Commodore Joshua Barney: 1775-1818

American naval hero in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Master’s Mate on Hornet during the raid on the Bahamas Islands in 1776, captured at sea and taken prisoner and exchanged four times; as Captain of the 16-gun Hyder Ally, he captured the larger 20-gun brig General Monk in a battle off Cape May. While leading 500 marines in the Battle of Bladensburg to try to prevent the British destruction of Washington, D.C. in 1814, he was wounded and taken prisoner.