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Americans, but one man was lost. Three gun-boats were cap- 

 tured, besides several small vessels and equipments. After this 

 affair, Appling was breveted lieutenant colonel. In the attack 

 on Plattsburg, Colonel Appling, with 100 riflemen, rendered 

 important service. After the termination of the war, he re- 

 turned to Georgia and received the congratulations of his 

 countrymen. The Legislature of Georgia, to show the high 

 sense of his gallantry, passed the following resolution, 22d 

 October, 1814 : ' While the Legislature of Georgia view, with 

 the liveliest sensations, the glorious achievements of the Ame- 

 rican arms generally, they cannot but felicitate themselves par- 

 ticularly on the recollection of the heroic exploits of the brave 

 and gallant Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Appling, whom the State 

 is proud to acknowledge her native son ; and, as a tribute of 

 applause fi'om the State which gave him birth — a tribute due 

 to the lustre of his actions — be it unanimously resolved, by 

 the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly 

 met, that his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby 

 requested to have purchased and presented to him, an elegant 

 sword, suitable for an officer of his grade.' Colonel Appling 

 died before this resolution was carried into effect, 18th March, 

 1818, at Fort Montgomery, of an attack of pleurisy, after three 

 days illness; and, at the next session of the Legislature, the 

 Committee upon the State of the Republic reported, ' That, as 

 Lieutenant Colonel Appling was removed by death, before 

 the laudable design of the Legislature of 1814 could be car- 

 ried into execution, and as there was no male heir either to the 

 fortune or honours of this deserving young soldier, into whose 

 hands the State could commit this sacred pledge of its affection 

 and respect — Resolved, that the State will assume to itself the 

 guardianship of the fame and military reputation of her distin- 

 guished son, the late Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Appling ; and 

 that the sword intended by her, as the just reward of his mili- 

 tary achievements, be deposited in the executive chamber, 

 there to be preserved and exhibited as a lasting memorial of 

 his fame, and a grateful proof of the sensibility with which 

 Georgia cherishes the recollection of the patriotic services of 

 her citizens.' " The sword may be seen in the executive 

 office, at the seat of government, with the resolutions relating 

 to it. 



