Moses Bailey is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Moses Bailey
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4405819
Unit:
Merchant Ship Scorpion
Date of Death:
1815-02-17
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Moses Bailey was a 21-year-old seaman from Pennsylvania who served aboard the merchant ship Scorpion. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Bailey died on February 17, 1815, with variola recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.