Last week, I wrote about Commander Thomas Macdonough's fleet being built at Jahaziel Sherman Shipyard at Vergennes, Vermont. I wasn't able to find out much about the shipyard or the man.
I did find that he was born in Massachusetts in 1770 and died 21 October 1844 and is buried in Old Cemtery in Vergennes.. In 1831, he had another man built him the schooner Water Witch whose shipwreck has been found.
Other than that, I have nothing.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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