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| Were
any lives lost throughout the
Gaspee affair?
Adapted from articles originally
posted at Gaspee
Forum (now defunct) on 10/15/2001
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| Q.:
Were any lives lost throughout the
Gaspee affair?
Posted by: LadyA74
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| A.: To answer your
question; while the
commander of the HMS
Gaspee was wounded by being shot in the groin, he survived quite
well
and became a Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy. There is some vague
reference
given only by Lt. Dudingston himself (recorded by the court secretary)
during his court-martial while cross-examining Midshipman William
Dickinson.
"Mr. Dudingston acquainted the Court that he was informed that one of
the
People in the Boats was privately buried ashore." http://gaspee.org/StaplesAppendices.htm
(p. 136). Unfortunately, we cannot ascertain this reference because of
the secrecy surrounding the affair and its participants at the time. It
was a dark night, and many of the raiders may not have known each
other,
but if any others knew his name, they carried it to their graves. We
can
state that shots were fired by the sentry and by Lt. Dudingston in
defense
of their ship, but there is no other record of any person being wounded
other than Lt Dudingston himself.
Posted by: Dr. John Concannon Date: 10/15/2001 |
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