Captain Thomas Gamble in the War of 1812

From the same source as the previous post.

GAMBLE, THOMAS (For previous record see War with Tripoli)--  Midshipman; on Frigate "Essex," 1806; transferred to merchant service. August 25,  1806, and again transferred to the same service, April 20, 1807;

Ordered to duty at New York, N.Y., August 5, 1807; ordered to duty under command of Lieutenant Melancthon T. Woolsey for service on the lakes, July 5, 1808; ordered to duty  at New York, N.Y., April 27, 1809;n  transferred to merchant service, July 10,  1809; ordered to duty under Captain John Rodgers, August 16, 1809;

Lieutenant, April 27, 1810; on Frigate "President," Captain John Rodgers, North Atlantic Squadron, May 1811; ordered to Baltimore, Md. September 3, 1814; on Frigate "Guerriere," November 13, 1814; ordered to New York, N.Y., to join West  India Squadron, Captain David Porter, November 28, 1814.  

(For subsequent service and continued record, see War with Algiers.)

--Brock-Perry

USS Vixen (1803)-- Part 2: Action in the Mediterranean Against the Barbary Pirates

Commodore Preble dispatched the Vixen and frigate USS Philadelphia in October to establish a blockade of Tripoli.  However, the Vixen was searching for two Tripolitan warships when the Philadelphia ran aground and was captured on October 31.

The Vixen ended up carrying dispatches about the Philadelphia's capture and the imprisonment of Captain William Bainbridge, officers and crew to Gibraltar in December.

Retribution for the Philadelphia's capture came quickly, and on 16 February 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur, Jr.  boarded the ship in Tripoli Harbor and after determining it wasn't seaworthy, destroyed it.  Commodore Preble then followed up on this with heavy bombardments of the city on fiver different dates.

The Vixen participated in all five bombardments and also performed tactical actions to coordinate American movement in the Mediterranean Sea.    While in Malta on October 16, 1804, the Vixen was rerigged as a brig to improve its sailing ability.

The American Mediterranean Squadron was now commanded by Commodore John Rodgers and had actions at Tunis in August 1805.  The Vixen returned to the U.S.  in August 1806, now captained by Master Commandant George Cox.

Lots of Future War of 1812 Leaders.  --Brock-Perry

The Family of Jane Octavia Macomb Miller and Morris Smith Miller

From Find-A-Grave.

She was the daughter of Alexander Macomb, who became the U.S. general-in-chief of the Army after the War of 1812.

1822-1900

She married Morris Smith Miller (1822-1900) who served in the Quartermaster's Department during the Civil War. and was appointed to brevet brigadier general n March 1865.  He was the son og Morris Smith Miller (1779-1824) who was a Congressman 1813-1815, and later mayor of Albany, New York and a N.Y. State Court Judge.

They had a son named COL. ALEXANDER MACOMB MILLER (1843-1904).  USMA graduate 1865, 3rd in class.

A daughter, MARIA BLEEKER MILLER WHEATON  (1846-1924) married FRANK WHEATON  (1833-1903) a career military officer who fought in the Civil War and the Indian Wars.

So, we started with the Perry-Rodgers families and now we have the Macombs, Millers and Wheatons.  Quite the military families.

--Brock-Perry

The Family of Minerva and John Rodgers-- Part 2: A Son Lost At

JERUSHA RODGERS  (1819-1883)--  daughter

WILLIAM PINKNEY RODGERS (1821-1891)--  Buried Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

HENRY RODGERS  (1822-1854)--  Lieutenant, U.S. Navy.  Lost on sloop USS Albany.

ANN MINERVA RODGERS MACOMB  (1826-1916) --  Married John Navarre Macomb (1811-1889) USMA 1828 Civil War Union colonel.  Grandson of Declaration of Independence signer Philip Livingston.

They also had several grandsons and great grandsons who were U.S. Navy officers.

--Brock-Perry

The Family of Minerva and John Rodgers-- Part 1: Two Sons Fought in Civil War

As I already said, John Rodgers was a famous naval officer who was the brother of George Washington Rodgers who married Anna Maria Perry, daughter of Christopher R. Perry.  Two of her brothers were Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew Calbraith Perry.

John Rodgers (1772-1838) married Minerva Denison in 1806 and they had eight children.

Their children:

COL. ROBERT SMITH RODGERS (1809-1891)  Married Sarah Perry in 1841.  She was the sister of Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew Calbraith Perry.  He was a Union colonel in the Civil War.

FREDERICK RODGERS  (1811-1828)--  Midshipman U.S. Navy.  Drowned near Norfolk, Virginia, 5 April 1828.

