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Against a British Squadron, August 9th to 12th, 1814, by J. Hammond Trumbull

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Title: The Defence of Stonington (Connecticut) Against a British Squadron, August 9th to 12th, 1814

Author: J. Hammond Trumbull

Release Date: October 18, 2008 [EBook #26946]

Language: English

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THE

Defence of Stonington

(CONNECTICUT)

AGAINST A BRITISH SQUADRON,

AUGUST 9TH TO 12TH, 1814.

"Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona."

HARTFORD: 1864.

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE COPIES PRINTED.

FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION.

[Transcriber's Note: the various spellings of Ramilies have been retained
in the text. Similarly, some opening quotes are not always matched with
closing quotes.]

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTORY NOTE, page v

RECORD OF THE EXTRAORDINARY ATTACK ON STONINGTON, 9

NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS, FROM THE CONNECTICUT GAZETTE, 20

MUSTER-ROLL OF CAPT. WM. POTTER'S COMPANY, 22

ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK, PUBLISHED BY THE BOROUGH AUTHORITIES, 24

LETTER FROM CAPT. AMOS PALMER TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR, 33

EXTRACT FROM GEN. ROOT'S SPEECH IN CONGRESS, 1817, 37

THE BATTLE OF STONINGTON, BY PHILIP FRENEAU, 38

CELEBRATIONS OF THE ANNIVERSARY, 42

NOTES, 47

INTRODUCTORY NOTE.

The repulse of a British squadron, at Stonington, by a few undisciplined
volunteers, having only two effective guns, imperfectly protected by a
low earth-work,--and this repulse accomplished without the loss of a
single life,--was not the least glorious achievement of the War of
1812-14. The fiftieth anniversary of the action is close at hand. Few
who wi