11 Facts About Anthony Gale

Anthony Gale is the only commandant for whom the Marines neither know his burial location nor have a portrait or likeness.

Ireland land records involving his mother Ann Delany suggest Gale was born in Queen's County, Ireland, subsequently renamed County Laois.

Anthony Gale married Catherine Swope on January 4,1800, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Later in his military career, Anthony Gale took "an active and gallant part" during the siege of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.

Wharton had been accused of overspending on the project, and he in turn charged Anthony Gale with building extravagant officers' quarters.

Anthony Gale asserted that he had been given no specific plans and that Wharton had known what was being done.

However, during his testimony, Henderson was forced to admit that his knowledge of Anthony Gale's misconduct was based on hearsay.

Shortly after Anthony Gale assumed his post, Archibald Henderson circumvented Anthony Gale and wrote directly to Navy Secretary Smith Thompson requesting to join General Andrew Jackson who was serving as military governor in Florida.

Finally, on August 8,1820, Anthony Gale submitted a letter analyzing the proper division of function between himself and the Secretary, pointing out the impossibility of his position.

Eight days after his letter, Anthony Gale was notified that the Secretary had unilaterally granted a four-week leave to one Marine captain and had suspended Anthony Gale's order sending another captain to the Mediterranean.

From Washington, Anthony Gale went first to Philadelphia where he spent several months in a hospital, then took up residence in Stanford, Kentucky.