Peter Amos is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Peter Amos
Rank:
Passenger
Serial Number:
4403821
Unit:
Merchant Ship Invincible
Date of Death:
1815-02-18
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Peter Amos was a 22-year-old passenger from Martha's Vineyard who was aboard the merchant ship Invicible Napoleon. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Amos died on February 18, 1815, with variola (smallPpox) recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.