On May 5, 1813, men under Colonel Thomas Ward Veazey bravely defended Fort Duffy and Fredericktown against the British Fleet. Those honored include Samuel Wroth, D.F. Heath, Moses Cannon, Nicholas Franks, John W. Etherington, Joshua Ward, Dormer Oaks, John Etherington, John V. Price, Elias See, John T. Veazey, David Paget, Tylus Robinson, P. Biddle, James Council, Joseph Hovington, James Darley, James Clayton, Sergeant R. C. Lusby, Lieutenant John Henderson, Captain James Allen, John Duffy, Samuel P. Pennington, Sergeant Mate H. E. Coalman, Samuel Dixon, William Roberts, Francis MacKey, George Stanly, William Fort, Joseph Etherington, Edward Lister, --- Reynolds, and Joseph Davis of Morris.