Captain Hugh George Campbell, US Navy, War of 1812
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006about Hugh C Campbell
Name: Hugh C Campbell
Service Info.: CAPTAIN US NAVY
Death Date: 11 Nov 1820
Cemetery: Congressional Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 1801 E. Street, SE Washingtond, DC 20003
Buried At: Section 1115 Row 29 Site 26
Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900about H. G Campbell
Name: H. G Campbell
Rank Information: Appointed Master Commandant, Captain
Service Dates: 27 Jul 1799
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)
Death Date: 11 Nov 1820
(Born: 1760, South Carolina; Died: 11 November 1820, Washington, DC)
Began service in the Revenue Marine and was integrated into the Navy during the Quasi-War with France while in command of Eagle.
While in Constitution, also served as Mediterranean Squadron commander. Remained in a shore command during the War of 1812.
The first USS Eagle, a schooner, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1798, and commissioned in the Revenue Cutter Service under the command of Captain H. G. Campbell, USRCS. She was transferred to the Navy in July 1798 for service in the undeclared naval war (Quasi-War) with France, and placed on the permanent Navy List in April 1800.
From October 1798 Eagle patrolled off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia protecting American shipping from French privateers. Ordered to the West Indies, she arrived at Prince Rupert's Bay, Dominica, 14 March 1799, to hunt French ships, and to convoy merchant vessels on the Guadeloupe Station until late in June, when she sailed for New Castle, Delaware.
She returned to the Caribbean in August 1799 for similar duty until 10 September 1800 when she set sail for St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, with the sloop-of-war USS Maryland, escorting a convoy of 52 ships. After arrival at New Castle on 28 September, Eagle was laid up for repairs. Eagle's third cruise to the West Indies extended from January to June 1801, when she returned to Baltimore.
During her career in the United States' navy, she captured or assisted in the capture of 22 French vessels which had been preying on American ocean commerce. Eagle was sold 17 June 1801.
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006about Hugh C Campbell
Name: Hugh C Campbell
Service Info.: CAPTAIN US NAVY
Death Date: 11 Nov 1820
Cemetery: Congressional Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 1801 E. Street, SE Washingtond, DC 20003
Buried At: Section 1115 Row 29 Site 26
Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900about H. G Campbell
Name: H. G Campbell
Rank Information: Appointed Master Commandant, Captain
Service Dates: 27 Jul 1799
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)
Death Date: 11 Nov 1820
(Born: 1760, South Carolina; Died: 11 November 1820, Washington, DC)
Began service in the Revenue Marine and was integrated into the Navy during the Quasi-War with France while in command of Eagle.
While in Constitution, also served as Mediterranean Squadron commander. Remained in a shore command during the War of 1812.
The first USS Eagle, a schooner, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1798, and commissioned in the Revenue Cutter Service under the command of Captain H. G. Campbell, USRCS. She was transferred to the Navy in July 1798 for service in the undeclared naval war (Quasi-War) with France, and placed on the permanent Navy List in April 1800.
From October 1798 Eagle patrolled off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia protecting American shipping from French privateers. Ordered to the West Indies, she arrived at Prince Rupert's Bay, Dominica, 14 March 1799, to hunt French ships, and to convoy merchant vessels on the Guadeloupe Station until late in June, when she sailed for New Castle, Delaware.
She returned to the Caribbean in August 1799 for similar duty until 10 September 1800 when she set sail for St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, with the sloop-of-war USS Maryland, escorting a convoy of 52 ships. After arrival at New Castle on 28 September, Eagle was laid up for repairs. Eagle's third cruise to the West Indies extended from January to June 1801, when she returned to Baltimore.
During her career in the United States' navy, she captured or assisted in the capture of 22 French vessels which had been preying on American ocean commerce. Eagle was sold 17 June 1801.
