United States People of the Barbary Wars: Reuben James, Richard Somers, William Bainbridge, Stephen Decatur, William Eaton, Richard Dale

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Reuben James, Richard Somers, William Bainbridge, Stephen Decatur, William Eaton, Richard Dale, Tobias Lear V, Jesse Elliott, Thomas MacDonough, John Downes, James Lawrence, Josiah Tattnall, Edward Preble, Presley O'Bannon, John Rodgers, Daniel Patterson, Isaac Hull, Lewis Warrington, Edward Trenchard, Jacob Jones, Andrew Sterett, Charles Stewart, Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, John Trippe, Jonathan Thorn, John Shaw, Arthur Sinclair, Charles Morris, Ralph Izard, John Yarnall, Alexander Laws, John D. Henley, Robert Henley, John H. Dent, Isaac Chauncey, William M. Crane, Alexander J. Dallas, William Ward Burrows II, James R. Caldwell, Thomas Oakley Anderson, Jonathan Meredith, Edward Killen, Joseph Tarbell, Alexander Murray, Joseph Israel, William Wiley, James M. Elam, John Rowe, Joseph Boyd. Excerpt: William Eaton (23 February 1764 - 1 June 1811) was a United States Army officer and the Consul to Tunis (1797-1803). He played important diplomatic and military roles in the war between the United States and Tripoli (1801-05). He led the first foreign United States military victory the Battle of Derne by capturing the Tripoli subject city of Derne in support of the restoration of the pasha, Hamet Caramelli. William Eaton also gave testimony at the treason trial of Aaron Burr. He served one term in the Massachusetts State Legislature. Eaton died on June 1, 1811 at the age of forty-seven. The World War II destroyer USS Eaton (DD-510) was named after him. William Eaton was born in Woodstock, Connecticut. He was one of thirteen children of Nathaniel and Sarah (nee Johnson) Eaton. His father was a middle class farmer, who worked as a school teacher in the winter, an employment for which he is represented as having been well qualified by more than ordinary means for a farmer. When he was ten years old, William's family mov...