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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND

Officers at the Capture of the Detroit and Caledonia, 8 October 1812

Jesse D. Elliott, commander
George Watts, sailing master
Alexander Sisson, sailing master
N. Towson, captain of artillery, as captain of marines
Isaac Roach, lieutenant of artillery, as lieutenant of marines
Wilson Pressman, ensign of artillery, as lieutenant of marines
J. C. Cummings, midshipman

Source: A General Register of the Navy and Marine Corps of the United States, "Officers of the Navy, to whom thanks, medals and swords have been voted by Congress." Washington, D.C.: Alexander, Publisher, 1848.