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The Case of the Spanish Prize Ship at Dauphin Island

Dec 8, 2014

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Capt. Nicholas Lockyer of HMS Sophie was furious when he gave the order to weigh anchor just off Grande Terre island on Sept. 4, 1814. He and his fellow British officers had been released a couple of hours earlier from a sleepless night in a crude, dirty cell where they had been subjected to threats…

Capt. Percy’s Folly at Fort Bowyer

Sep 14, 2014

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Pam Keyes

in American History, general history, History, Louisiana History, Native American History

Young British Capt. William H. Percy found himself in dire straits on the afternoon of Sept. 15, 1814. His ship, the sixth rate class HMS Hermes, was mired for the second time that day on a sand bar in shoal water within 150 yards of Fort Bowyer near Mobile Bay, and the Americans…

The British Visit to Laffite: A Study of Events 200 Years Later

Aug 25, 2014

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Pam Keyes

in American History, general history, History, Louisiana History, Nautical History

When Commander Nicholas Lockyer sailed in HMS Sophie from Pensacola towards Jean Laffite’s Grande Terre encampment on Sept. 1, 1814, he already knew that the Baratarian privateer base might soon be blown to bits, and that the Sophie would not be the instrument of that destruction, despite his written orders to that effect from his…

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The Case of the Spanish Prize Ship at Dauphin Island

Capt. Percy’s Folly at Fort Bowyer

The British Visit to Laffite: A Study of Events 200 Years Later