Commodore Thomas MacDonough - Middletown, CT
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The Wadsworth Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a monument in honor of Commodore Thomas MacDonough near the entrance to where he is buried in Riverside Cemetery south of St. John's Square in Middletown, CT.
Waymark Code: WM18T7H
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2023
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The a bronze plaque affixed to a triangular boulder was erected by the Wadsworth Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in honor of Commodore Thomas MacDonough. The plaque is inscribed:
COMMODORE
THOMAS MACDONOUGH
VICTOR AT LAKE CHAMPLAIN
SEPT. 11, 1814
BORN DEC. 31, 1783 DIED NOV. 10, 1825
BURIED IN RIVERSIDE CEMETERY
{emblem of the Daughters of the American Revolution}
PLACED BY WADSWORTH CHAPTER, D.A.R.
1932
Thomas MacDonough was born in New Castle County, DE. He entered the U.S. Navy as a midshipman at age 16. He served in Tripoli at in the War against the Barbary Pirates. During War of 1812 MacDonough had risen to the rank of Master Commandant and was put in charge of U.S. naval forces in Lake Champlain. On September 11, 1814 the decisive Battle of Plattsburg took place on Lake Champlain. MacDonough, aboard the USS Saratoga, along with the USS Ticonderoga, USS Preble, and and the USS Eagle, engaged and, using clever tactics, defeated the British naval force. Thus ending the British invasion of the United States from the north. MacDonough was proclaimed a national hero.
MacDonough was married to Lucy Anne Shaler of Middletown, CT in 1812. The couple resided in Middletown with their children.