John O'Neill Cannon - Havre de Grace, MD
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N 39° 32.441 W 076° 05.082
18S E 406792 N 4377341
A cannon used in the battle of Havre de Grace in the war of 1812.
Waymark Code: WMXE7P
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2018
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The plaque says, "This cannon of the War of 1812
marks the site of the battery on Concord Point
where
John O'Neill
1769-1838
served the guns single handed during the
British attack upon Havre de Grace
May 3, 1813 until disabled and captured.
He was released from the British frigate Maid Stone through the intercession of his young daughter, Matilda, to whom Admiral Cockburn gave his gold-mounted snuff-box in a token of her heroism. As a tribute to the gallant conduct of her father, the citizens of Philadelphia presented to him a handsome sword.
Erected by the citizens of Havre de Grace and the descendants of John O'Neill in the year of the National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial 1914."
Date Erected/Dedicated: 1914
Who put it there? Private/Government?: the citizens of Havre de Grace and the descendants of John O'Neill
Location/Address:
700 Concord Ave., Havre de Grace, MD
County/Province: Harford County
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