Smith Sheldon is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Smith Sheldon
Rank:
Soldier
Serial Number:
4405847
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Date of Death:
1815-01-19
State:
Rhode Island
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Smith Sheldon was a 25-year-old soldier from Rhode Island who served in the militia. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Sheldon died of smallpox (variola) on January 19, 1815. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.