Are there any Americans known to have served in the Napoleonic wars?
I know William Tate, Eleazar Oswald and John Skey Eustace served the French Republic during the French Revolutionary wars, however I'm most interested in the Napoleonic wars; Third Coalition and forward. Service to any country would be of interest.
For an example I'm aware Britain impressed American sailors into the British Navy prior to the War of 1812, this including some hundreds born in the United States.
However I haven't been able to find any of these individuals or accounts of them. The closest I've gotten were British citizens impressed while onboard American vessels.
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I'm a little late to the discussion but if you have access to Fold3 you'll be able to read the discharge certificate of one Cpl John Ward who served with the British 1st Foot Guards from 1793-1816. at discharge he was 41 years old and had been born in Boston, New England - so technically a British subject at birth in c1775. Seems to fit the bill though.