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RIVERSIDE CEMETERY |
Marble slab laid over Downie's grave in the Riverside
Cemetery bear these words:
"Sacred to the memory of
George Downie, Esq., a post captain in the Royal British Navy, who
gloriously fell on board his B. M. S. the 'Confiance while leading the
vessels under his command to the attack of the American flotilla at anchor in Cumberland bay, off Plattsburgh, on the 11th of September 1814. To mark the spot
where the remains of a gallant officer and sincere friend were honorably interred, this stone has been erected by his affectionate sister-in-law, Mary Downie, 1851."
Grave of Captain George Downie
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Riverside Cemetery
contains the graves of both American Officers killed in the Battle of
Plattsburgh. confidence pilot, and Captain Downie - a post Captain in the Royal British Navy, who gloriously fell on board his Royal Majesty's Ship the Confidence, while leading the vessel to the attack of the American Flotilla at anchor in Cumberland Bay, of Plattsburgh, on the 11th of September 1814.
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2011
