[7] See the biography of [Bainbridge].
[8] See the biography of [Decatur].
[9] See the biography of [Somers].
[10] It was after this attack that the celebrated scene occurred in the Constitution between Decatur and Commodore Preble, as related in Preble's life.
[11] See the biography of [Richard Somers].
[12] As in the case of the fight of the Constitution with the Guerrière and the Java, the Macedonian was a lighter ship, with fewer men and guns than the Constitution. But the execution done in every case was far beyond the difference between the American ship and her antagonist.
[13] The late Captain Foxhall Parker, 1st.
[14] Not the original ship, captured and blown up by Commodore Hull, but one built and named for her.
[15] See the biography of [Decatur].
[16] Lieutenant Wadsworth was the uncle of Longfellow, and the poet was named for this gallant gentleman and brave sailor.