Editing Silas Talbot (section)

====Continental Navy====
Because of his success fighting afloat for the Army, Congress commissioned Talbot as a captain in the [[Continental Navy]] on September 17, 1779. However, since [[United States Congress|Congress]] had no suitable [[warship]] to entrust to him, Talbot put to sea in command of the [[privateer]] ''General Washington''. He took one prize in it but soon ran into a Royal Navy fleet off New York. After a chase, he [[Striking the colors|struck his colors]] to ''Culloden'', a 74-gun British [[ship-of-the-line]] and remained a prisoner of war until exchanged for a British officer in December 1781.<ref name="Mystic Seaport">{{cite book | last=Fowler | first=William M. | year=1900 | title=Silas Talbot: Captain of Old Ironsides | publisher=Mystic Seaport Museum | page=231 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-wQAQAAMAAJ | isbn= 9780913372739}}</ref>

[[File:WSTM nathanschneider 0028.jpg|thumb|Talbot is buried at [[Trinity Church Cemetery|Trinity Churchyard]]. This photo represents the original, incorrect grave marker placed by the NY SAR. As of July 2019, a new, correct marker has been installed, following years of effort by Silas Talbot's 4th great-grandson, Peter J. Talbot. The original marker is now in his possession, gifted to him by Trinity Church.|alt=]]