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James Sigourney

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barges but succeeded in driving them off. On a second attack, however,
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was boarded, and Sigourney was killed at his post on deck.
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War of 1812 prisoners of war held by the United Kingdom
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American military personnel killed in the War of 1812
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United States Navy
War of 1812
Boston, Massachusetts
midshipman
Wasp
sailing master
Nautilus
Asp
schooner
Chesapeake Bay
British
USS Sigourney
public domain
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Categories
1790s births
1813 deaths
United States Navy officers
Military personnel from Boston
United States Navy personnel of the War of 1812
American military personnel killed in the War of 1812
War of 1812 prisoners of war held by the United Kingdom

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