JOHN RODGERS (1812-1882)--  Civil War naval officer.  Commanded the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.

LOUISA RODGERS MEIGS (1816-1879)--  Married Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, a Union Civil War general.  Buried in Arkansas.

And More.  --Brock-Perry

John Rodgers, U.S. Navy-- Part 2: Quasi-War, Barbary War and War of 1812

United States Navy officer.

He married Minerva Denison in 1806 and they had eight children.  Many of the children served in the military.

He became a hero in the pre-War of 1812 naval squabbles with France and Great Britain.  Served with distinction in the Quasi-War with France.  Helped defeat the Tripolitan naval forces in the Barbary War and defeated  a British sloop-of-war  in 1811, which brought back a measure of respect  for the U.S. Navy in the wake of the USS Chesapeake-HMS Shannon affair.

He commanded several squadrons in the War of 1812 and helped defend to successfully defend Baltimore against the British  in 1814.

After the war, he was named President of the U.S.  Navy Board of Commissioners (which included fellow  commodores Isaac Hull and David D. Porter).

--Brock-Perry

John Rodgers, U.S. Navy-- Part 1

From Find-A-Grave.

He was the brother of George Washington Rodgers who married Anna Maria Perry, the daughter of Christopher R. Perry, the father of Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew Calbraith Perry.

Birth:  11 July, 1772 in Havre de Grace, Maryland

Death:  1 August 1838  (age 66)  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Buried:  Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

Range 56, Site 152

A Perry Son-in-Law Through Marriage, Commodore George Washington Rodgers

Married Anna Maria Perry, daughter of Christopher R. Perry.

Commodore GEORGE WASHINGTON RODGERS  (1787- 1832)

Born:    22 Feb 1787  Harford County, Maryland

Death:   21 May 1832  Buenos Aires, Argentina    While in the Navy.

Burial:  Cedar Grove Cemetery,  New London, Connecticut.  Wife Anna Maria Perry Rodgers also buried there.

Died in Bueno Aires while in command of U.S. squadron off Brazil.

He also had several sons who served in the U.S. Navy.  I will post about the couple's sons next.

His brother, John Rodgers, was also in the U.S. Navy and commanded during the War of 1812.

--Brock-Perry

USS New York-- Part 3: Service in the Mediterranean and Burned at Washington Navy Yard

The USS New York sailed to Malta on June 14, 1803, where she received a 17-gun salute from the British Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson and then sailed for Gibraltar by way of Naples and Malaga..  Once there on September 14, she met the fleet of Commodore Edward Preble sent to relieve the New York and Commodore Morris.

Captain John Rodgers came aboard and relieved Morris and a month later, the New York sailed for home.  She arrived at Washington Navy Yard 9 December 1803 and was immediately placed in ordinary.

The New York remained in that state for the next eleven years and was burned when the British captured Washington, D.C., on August 24, 1814.

--Brock-Perry

Other Baltimore War of 1812 Monuments and Sites-- Parrt 1: Westminster Burying Grounds and Patterson Park

From Navy Bicentennial of the War of 11812, War of 1812 Monuments page.  Has sites across the U.S..  But I am dealing just with those in Baltimore.

WESTMINSTER BURYING GROUNDS AND CATACOMBS

Has the gravestones of many influential Americans, including many War of 1812 veterans.  Those who rest here include Brigadier General John Stricker, Major General Samuel  Smith and David Poe, Sr. (the grandfather of Edgar Allan Poe)

PATTERSON PARK

Three War of 1812 monuments are located in front of the Patterson Park pagoda.  J. Maxwell Miller's Star-Spangled Banner Monument depicts two school children holding a memorial scroll; the Rodgers' Bastion cannon commemorates the land battle where  Commodore Rodgers fought; and a row of five cannon represent the War of 1812 fortifications on Hampstead Hill (now part of Patterson Park)/

Brock-Perry

USS Revenge, Perry's Lost Ship-- Part 1: Enforcing the Embargo Act

From Wikipedia.

The ship was bought by the U.S. Navy in 1806 and ran aground 9 January 1811 and sank.

It was 70 feet long and mounted 12 X 6-pdr cannons.

The Navy bought the Baltimore-built schooner Ranger in New Orleans in December 1806.  It was renamed the Revenge and commissioned.

In 1807, it was ordered to the Atlantic Ocean and sailed under Lt. Jacob Jones.  It joined Commodore John Rodgers' New York Flotilla which assembled shortly after the USS Chesapeake-HMS Leopard Affair.  With the passage of Thomas Jefferson's Embargo Act on 22 December 1807, the flotilla established a blockade of the U.S, coast to prevent foreign commerce.

--Brock-Perry