Inscription on base

ID: 2243 ~ Source: Baltimore Heritage ~ Creator: Eli Pousson ~ Date: 2018 August 16

This file appears in: Wells and McComas Monument: Monument to the Boy Heroes of North Point

On the south side of the monument the base is inscribed with the words: "Daniel Wells. Born Dec. 20th 1794. Killed Sept. 12th 1814. At the Battle of North Point. Aged 19 Years 8 Months and 13 Days."

This file appears in: Wells and McComas Monument: Monument to the Boy Heroes of North Point

Wells and McComas Monument: Monument to the Boy Heroes of North Point

By Auni Gelles

Baltimoreans celebrated the two young sharpshooters credited with killing British General Robert Ross in the 1850s with this monument, their final resting place.