From Find-A-Grave.
I wonder whi he might have been named after?
Born May 19, 1800 in Allen County, Indiana,. where his father, John Whistler, was commandant of Fort Wayne. Died April 7, 1849, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Stonington, Connecticut, New London County.
--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.
Showing posts with label Stonington Connecticut. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stonington Connecticut. Show all posts
Monday, July 3, 2017
Monday, October 31, 2016
HMS Terror
A British bomb vessel completed 31 July 1813 and commissioned 7 October 1813. Abandoned in Victoria Strait, Canada 22 April 1848.
Its armament was one 13-inch mortar and one 10-inch one. Commanded by John Sheridan.
Bombarded Stonington, Connecticut in August 1814, at the Battle of Baltimore and Fort McHenry 13-14 September 1814 and was one of those bombs bursting in air ships.
In January 1815 was at Battle of Fort Peter and the attack on St. Marys, Georgia.
After the war, it was used for Arctic exploration until laid up in 1828. After which it saw service in the Mediterranean.
--Brock-Perry
Its armament was one 13-inch mortar and one 10-inch one. Commanded by John Sheridan.
Bombarded Stonington, Connecticut in August 1814, at the Battle of Baltimore and Fort McHenry 13-14 September 1814 and was one of those bombs bursting in air ships.
In January 1815 was at Battle of Fort Peter and the attack on St. Marys, Georgia.
After the war, it was used for Arctic exploration until laid up in 1828. After which it saw service in the Mediterranean.
--Brock-Perry
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
1814 Battle of Stonington Commemorated-- Part 2
Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malby, U.S. senator Richard Blumenthe and U.S. RepresentativeJoe Courtney will also be in attendance.
The battle itself took over the span of four days in early August 1814. The Royal Navy ships commanded by Commodore Thomas Masterman Hardy attacked the village of Stonington after it refused to surrender. Using three cannons, two of which are on display at Cannon Square, residents repelled the attack, but many burrough homes were damaged and some still have cannonballs in their walls.
This was one of Connecticut's biggest military events during the war and came at a time when the U.S. fortunes were going bad.
There will be concerts, walking tours, military encampments at the Old Lighthouse Museum. There will also be Stonington Harbor cruises aboard the Mystic Whaler and a rare public display of the original flag that flew over the burrough those days 200 years ago.
--Brock-Perry
The battle itself took over the span of four days in early August 1814. The Royal Navy ships commanded by Commodore Thomas Masterman Hardy attacked the village of Stonington after it refused to surrender. Using three cannons, two of which are on display at Cannon Square, residents repelled the attack, but many burrough homes were damaged and some still have cannonballs in their walls.
This was one of Connecticut's biggest military events during the war and came at a time when the U.S. fortunes were going bad.
There will be concerts, walking tours, military encampments at the Old Lighthouse Museum. There will also be Stonington Harbor cruises aboard the Mystic Whaler and a rare public display of the original flag that flew over the burrough those days 200 years ago.
--Brock-Perry
Monday, August 18, 2014
1814 Battle of Stonington Commemoration-- Part 1
From the August 8, 2014 Connecticut Day "1814 Battle of Sonongton commemoration this weekend" by Joe Wojtas.
A three day bicentennial celebration was held Friday-Sunday, August 9-10th featuring exhibitions and events culminating in a large parade Sunday afternoon.
The Newport Artillery Company will have an 18th century cannon and there will also be a replica of the flag that flew over the burrough (evidently an often-used term in Connecticut) of Stonington during the battle and there will be a representative of the British Navy.
Grand Marshal of the parade is 106-year-old Anna Colt of North Stonington, who attended the centennial celebration as a young girl. Another parade leader is Rita Babcock Palmer Park, whose grandmother, Rita Babcock Palmer, led the 1914 parade. She will be wearing an outfit similar to what her grandmother wore back then.
--Brock-Perry
A three day bicentennial celebration was held Friday-Sunday, August 9-10th featuring exhibitions and events culminating in a large parade Sunday afternoon.
The Newport Artillery Company will have an 18th century cannon and there will also be a replica of the flag that flew over the burrough (evidently an often-used term in Connecticut) of Stonington during the battle and there will be a representative of the British Navy.
Grand Marshal of the parade is 106-year-old Anna Colt of North Stonington, who attended the centennial celebration as a young girl. Another parade leader is Rita Babcock Palmer Park, whose grandmother, Rita Babcock Palmer, led the 1914 parade. She will be wearing an outfit similar to what her grandmother wore back then.
--Brock-Perry
Saturday, August 9, 2014
200 Years Ago: Treaty of Fort Jackson and Raid on Stonington
AUGUST 9TH, 1814: Treaty of Fort Jackson imposes harsh terms on the Muscogee (Creek) Nation for waging war against the United States in 1813-1814.
AUGUST 9TH-12TH, 1814: Raid on Stonington, Connecticut. A British squadron under Captain Sir Thomas Hardy bombarded and then attacked the town.
--Brock-Perry
AUGUST 9TH-12TH, 1814: Raid on Stonington, Connecticut. A British squadron under Captain Sir Thomas Hardy bombarded and then attacked the town.
