From Wikipedia.
Oliver Hazard Perry was appointed a midshipman in 1799. In the First Barbary War, he served on the USS Adams and later became a first lieutenant and second in command of the USS Nautilus.
He then served under Captain John Rodgers on the USS Constitution and then on the USS Essex.
After that, he was placed in charge of the construction of gunboats in Newport and Westerly, Connecticut.
In April 1809, he commanded the sloop USS Revenge and did patrol duties off New England to enforce the Embargo Act. He also led a successful raid which resulted in the recapture of an American ship held in Spanish Territory in Florida.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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