The American Constitution Frigate's Engagement with the British Frigate Guerriere
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- 1812
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A broadside titled "The American Frigate's Engagement with the British Frigate Guerriere, Which after an Action of 25 Minutes, Surrendered, and being completely Shattered, was blown up, it being impossible to get her into port." Following is an eight-stanza poem about USS Constitution's victory over HMS Guerriere. The poem is to the tune of "Yankee Doodle Dandy."
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- Digital Commonwealth
- Contributing Institution
- USS Constitution Museum
- Subjects
- Campaigns & battles
Sailing ships
United States--History--War of 1812
Constitution (Frigate)
Guerriere (Frigate) - Type
- text
- Format
- EphemeraBroadsidesSongs
- Language
- English
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- The American Constitution Frigate's Engagement with the British Frigate Guerriere. 1812. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900r390t. (Accessed February 11, 2025.)
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- (1812) The American Constitution Frigate's Engagement with the British Frigate Guerriere. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900r390t
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900r390t>.