John Gwinn III was a United States Navy officer born in Maryland on 11 June 1791. During the War of 1812, he was a POW after the Royal Navy had captured Frolic in 1814 and he later commanded Vandalia As Captain of USS Constitution, Gwinn sailed on 9 December 1848 and arrived at Tripoli on 19 January 1849. While transporting Daniel Smith McCauley and his family to Egypt, McCauley's wife gave birth to a son, who was named Constitution Stewart McCauley.

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  • John Gwinn III was a United States Navy officer born in Maryland on 11 June 1791. During the War of 1812, he was a POW after the Royal Navy had captured Frolic in 1814 and he later commanded Vandalia As Captain of USS Constitution, Gwinn sailed on 9 December 1848 and arrived at Tripoli on 19 January 1849. While transporting Daniel Smith McCauley and his family to Egypt, McCauley's wife gave birth to a son, who was named Constitution Stewart McCauley. At Gaeta on 1 August Gwinn received onboard King Ferdinand II and Pope Pius IX. This would be the first time a Pope had set foot on American territory. At Palermo on 1 September, Captain Gwinn died of chronic gastritis and was buried near Lazaretto on the 9th ending a forty-year Navy career. Gwinn's body was moved to Glenwood Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania a few years later and remained there until 1931 when his body was moved to Arlington National Cemetery.
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  • John Gwinn III was a United States Navy officer born in Maryland on 11 June 1791. During the War of 1812, he was a POW after the Royal Navy had captured Frolic in 1814 and he later commanded Vandalia As Captain of USS Constitution, Gwinn sailed on 9 December 1848 and arrived at Tripoli on 19 January 1849. While transporting Daniel Smith McCauley and his family to Egypt, McCauley's wife gave birth to a son, who was named Constitution Stewart McCauley.
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