Keywords: monochrome people blackandwhite black and white On 16 September 1814, Commodore Daniel T. Patterson led a squadron from the schooner Carolina to attack and raid the base of the pirate Jean Laffite at Barataria, Louisiana, capturing six schooners and other small craft while the pirates fled the attack. With the U.S. Navy focused on the War of 1812, the pirates in the Gulf of Mexico had become too bold. Captain Daniel Todd Patterson, U.S. Navy, (1786-1839). Portrait in oils by John Wesley Jarvis. Courtesy of Major S.A.W. Patterson, USMC (Retired). NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 43178. On 16 September 1814, Commodore Daniel T. Patterson led a squadron from the schooner Carolina to attack and raid the base of the pirate Jean Laffite at Barataria, Louisiana, capturing six schooners and other small craft while the pirates fled the attack. With the U.S. Navy focused on the War of 1812, the pirates in the Gulf of Mexico had become too bold. Captain Daniel Todd Patterson, U.S. Navy, (1786-1839). Portrait in oils by John Wesley Jarvis. Courtesy of Major S.A.W. Patterson, USMC (Retired). NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 43178. |