From Wikipedia.
In the last post I mentioned what happened to the USS Chesapeake's Third Lt, William Sitgreaves Cox who ended up taking the blame for the loss of the USS Chesapeake to the HMS Shannon on June 1, 1813, off the shore of Boston. For this he was found guilty at a court martial the next year.
I had never heard of him or the case before so did a little more research.
1790-1874.
Served below deck in charge of a gun crew during the battle, but when his crew abandoned their post, he went to the upper deck to continue the fight. When his Captain James Lawrence was wounded, he took him below deck to the ship's doctor.
However, the rest of the officers were all wounded or killed so Cox had become the senior, non-wounded officer present.
--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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