Privateer General Armstrong (I)

Actually, there were two privateers using this name.  One operating out of Charleston, S.C., and the other out of New York City.

By far, the more famous of the two was the one from New York

This is the other one.

GENERAL ARMSTRONG

Captain:  John Sinclair

Commissioned:  23 November 1812

Operated out of Charleston, S.C.

Owners:  Rensalaer Havens, Thomas Formar, Thomas Jenkins, John Sinclair, John Everingham Smith (New York owned)

Ship:  205 tons

Crew:  120 to 100

16 guns

Prizes:  3 (0)

--Brock-Perry