DESCRIPTION OF THE MEDAL.

OCCASION.--Battle of Plattsburgh.

DEVICE.--Bust of General Macomb.

LEGEND.--Major-General Alexander Macomb.

REVERSE.--A battle on land, Plattsburgh in sight: troops crossing a

bridge, on the head of which the American standard is flying: vessels

engaged on the lake.

LEGEND.--Resolution of Congress, November 3, 1814.

EXERGUE.--Battle of Plattsburgh, September 11th, 1814.

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