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Maj Samuel Spotts

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Maj Samuel Spotts

Birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
11 Jul 1833 (aged 44)
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 29.940736, Longitude: -89.9952442
Memorial ID
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Inscription

In memory of Major Samuel Spotts U.S.A.
Who shot the first gun at the Battle of New Orleans Jan 8 1815.
Third Regiment Seventh Battery Artillery Corp

Gravesite Details

This maybe a cenotaph



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