From the Find-A-Grave site. A prime reason it takes me so long to do these blogs, AND, I have seven of them!! Earlier today I mentioned that the Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard, John Cassin, had helped organize the defense of Norfolk, Virginia, for what became a British attack on June 22, 1813, the Battle of Craney Island, just over 200 years ago.
I'd never heard of the man, but the name Cassin rang a bell as being the name of a destroyer that was complete wrecked in drydock with the destroyer Downs during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. The battleship USS Pennsylvania, also in the drydock, was seriously damaged at the same time. Could the Cassin be named for this John Cassin? I had to find out.
A quick search found the Find-A-Grave site and this information.
JOHN CASSIN
Born in Philadelphia July 7, 1760 and died March 24, 1822, in Charleston, SC. He is buried at St. Mary of the Annunciation Cemetery in Charleston, SC.
More to Come. --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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