Cornelius Stribling
| Cornelius Kinchiloe Stribling | |
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| Born |
September 22, 1796 Pendleton, South Carolina |
| Died | January 17, 1880 (aged 83) Martinsburg, West Virginia |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1812–1871 |
| Rank |
 Rear Admiral
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| Commands held |
United States Naval Academy USS San Jacinto Pensacola Navy Yard |
| Battles/wars |
War of 1812 Second Barbary War Mexican–American War American Civil War |
Cornelius Kinchiloe Stribling (22 September 1796 – 17 January 1880) was an rear admiral in the United States Navy who served during the War of 1812, the Second Barbary War, the Mexican–American War, and the American Civil War.
Stribling was born at Pendleton, South Carolina, and left home at the age of 15. He was appointed midshipman on 18 June 1812, the day the United States declared war on Great Britain. During the War of 1812, he served in Macedonian from 1 January 1813 to April 1814 and in Mohawk from then until April 1815. While assigned to Mohawk on Lake Ontario, Stribling participated in the blockade of Kingston in the summer and fall of 1814.
Soon after the end of the war, he returned to Macedonian and, in 1815, participated in the capture of two Algerine ships, a frigate and a brig, by Commodore Stephen Decatur's squadron. In October 1815, Stribling was transferred to Constellation and returned home in that frigate at the end of 1817. On 1 April 1818, he was promoted to lieutenant and served successively in Hornet, Peacock and John Adams, and again in Constellation, during the campaigns against pirates in the West Indies. In 1823, he was given command of two barges along the coast of Cuba and with them captured buccaneer schooner Pilot after a running fight.
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