The encounter of USS Vixen and HMS Southampton is described at
http://ageofsail.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/uss-vixen-and-hms-southampton/
∼of the VIXON
Master and Commander
Yellow Fever
Youngest son of General Joseph Reed
War of 1812
http://ageofsail.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/uss-vixen-and-hms-southampton/
∼of the VIXON
Master and Commander
Yellow Fever
Youngest son of General Joseph Reed
War of 1812
The encounter of USS Vixen and HMS Southampton is described at
http://ageofsail.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/uss-vixen-and-hms-southampton/
∼of the VIXON
Master and Commander
Yellow Fever
Youngest son of General Joseph Reed
War of 1812
http://ageofsail.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/uss-vixen-and-hms-southampton/
∼of the VIXON
Master and Commander
Yellow Fever
Youngest son of General Joseph Reed
War of 1812
Inscription
IN
memory of
GEORGE WASHINGTON REED
Master Commandant in the Navy of the
United States
Born at Philadelphia May 26th 1780
Captured in the U.S. Brig of War Vixen
under his command
By H.B.M. Frigate Southampton
He died a prisoner of War at this place
January 4th 1813.
Unwilling to forsake his companions in
captivity, He declined a proffered parole,
and sunk under a tropical fever.
This Stone
Is inscribed by the hand of affection
as a memorial of his virtues
and records the gratitude of his friends
For the kind offices which
in the season of sickness and hour of Death
He received at the hand of
A generous Foe.
Family Members
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