Captain Johnston Blakeley, Marker H-10
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N 35° 48.827 W 079° 15.200
17S E 657799 N 3964702
This marker honors a naval hero of the War of 1812. Captain Johnston Blakeley lived three miles from this location in rural Chatham County. He was awarded a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal for a naval action in 1814, after his ship and crew were lost at sea.
Waymark Code: WME2Z
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/02/2006
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Born in Ireland, Johnston Blakeley immigrated to the United States in 1783. During the War of 1812 he commanded two vessels, the Enterprise and the Wasp. In October 1814, a little more than three months after capturing the British ship Reindeer, an act that earned him a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal, Blakeley and the crew of the Wasp disappeared at sea.
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