THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Question
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Captain who defeated the British on the Great Lakes
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Captain who led the burning of the USS Philadelphia
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Captain who defeated the British at New Orleans
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Captain who defeated the British and Fort McHenry
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Detailed explanation-1: -Stephen Decatur is best known for the 16 February 1804 action in Tripoli when, as a lieutenant, he and 75 Sailors set the captured frigate Philadelphia on fire during a daring raid on Tripoli harbor.
Detailed explanation-2: -She was captured by Barbary pirates in Tripoli with William Bainbridge in command. Stephen Decatur led a raid that burned her down, preventing her use by the pirates.
Detailed explanation-3: -Stephen Decatur was born in 1779 in Maryland and was raised in Philadelphia. At the age of 19 he joined the newly formed U.S. Navy, and rose rapidly in rank. He led daring raids in the wars against the Barbary pirates along the northern coast of Africa, and returned home a hero in 1805.
Detailed explanation-4: -Decatur supervised the construction of several U.S. naval vessels, one of which he later commanded. Promoted at age 25, he is the youngest man to reach the rank of captain in the history of the United States Navy.
Detailed explanation-5: -That life, however, came to an abrupt and unexpected end on March 22, 1820, when Decatur died of a gunshot wound received in a duel with fellow naval officer James Barron. The duel was the deadly culmination of a long-standing feud between the two men.