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The Enquirer
Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
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On December 22, 1814, Captain Henry Howard and the Lieutenant of the Videttes responded to reports of enemy barges near Hampton, Virginia. The British captured the schooner Decatur, bound from Norfolk to East River with cargo including brandy and coffee, after it ran aground near Buck Roe House.
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Extract of a Dispatch to the A. General, from the Lieutenant of the Videttes, Dated Hampton. 22d Dec.1814.
"SIR—I have this instant returned from the Bay-shore with Captain Henry Howard, where he has been called to oppose the enemy's barges with the men under his command. When we were on our march the citizens met and informed us that the enemy had run a small half-deck schooner on the shore, near Buck Roe House which they had taken and carried off. There were nine barges reported to be off the Light-House this morning at daylight.—But when we got down, they had disappeared with their booty— . The weather being very smoky we were unable to discover them returning to their ships. There were to be seen only two ships laying at the capes. The schooner taken proved to be the Decatur from Norfolk bound to East River, with brandy, coffee, household furniture, &c."
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Hampton
Event Date
22d Dec.1814
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enemy captured the schooner decatur and its cargo; no casualties mentioned.
Event Details
Lieutenant of the Videttes and Captain Henry Howard marched to Bay-shore to oppose nine enemy barges reported off the Light-House at daylight. Citizens reported the enemy had run the schooner aground near Buck Roe House and taken it. Upon arrival, the barges had disappeared with the booty due to smoky weather; two enemy ships remained at the capes. The schooner was the Decatur from Norfolk to East River carrying brandy, coffee, household furniture, etc.