Tag: Captain James Lawrence
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“Don’t Give Up The Ship”: Midshipman Courtlandt Livingston and the USS Chesapeake
On July 5, 1813, the Virginia Argus of Richmond, Virginia published a list of those killed and wounded in the battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon. Among those killed was Midshipman Courtlandt Livingston. Many believed that the Chesapeake was an unlucky ship or event cursed. The Naval Act of 1794 authorized the construction…
Clermont State Historic Site 