Charles William Whiting Wooster, was a Commander-in-Chief of the

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. He was born in

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, in 1780, the grandson of General David Wooster. Wooster went to sea at an early age. During the

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, he served on board the U.S.

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''Saratoga''. Having earned substantial prize money and gained significant influence, he was named captain of the Port of New York after the war. With the death of his young wife, he chose to join the fight for independence in Chile.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wooster, Charles Whiting Chilean Navy officers 1780s births 19th-century deaths Military personnel from New Haven, Connecticut Chilean Navy personnel of the Spanish American wars of independence People of the War of 1812