James Campbell is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
James Campbell
Rank:
Seaman
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Unit:
Merchant Ship Volontaire
Date of Death:
1815-04-08
State:
New York
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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James Campbell was a 36-year-old seaman from New York who served aboard the merchant ship Volontaire. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Campbell was wounded by gunfire during the Dartmoor Prison incident on April 6, 1815, and died from his wounds on the morning of April 8, 1815. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.