Battle of the Enterprise and Boxer: Their Captains Both Killed, Buried Next to Each Other in Portland

From the Maine Historical Society "200th anniversary  of the Battle  of the Boxer & the Enterprise"

On September 5, 1813,  the HMS Boxer and USS Enterprise engaged in a naval battle off the coast of Monhegan, Maine, during the War of 1812.  This battle between two fairly evenly matched ships embodied a level of honor and respect not seen in modern warfare.

Both Captain William Burrows of the USS Enterprise and Capt. Samuel Blyth of the HMS Boxer were struck down early in the fighting and neither survived this legendary battle.  After a grueling exchange, the Boxer was forced to surrender and the Enterprise towed  her prize into Portland, Maine, as witnessed by Captain Lemuel Moody from the Portland Observatory on Munjoy Hill.

The City of Portland paid its respects not only for the fallen Capt. Burrows, but also to the much respected Capt. Blyth, with a joint procession through the city, ending with a side-by-side burial at Portland's Eastern Cemetery.

--Brock-Perry