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alcapwnage0007 OP t1_iy4qev4 wrote

Reply to comment by bozzmoz in TIL that after the battle between the USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, the captain of the Constitution, Isaac Hull, refused the sword of surrender from the captain of the Guerriere, James Richard Dacre, saying he could not accept it from a man who fought so gallantly by alcapwnage0007

The Guerriere had been a part of a mission with a larger group to capture the Constitution, and happened upon it while heading alone to port. The captain of the Guerriere decided to engage, but ship was bested and sunk by the Constitution.

While the outcome meant very little if not nothing in the grand scheme of the war, news of the battle was a big boost to morale for the US.

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