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U.S. naval officer. Born in Charles Co., Md., he joined the U.S. Navy in 1826. In the Mexican War he commanded the naval landing at Veracruz. A resident of Alabama, he resigned his commission in 1861 and was appointed a commander in the Confederate navy. He captured 17 Union merchant ships before assuming command of the man-of-war Alabama in 1862. On numerous raids, he captured, sank, or burned 82 Union ships, disrupting Union commerce. In 1864 he was defeated in a battle with the Kearsarge in the English Channel, but escaped capture. See also Alabama claims.
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