William Edgar is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
William Edgar
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4100816
Unit:
Merchant Ship Hepsa
Date of Death:
1814-01-28
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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William Edgar was a 38-year-old seaman from New Jersey who served aboard the merchant ship Hepsa. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Edgar died on January 28, 1814, with pneumonia recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.