1 Much to Preble’s lasting chagrin, his time battling Tripoli failed to yield the peace terms he dreamed of, and bad luck with the chain of command meant that he was not even present to see the war ended. Preble spent only a little more than a year in the Mediterranean, but that year dominated his naval career-his biographer devotes more than half his book to Preble’s service in the Tripolitan War.
Preble was tasked with leading the conflict against Tripoli during Thomas Jefferson’s first term as President. A service that has produced such towering figures as Halsey, Mahan, Sims, Farragut, Truxtun, and Decatur stills holds a revered space for a man whose combat command covered only a portion of a single, often-forgotten war. At first glance, his iconic stature within the Navy might seem odd. Naval Academy, housing the museum honoring the history of the service, sits Preble Hall, a monument to Commodore Edward Preble.
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