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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barron , James , 1769 -1851 (search)
Barron, James, 1769-1851
Naval officer; born in Virginia in 1769.
On the formation of the United States navy in 1798, Barron (who had begun his naval career under his father, commander of the Virginia navy during the Revolutionary War) was made a lieutenant, and served under Barry in the brief naval war with France.
In 1799 he was made a captain and sent to the Mediterranean, under the command of his elder brother, Com. Samuel Barron, one of the best disciplinarians in the service.
James was in command of the frigate Chesapeake in 1807, and surrendered her to the Leopard, a British ship-of-war, for which he was court-martialled and sentenced to be suspended from service for five years without pay or emoluments.
During that suspension he entered the merchant service, and remained abroad until 1818, when an attempt was made to restore him to duty in the naval service.
Commodore Decatur and other officers resisted this, and a bitter correspondence between Barron and Decatur en
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barry , John , 1745 -1803 (search)
Barry, John, 1745-1803
Naval officer; born in Tacumshane, Wexford co., Ireland, in 1745.
He went to sea while he was ve ction, captured the tender Edward.
This was the first
John Barry. vessel captured by a commissioned officer of the United States navy.
Barry was transferred to the frigate Effingham; and in the Delaware, at the head of four boats, he captured an English schooner,
Commodore Barry's monument. in 1777, without the loss of a man. He was publicly thanked by Washington.
When Howe took Philadelphia, late in 1777, Barry took the Effingham
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. up the Delaware with the h ip to him at Philadelphia, but it was scornfully rejected.
Barry took command of the Raleigh, 32, in September, 1778, but Br after taking Lafayette and the Count de Noailles to France, Barry cruised in the West Indies very successfully until May, 178 After the reorganization of the United States navy in 1794, Barry was named the senior officer.
He superintended the buildin
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 18 : the battle of Antietam . (search)
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, chapter 23 (search)
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Index. (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., List of Massachusetts officers and soldiers killed in action. (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., Barr , Robert G. (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., List of Massachusetts officers, and soldiers who died as prisoners. (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., Banghaft , John (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., Index of names of persons. (search)