From the Mariners' Museum and Park site.
A Commemorative Medal Replica.
The obverse features a right-facing head and shoulders bust of the lieutenant.
On the morning of September 5, 1813, as the USS Enterprise approached Pemaquid Point on the coast of Maine, Lt. William Burroughs spotted the Royal Navy's brig HMS Boxer in the bay. Upon spotting the Enterprise, the Boxer fired her guns to summon her shore parties back on board.
Quickly weighing anchor, the Boxer headed for the Enterprise. The two brigs were fairly evenly matched, with the Enterprise slightly stronger having fourteen 18-pounder carronades to the Boxer's ten. As the two ships maneuvered towards each other, the Boxer's Captain, Samuel Blyth, had the ship's colors nailed to the mast and said that they would "never be struck" while he was still alive.
Lt. Burroughs on the Enterprise meanwhile was busy moving his two long 9-pound3ers from the bow to the stern, saying "we are going to fight both ends and both sides of the ship as long as the ends and sides hold together."
Brock-Perry
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