--Brock-Perry
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Historic Cannon (Possibly From the HMS Nimrod)-- Part 4
Stonington's 3-pounder was restored in time for the 190th anniversary in August 2004. Then, it was sent to the Maryland Archaeology Conservation Laboratory and had corrosives removed. Two cannonballs were found with traces of gunpowder which had to be removed carefully (good idea). It was then coated with a solution to make it rust-resistant. It came back to Stonington and a reproduction carriage built for it.
It is too fragile to be exhibited outside of the historical society which does not have enough room for the 1800 pound cannon so it has been housed in a storage shed the last eight years.
Falmouth has now obtained the Stonington cannon.
--Brock-Perry
It is too fragile to be exhibited outside of the historical society which does not have enough room for the 1800 pound cannon so it has been housed in a storage shed the last eight years.
Falmouth has now obtained the Stonington cannon.
--Brock-Perry
Monday, January 27, 2014
Historic Cannon (Possibly From HMS Nimrod) Finds New Home on Cape Cod-- Part 2
The HMS Nimrod was one of many British ships blockading the coasts of New England and Long Island Sound during the war. It captured and destroyed several American privateers in 1814. It also attacked Falmouth on January 29th and then Wareham and Stonington.
The greatest damage was done at Wareham where 225 British soldiers burned a cotton factory and heavily damaged many vessels, including 17 from Falmouth which had gone upriver for safety.
In 1981, underwater archaeologists sponsored by the Kendall Whaling Museum discovered the five cannons, a carronade and other debris off Round Hill, Dartmouth, Massachusetts. It was decided that they were probably from the Nimrod as it par\trolled the area. They gave a cannon to each town the Nimrod attacked.
--Brock-Perry
The greatest damage was done at Wareham where 225 British soldiers burned a cotton factory and heavily damaged many vessels, including 17 from Falmouth which had gone upriver for safety.
In 1981, underwater archaeologists sponsored by the Kendall Whaling Museum discovered the five cannons, a carronade and other debris off Round Hill, Dartmouth, Massachusetts. It was decided that they were probably from the Nimrod as it par\trolled the area. They gave a cannon to each town the Nimrod attacked.
--Brock-Perry
Historic Stonington Cannon (Possibly HMS Nimrod) Finds New Home on Cape Cod-- Part 1
From the Jan. 18, 2014, Stonington-Mystic (Connecticut) Patch "Historic Stonington Cannon Finds New Home on Cape Cod."
The Stonington Historical Society handed over an old cannon to a historical society on Cape Cod on January 18th as part of that group's plans to commemorate a British ship's bombardment of that town.
Stonington got the cannon in 2000 from the Kendall Whaling Museum (now part of the New Bedford Whaling Museum). It was part of the five recovered in 1981 from the water at Buzzard's Bay, west of Cape Cod. The guns are presumed to be from the British ship Nimrod, 18 guns, jettisoned while trying to navigate shallow waters. The Nimrod later joined a British fleet in bombarding Stonington Borough from August 9-12, 1814.
The Nimrod was a two-year-old Cruizer-class brig at the time and had joined the HMS Ramillies (74-gun ship-of-the-line), HMS Pactolus (44-gun frigate) and HMS Dispatch (22-gun brig) and bomb ship HMS Terror.
--Brock-Perry
The Stonington Historical Society handed over an old cannon to a historical society on Cape Cod on January 18th as part of that group's plans to commemorate a British ship's bombardment of that town.
Stonington got the cannon in 2000 from the Kendall Whaling Museum (now part of the New Bedford Whaling Museum). It was part of the five recovered in 1981 from the water at Buzzard's Bay, west of Cape Cod. The guns are presumed to be from the British ship Nimrod, 18 guns, jettisoned while trying to navigate shallow waters. The Nimrod later joined a British fleet in bombarding Stonington Borough from August 9-12, 1814.
The Nimrod was a two-year-old Cruizer-class brig at the time and had joined the HMS Ramillies (74-gun ship-of-the-line), HMS Pactolus (44-gun frigate) and HMS Dispatch (22-gun brig) and bomb ship HMS Terror.
--Brock-Perry
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The Rockets' Red Glare Over Stonington
From the July 30, 2012, Westerly (Ct.) Sun "LaGrua Center to host War of 1812 presentation."
The Rockets red Glare Over Stonington" was presented August 15, 2012 and presented by four of the contributing authors of "The Rockets Red Glare: The War of 1812 in Connecticut."
In August 1814, the same kind of Congreve Rockets as used at the famous Battle of Fort McHenry the month before, were fired at Stonington.
The authors will also discuss why the U.S. felt it necessary to declare war and why Connecticut initially opposed the war and what was at stake in the Battle of Long Island Sound including the American use of privateers, torpedoes and submarines.
This would have been one interesting presentation.
Brock-Perry
The Rockets red Glare Over Stonington" was presented August 15, 2012 and presented by four of the contributing authors of "The Rockets Red Glare: The War of 1812 in Connecticut."
In August 1814, the same kind of Congreve Rockets as used at the famous Battle of Fort McHenry the month before, were fired at Stonington.
The authors will also discuss why the U.S. felt it necessary to declare war and why Connecticut initially opposed the war and what was at stake in the Battle of Long Island Sound including the American use of privateers, torpedoes and submarines.
This would have been one interesting presentation.
Brock-Perry
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