John Peterson is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
John Peterson
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4506515
Unit:
Merchant Ship Orontes
Date of Death:
1815-06-01
State:
New York
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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John Peterson was a 31-year-old seaman from Albany who served aboard the merchant ship Orontes. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Peterson died on June 1, 1815, with phthisis recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.