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Captain Hugh George Campbell, US Navy, War of 1812
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006about Hugh C Campbell
Name: Hugh C Campbell
Service Info.: CAPTAIN US NAVY
Death Date: 11 Nov 1820
Cemetery: Congressional Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 1801 E. Street, SE Washingtond, DC 20003
Buried At: Section 1115 Row 29 Site 26
Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900about H. G Campbell
Name: H. G Campbell
Rank Information: Appointed Master Commandant, Captain
Service Dates: 27 Jul 1799
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)
Death Date: 11 Nov 1820
(Born: 1760, South Carolina; Died: 11 November 1820, Washington, DC)
Began service in the Revenue Marine and was integrated into the Navy during the Quasi-War with France while in command of Eagle.
While in Constitution, also served as Mediterranean Squadron commander. Remained in a shore command during the War of 1812.
The first USS Eagle, a schooner, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1798, and commissioned in the Revenue Cutter Service under the command of Captain H. G. Campbell, USRCS. She was transferred to the Navy in July 1798 for service in the undeclared naval war (Quasi-War) with France, and placed on the permanent Navy List in April 1800.
From October 1798 Eagle patrolled off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia protecting American shipping from French privateers. Ordered to the West Indies, she arrived at Prince Rupert's Bay, Dominica, 14 March 1799, to hunt French ships, and to convoy merchant vessels on the Guadeloupe Station until late in June, when she sailed for New Castle, Delaware.
She returned to the Caribbean in August 1799 for similar duty until 10 September 1800 when she set sail for St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, with the sloop-of-war USS Maryland, escorting a convoy of 52 ships. After arrival at New Castle on 28 September, Eagle was laid up for repairs. Eagle's third cruise to the West Indies extended from January to June 1801, when she returned to Baltimore.
During her career in the United States' navy, she captured or assisted in the capture of 22 French vessels which had been preying on American ocean commerce. Eagle was sold 17 June 1801.
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006about Hugh C Campbell
Name: Hugh C Campbell
Service Info.: CAPTAIN US NAVY
Death Date: 11 Nov 1820
Cemetery: Congressional Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 1801 E. Street, SE Washingtond, DC 20003
Buried At: Section 1115 Row 29 Site 26
Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900about H. G Campbell
Name: H. G Campbell
Rank Information: Appointed Master Commandant, Captain
Service Dates: 27 Jul 1799
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)
Death Date: 11 Nov 1820
(Born: 1760, South Carolina; Died: 11 November 1820, Washington, DC)
Began service in the Revenue Marine and was integrated into the Navy during the Quasi-War with France while in command of Eagle.
While in Constitution, also served as Mediterranean Squadron commander. Remained in a shore command during the War of 1812.
The first USS Eagle, a schooner, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1798, and commissioned in the Revenue Cutter Service under the command of Captain H. G. Campbell, USRCS. She was transferred to the Navy in July 1798 for service in the undeclared naval war (Quasi-War) with France, and placed on the permanent Navy List in April 1800.
From October 1798 Eagle patrolled off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia protecting American shipping from French privateers. Ordered to the West Indies, she arrived at Prince Rupert's Bay, Dominica, 14 March 1799, to hunt French ships, and to convoy merchant vessels on the Guadeloupe Station until late in June, when she sailed for New Castle, Delaware.
She returned to the Caribbean in August 1799 for similar duty until 10 September 1800 when she set sail for St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, with the sloop-of-war USS Maryland, escorting a convoy of 52 ships. After arrival at New Castle on 28 September, Eagle was laid up for repairs. Eagle's third cruise to the West Indies extended from January to June 1801, when she returned to Baltimore.
During her career in the United States' navy, she captured or assisted in the capture of 22 French vessels which had been preying on American ocean commerce. Eagle was sold 17 June 1801.
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Inscription
Beneath this marble rest the mortal remain of Hugh George Campbell, Late a Captain in the Navy of the United States. He was a native of the State of South Carolina. In the year 1775 he entered as a volunteer on board the first vessel of the war commissioned by the Council of his native State. He served his country upward of 22 years as a Comrade and died in this City on 11th day of November, 1820, aged about 62 years.
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