Hostility between British and American sailors was never universal. Captain Isaac Hull of the US Navy and Captain James Richard Dacres of the Royal Navy maintained a long friendship before and after the war. Their relationship survived Constitution's capture of Guerriere, when they met as opposing commanders. The example checks a national story of blanket enmity by showing how professional respect and private friendship could continue across wartime service.
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Hull and Dacres preserve a friendship across enemy navies
Isaac Hull and James Richard Dacres show that private friendship and professional respect could survive service on opposing sides in the War of 1812.