie at the Battle of Plattsburg
Vessels
and forces involved in the naval battle.
(chart detailing specifics.)
Silas
Duncan, wounded veteran of Macdonough's
fleet.
Congressional Report on the claim for pension benefits.
(Thanks to Peter Murray, USN ret. for this fascinating historical
document-Visit the USS Duncan web site at
http://www.ussduncan.org )
The Battle of
Lake Champlain [a.k.a. Battle of Plattsburgh] The Story of an Eye-Witness,
Retold by J.E. Tuttle
Reproduced from The Outlook, November 2, 1901
Click
Here
for the story of the building of the American fleet at Vergennes, VT.
The enormous anchor from HMS Confiance
has been raised from the depths of Cumberland Bay and is on display in
Plattsburgh's City Hall building
*America's Historic Lakes wishes to thank Barbara
Gallagher for contributing the Confiance anchor photos. |
