PHILIP BRIMBLECOM-- Born 1786 in Marblehead and grew up fishing. In 1809 on his uncle's schooner and sailed to Spain. But his ship was taken off the Spanish coast and impounded in France. he went to work on a French merchant ship, but that was seized by the English and he found himself imprisoned again.
He later escaped on an America-bound ship, but was captured again and exchanged in September 1812 as a POW.
He signed onto the Constitution that month. In a December 1812 battle, (probably against the HMS Java) a cannonball took off an arm at the elbow. This ended his service in the Navy and he couldn't find a job, disabled as he was. A letter to the Navy requesting that his pension be increased from $6 a month was written. Whether he got it is not known.
Then, he was able to get a job at the Charlestown Navy Yard in 1816 and he died at age 38.
The Story of a Sailor. --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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