Thomas Macdonough, Jr. was a United States Navy officer noted for his roles in the First Barbary War and the War of 1812. He was the son of a revolutionary officer, Thomas Macdonough, Sr. who lived ne
Captain Thomas Macdonough, USN "The Hero of Lake Champlain" (Gilbert Stuart)
Thomas Macdonough Engraving by John Wesley Jarvis
Painting of MacDonough inside the War of 1812 Museum in Plattsburgh
Macdonough's Saratoga (left) and Eagle (right) engaging Confiance.
The Mediterranean Squadron, also known as the Mediterranean Station, was part of the United States Navy in the 19th century that operated in the Mediterranean Sea. It was formed in response to the Fir
USS Enterprise of the Mediterranean Squadron capturing the polacca Tripoli during the First Barbary War.
The burning of USS Philadelphia by the crew of USS Intrepid, 1804.
Stephen Decatur's Mediterranean squadron off Algiers in 1815.