Stephen Decatur Jr. grew up on the outskirts of Philadelphia on a small farm. Stephen's desire to go to sea was influenced by his father, Captain Stephen Decatur Senior and Commodore John Barry, considered to be the Father of the American Navy. Stephen was a natural leader and rose rapidly through the ranks of the navy becoming the youngest Captain in the United States Navy at the age of twenty-five. The Barbary War was not going well until Stephen Decatur leads a daring attack into the Harbor of the Muslim enemy and successfully burns the captured frigate, USS Philadelphia, and escapes without any American loss of life. The success of his leadership made Decatur and instant hero to the much starved American citizens who received little good news as to American military successes. Stephen fought the Muslim enemy until the American Navy was able to negotiate a treaty with the enemy. Stephen Decatur married Susan Wheeler in Norfolk, Virginia. They were the perfect couple and remained...

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