![]() ![]() ![]() Sadly, Barney squandered his reputation by giving vent to his less admirable qualities: a prickly pride and a hunger for honors. ![]() A naval hero of the Revolution, Barney had fought in coastal and blue waters, on board small craft, privateers, and frigates, learning seamanship, gunnery, and tactics in the hardest possible school. Congress, in response to continuing interference with American seaborne trade, declared war on Great Britain in June 1812, Joshua Barney leapt at the opportunity to serve his country once more. ![]()
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