Silus Squibb is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Silus Squibb
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4505976
Unit:
Merchant Ship Harpy
Date of Death:
1815-03-18
State:
Connecticut
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Silus Squibb was a 21-year-old seaman from New London who served aboard the merchant ship Harpy. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Squibb died of smallpox (variola) on March 18, 1815. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.