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Photographer: Harper's Monthly
Taken: January 1862
Caption: Lawrence's First Monument
Additional Description: “In this short but severe action the Chesapeake lost her commander, Lieutenants Ludlow, Ballard, and Broome, sailing-master White, boat­swain Adams, three midshipmen, twenty-seven seamen, and eleven marines killed; and ninety­eight officers and men wounded. The Chesapeake was taken to Halifax, where she was received with the greatest joy. Lawrence had died on the way, and was buried there with all proper honors. His remains were afterward taken to Salem, Massachusetts, and honored with a public funeral. They were finally conveyed to New York and buried in Trinity Church­yard, where a monument to his memory was erected. That decaying, another has been constructed. The victory of the Shannon, after the British navy had suffered so many reverses, was hailed in England with unbounded joy.” – Benson J. Lossing, “History of the United States Navy” in Harper’s Monthly, January 1862.
Submitted: November 6, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p452780
File Size: 0.620 Megabytes

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