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Charles Stewart (28 July 1778 - 6 November 1869) was an officer in the United States Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
.

Born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
, Stewart went to sea at the age of thirteen as a cabin boy
Cabin Boy

Cabin Boy is a fantasy film released in 1994 in film by Touchstone Pictures and produced by Tim Burton which starred comedian Chris Elliott....
 and rose through the grades to become master of a merchantman. He grew up with Captain Stephen Decatur and Richard Rush. During the Quasi-War
Quasi-War

The Quasi-War was an undeclared war fought entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800. In the United States, the conflict is sometimes also referred to as the Undeclared War with France, The Pirate Wars, or the Half-War....
 with France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Stewart was commissioned a lieutenant in the United States Navy on 9 March 1798 and joined the frigate
Frigate

A frigate is a warship. The term has been used for warships of many sizes and roles over the past few centuries.In the 18th century, the term referred to ships which were as long as a ship-of-the-line and were square rig on all three masts , but were faster and with lighter armament, used for patrolling and escort....
 United States
USS United States (1797)

USS United States was the first frigate in the United States Navy in 1797.United States was the first of Six original United States frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794....
 for a cruise in the West Indies.






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Charles Stewart (28 July 1778 - 6 November 1869) was an officer in the United States Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
.

Born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most...
, Stewart went to sea at the age of thirteen as a cabin boy
Cabin Boy

Cabin Boy is a fantasy film released in 1994 in film by Touchstone Pictures and produced by Tim Burton which starred comedian Chris Elliott....
 and rose through the grades to become master of a merchantman. He grew up with Captain Stephen Decatur and Richard Rush. During the Quasi-War
Quasi-War

The Quasi-War was an undeclared war fought entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800. In the United States, the conflict is sometimes also referred to as the Undeclared War with France, The Pirate Wars, or the Half-War....
 with France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Stewart was commissioned a lieutenant in the United States Navy on 9 March 1798 and joined the frigate
Frigate

A frigate is a warship. The term has been used for warships of many sizes and roles over the past few centuries.In the 18th century, the term referred to ships which were as long as a ship-of-the-line and were square rig on all three masts , but were faster and with lighter armament, used for patrolling and escort....
 United States
USS United States (1797)

USS United States was the first frigate in the United States Navy in 1797.United States was the first of Six original United States frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794....
 for a cruise in the West Indies. He took command of the schooner Experiment
USS Experiment (1799)

The first USS Experiment was a schooner in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France.Experiment was built in 1799 at Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland; and first put to sea late in November 1799, Lieutenant W....
 on 16 July 1800 and soon captured two armed French vessels and freed several captured American ships.

After brief command of Chesapeake
USS Chesapeake (1799)

USS Chesapeake was a 38-gun sailing frigate of the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France and the War of 1812. Chesapeake was one of the original six frigates of the United States Navy authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794....
 in 1801 and service in Constellation
USS Constellation (1797)

USS Constellation was a 38-gun frigate, one of Six original United States frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794. She was distinguished as the first U.S....
 in 1802, Stewart sailed to the Mediterranean in command of the brig Syren
USS Syren (1803)

USS Syren was a brig in the United States Navy during the First Barbary War and the War of 1812.Syren was built for the Navy in 1803 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Nathaniel Hutton and launched on 6 August 1803....
. There, he participated in the destruction of Philadelphia
USS Philadelphia (1799)

The second USS Philadelphia of the United States Navy was a 36 gun sailing frigate.Originally named City of Philadelphia, she was built from 1798–1799 for the United States government by the citizens of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
 after her capture by Tripoli
Tripoli

Tripoli is the largest and Capital city of Libya.Tripoli has a population of 1.69 million. The city is located in the northwest of the country on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterranean Sea and forming a bay....
, helped to maintain the blockade of Tripoli, and distinguished himself in assaults on the enemy in August and September 1804. After the First Barbary War
First Barbary War

The First Barbary War , also known as the Barbary Coast War or the Tripolitan War, was the first of two Barbary Wars fought between the United States and the North African states known collectively as the Barbary States....
, he participated in a show of force at Tunis
Tunis

Tunis is the Capital of the Tunisian Republic and also the Tunis Governorate, with a population of 1 200,000 in 2008 and over 3,980,500 in the municipal area....
 and returned home as captain in 1806. On the outbreak of the War of 1812
War of 1812

The War of 1812, between the United States of America and the British Empire , was fought from 1812 to 1815.There were several immediate stated causes for the U.S....
, Stewart commanded, successively, Argus
USS Argus (1803)

The first USS Argus was a brig in the United States Navy during the First Barbary War and the War of 1812.Argus was laid down as Merrimack on 12 May 1803 at Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, by Edmund Hartt; renamed Argus on 4 June 1803; and launched on 21 August 1803....
, Hornet
USS Hornet (1805, brig)

The third USS Hornet was a brig-rigged sloop-of-war in the United States Navy. Later, however, she was re-rigged as a ship.Hornet was launched on 28 July 1805 in Baltimore, Maryland and commissioned on 18 October....
, and Constellation.

Since Constellation was closely blockaded in Norfolk by the British, he took command of Constitution
USS Constitution

USS Constitution is a wooden-hull ed, three-Mast heavy frigate of the United States Navy. Named after the United States Constitution by President George Washington, she is the oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat in the world. is the oldest commissioned vessel by three decades; however, Victory is permanently drydo...
 at Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
 in 1813. He made two brilliant cruises in her between 1813 and 1815. The frigate captured HMS Cyane and HMS Levant on 20 February 1815.

Stewart's later service included command of the American Mediterranean squadron
Mediterranean Squadron

The Mediterranean Squadron, also known as the Mediterranean Station, was part of the United States Navy in the 19th century.As early as 1801, prior to the First Barbary War, ships serving in the Mediterranean Sea were organized into a squadron commanded by a captain who carried the title of Commodore ....
 from 1816 to 1820 and of one in the Pacific from 1820 to 1824. He served as a Naval Commissioner
Board of Navy Commissioners

The Board of Naval Commissioners was a United States Navy administrative body in existence from 1815 to 1842, with responsibility for the Navy's material support....
 from 1830 to 1832 and commanded the Philadelphia Navy Yard from 1838 to 1841, in 1846, and again from 1854 to 1861. By a bill passed on 2 March 1859, Congress made Stewart “senior flag officer,” an office created for him in recognition of his distinguished and meritorious service. He became rear admiral
Rear Admiral

Rear Admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a Commodore and Captain , and below that of a Vice Admiral. It is the lowest form of Admiral....
 on the retired list on 16 July 1862, and he died at Bordentown, New Jersey, New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
, on 6 November 1869.

Several nephews served in the Navy, including Commodore Charles Stewart McCauley.

His grandson, Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell

Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish people Church of Ireland landowner, Irish Nationalism politician, Irish Land League agitator, Irish Home Rule bills Member of Parliament in the Palace of Westminster of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party....
, was a prominent Irish political leader who fought for Irish home rule until his untimely death in 1891.

Ships named in his honor

  • USS Stewart
    USS Stewart

    USS Stewart may refer to:, a Bainbridge class destroyer destroyer, commissioned in 1902 and decommissioned in 1919., a Clemson class destroyer destroyer, commissioned in 1920 and decommissioned in 1946....


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Books

  • Smethurst, David. Tripoli: The United States' First War On Terror. New York: Presidio Press, 2007. ISBN 0-89141-859-8.