This leader refused to fire back at a Marine while dueling on the same field where Aaron Burr had died; he had slapped that Marine commander while commanding the USS Java during the Second Barbary War.
This leader refused to fire back at a Marine while dueling on the same field where Aaron Burr had died; he had slapped that Marine commander while commanding the USS Java during the Second Barbary War. This man and his subordinate Captain Jesse Elliott filed charges of incompetency against each other, leading to a controversy that ended when President Monroe sent this man to South America to meet with Simon Bolívar with a promotion to the rank of Commodore. His younger brother later opened Japan to the West. Identify this American naval leader from the War of 1812, famous for his report to William Henry Harrison regarding the Battle of Lake Erie: "We have met the enemy, and they are ours…"
This leader refused to fire back at a Marine while dueling on the same field where Aaron Burr had died; he had slapped that Marine commander while commanding the USS Java during the Second Barbary War.
(Commodore) {Oliver} Hazard {Perry} [prompt on {Perry}]