War of 1812 Mass Grave on Crab Island

From the June 15, 2012 Listverse.

Mass Grave #8:  Crab Island in New York's Lake Champlain was used a s a hospital during the Battle of Plattsburgh.  Both British and American casualties were treated there.  It was the nearest island to the battle.

The dead, some of whom washed up on shore, were packed into rows in a mass grave south of the hospital.  All but officers, who received proper graves, were lumped together.  (I would take that to mean sailors from both sides.)

Congress finally commissioned a granite obelisk in 1908.

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