English: First Presbyterian Church, 1804-1853, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Commodore Barney was buried in the First Presbyterian Church Burial Ground in 1818.

Identifier: commodorejoshuab02adam (find matches)
Title: Commodore Joshua Barney: many interesting facts connected with the life of Commodore Joshua Barney, hero of the United States navy, 1776-1812, also a compilation of genealogical material relating to Commodore Barney's ancestors and descendants, with valuable records for those in search of Barney family connections
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Adams, William Frederick, b. 1848
Subjects: Barney, Joshua, 1759-1818 Barney family (William Barney, d. 1746)
Publisher: Springfield, Mass., Priv. print.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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s been mis-stated in one of our papers. He was born in Baltimoreon the 6th July, 1759, and was in his 60th year. Hewas but 23 years of age when he took the Gen. Monk.His disease was not a billious cholic, as was reported,but lumbago and inflamatory sore throat, &c. The Pittsburgh Gazette, December 25, 1818. Com. Barney.—Dr. Ewell, who remained in Wash-ington during its occupation by the British troops, hasaffixed to a late Medical work, a sketch of the principalincidents of that period. The following paragraph willbe read with interest. The saying that ^brave men are always generous\was signally illustrated in the pleasure that GeneralRoss manifested in praising Com. Barney for his be- 174 o 3 3o __ en 3 3ft O a CO 6J O(-6en O OD3n>n ^ ^ C ^ re ri. -1 aj n O 3n C 3O n n O r,3 =^ o ^ ^ -a c ?^ n -1 td cr c r-f -1 OTQ 5 3 r* Tl ET 5: ^ a> rD ^4 k^ 3- ro y> n 3- r. (i 3 ^1 &3 r-f r-» rt 3- a. « w 0 r-f 3- r-f c 3- -1 a 03- o- c Hi4 -1 00 SU 00
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haviour in the battle of Bladensburgh. A brave officer,sir, said he, *he had only a handful of men with him,and yet he gave us a very severe shock. I am sorry hewas wounded; however, I immediately gave him aparole, and hope he will do well. Had half your armybeen composed of such men as the Commodore com-manded, with the advantage you had in choosingyour position, we should never have got to your city ) J) 175 There have been two boats named for CommodoreJoshua Barney by the United States government. Thefirst was a paddle-wheel steamer built in New York,purchased under the name ETHAN ALLEN, Octo-ber 2, 1861, and sold in 1868. She was called theCOMMODORE BARNEY. The second, the torpedoboat BARNEY, built during the war with Spain in 1900. 176 i <( THE TORPEDO BOAT BARNEY After the war with Spain, the United States decidedto increase the navy and a number of torpedo boatswere built, these all to be named for distinguished navalofficers, one to be called the Barney. The Secretaryof the

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