Andrew Smith is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Andrew Smith
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4201624
Unit:
Merchant Ship Tom Thumb
Date of Death:
1815-03-05
State:
Maryland
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Andrew Smith was a 24-year-old seaman from Maryland who served aboard the merchant ship Tom Thumb. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Smith died of smallpox (variola) on March 5, 1815. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.