War of 1812 Privateers

Best Sources:: Harrison Scott Baker II who has published two volumes on Prisoners of War held at
Halifax (Maryland Heritage Books).

Ira Dye's Research on Prisoners held at Dartmoor, Chatham, Stapleton, Plymouth and Portsmouth,
sites within the U.K. has yet to be published. SEE Information contribution by Betty Oderwald, President of the Connecticutt Society U.S. Daughters of 1812

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LIST OF AMERICAN PRIVATEERS WAR OF 1812
List is by Vessel name and by Port

Source:
George Foster Emmons, The navy of the United States, from the commencement, 1775 to 1853; with a brief history of each vessel’s service and fate ... Comp. by Lieut. George F. Emmons ... under the authority of the Navy Dept. To which is added a list of private armed vessels, fitted out under the American flag ... also a list of the revenue and coast survey vessels, and principal ocean steamers, belonging to citizens of the United States in 1850.
( Washington: Gideon & Co., 1853.) See

Imprisoned Seamen

See please info. under Link from this page: Privateers

SEAMEN FROM SALEM VICINITY IMPRESSED 1800-1818
Click HERE To see list

VFM 390; Narrative of Capt. Jeremiah Holmes of Mystic Bridge, Conn, 1859 - Denison, Frederic Funds for digitalization provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Click Here

Click Here for Manuscript of JEREMIAH HOLMES PERSONAL NARRATIVE

SEE WAR 1812 REVENUE CUTTER AND NAVAL OPERATION
Provides a complete chronological listing engagement by engagement, names of ships and their commanders.

Paper presented to The New York Military Affairs Symposium
on October 19, 2001 at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York,
revised for web publication, © 2006-2008, by Bob Rowan entitled: AMERICAN PRIVATEERS IN THE WAR OF 1812. This interesting article examines Privateers as they existed in the War of 1812. Examines the following "historical event" and claims made
Click Here : for an interesting read.

AMERICAN BLACK PRIVATEERS SEE LINK HERE