Edward Preble
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican commodore (1761-1807)
United StatesLived 1761 to 1807 · aged 46Fame46.5
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Commodore Edward Preble was an American naval officer who served in the American Revolutionary War and the First Barbary War, leading attacks on Tripoli and forming the officer corps that would go on to command the United States Navy during the War of 1812.
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USS Philadelphia aground off Tripoli in 1803
EDWARDO PREBLE DUCI STRENUO COMITIA AMERICANA. (The American Congress to Edward Preble, a valiant officer.)
Reverse of Congressional Medal. VINDICI COMMERCII AMERICANI. (To the vindicator of American commerce.) Exergue: ANTE TRIPOLI MDCCCIV. (Off Tripoli, 1804). Representing the bombardment, by the American fleet in the foreground, of the forts and town of Tripoli in the background. The American vessels are drawn up in line, and several boats manned are seen in the water casting off to the attack of the enemy's shipping and batteries.Awards 1
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Edmund P. GainesAlso won Congressional Gold Medal
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Jacob BrownAlso won Congressional Gold Medal
Elizabeth L. GardnerAlso won Congressional Gold MedalAbout this person
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1761 to 1807 · aged 46
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