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Return to the Mediterranean:
The capitulation of Yusuf Karamanli did not end trouble with North Africa. During the War of 1812, Algiers resumed its attacks on American shipping. In 1815, eight days after Congress ratified the treaty that ended war with England, President James Madison recommended war with Algiers.
Two squadrons were readied for service. Stephen Decatur commanded one, and William Bainbridge the other. From then until the Civil War, the United States kept a squadron in the Mediterranean, the predecessor of today's Sixth Fleet. |