Served
aboard brig Enterprise and was a member of Captain Stephen Decatur’s
crew that manned Gunboat #4 in small boat engagements during the North African
Barbary Wars. On 3 August 1804 he saved Captain Decatur’s life by shielding
him during hand-to-hand combat and took a sword stroke intended for Captain
Decatur.
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