| MarescialloDiCampo | 07 Apr 2015 8:09 a.m. PST |
I saw this years ago in Edinburgh castle in the prisoners quarters, supposedly carved by an American POW during rev war though I'd heard it was actually War of 1812 |
Frederick  | 07 Apr 2015 8:19 a.m. PST |
Saw the same thing – did not know that Edinburgh Castle had so many prisoners in it! |
| historygamer | 07 Apr 2015 8:20 a.m. PST |
No Continental army prisoners kept there, as I recall. Maybe a privateer or navy. SM, you have anything on this? |
| JimDuncanUK | 07 Apr 2015 9:28 a.m. PST |
One of my chums was a tour guide in Edinburgh Castle. I'll give him a shout. |
 War Artisan  | 07 Apr 2015 9:39 a.m. PST |
I doubt a continental soldier would have gone to the trouble of depicting the flag flying from a ship's stern, so more likely a sailor. The way the gunports are carved, flush with the gunwales, suggests War of 1812. |
| historygamer | 07 Apr 2015 9:59 a.m. PST |
What are we talking about, as I don't see any link or picture? |
| historygamer | 07 Apr 2015 10:10 a.m. PST |
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| Supercilius Maximus | 07 Apr 2015 10:38 a.m. PST |
No, sorry, first time I've heard of this. |
| Spooner6 | 07 Apr 2015 11:12 a.m. PST |
Oh, we were just there last summer and toured those quarters but failed to notice the flag. It was a good castle to tour. Chris |
| Rabbit 3 | 08 Apr 2015 3:26 a.m. PST |
Did anybody connected with John Paul Jones get captured? |
| Jemima Fawr | 09 Apr 2015 2:23 a.m. PST |
A few Americans (including the CO) were captured with the French force landed at Fishguard in 1797. |
| JimDuncanUK | 09 Apr 2015 7:41 a.m. PST |
Fishguard is 400-500 miles away from Edinburgh. Would it be likely to march prisoners that far in order to imprison them? |
