U.S. SHIP Saratoga,
Sept. 13, 1814
SIR:
I have the honor to enclose to 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 instant. 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 two hundred and seventy, of whom one hundred and eighty at least were killed and wounded,
and on board
the other captured vessels, at least eighty more, making in the whole, killed
and wounded, two hundred and sixty. 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,
GEO. BEALE, Jr., Purser
To see a list of the American killed and
wounded from the United States squadron, click
HERE.
Sources:
1 U.S. Congressional Documents- Annals of
Congress, 13th Congress, 3rd session, Pages 1795-1800.
Library of Congress- "American Memory- A Century of Lawmaking:
1774-1873."
