8/16/2023 0 Comments Captain george pollard![]() ![]() Following the war he apparently settled at New Orleans as a ship chandler and was involved with the Lafitte brothers at New Orleans and the Mexican revolutionary privateering port of Galveston. After he recovered from his wound he commanded the New York privateer Warrior during a successful cruise in the eastern Atlantic, 1814-15. When they returned to New York, Champlin received a sword from the owners. Wounded in the battle and sent below, Champlin threatened to blow up the General Armstrong if his officers surrendered. Thinking it was a well-armed British merchant ship, the privateers attacked a Royal Navy frigate. He commanded the New York privateer General Armstrong on a voyage to the South American coast, 1812-13. By 1806 he was second mate in the ship Marshall from Leghorn to New Orleans (George Coggeshall was first mate). He received a protection certificate as Guy R. Champlin (1785-1817) was born in New London, the son of Captain Lodowick Champlain and Mary Richards, who married George Avery of Groton after Captain Champlain died in 1786. After the war Bulkeley managed his store, served as president of the association that built the monument at Fort Griswold, and maintained a close friendship with General Henry Burbeck. The British blockade of New London prevented a second cruise. One of his sons was lost at sea during the cruise. He built the large privateer schooner Mars and made a 100-day cruise to the Azores, returning in February 1813 after taking 11 prizes. A Democrat, Bulkeley supported the War of 1812. After the war he engaged in the West Indies trade as a merchant and master. He then commanded the privateers Marshall and Randolph. She was damaged during Arnold’s raid on New London, during which Bulkeley fought with the militia. Escaping from prison in England he returned to New London and commanded the privateer Active in 1781. He served as a midshipman in the Continental Navy ship Alfred and was captured in 1778. Bulkeley was in the West Indies trade at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Charles Bulkeley (1752-1848) was born in Colchester, but his family soon moved to New London. ![]()
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