Many of the battles involved Cause_to_be_included famous naval officers such as Stephen Decatur , Silas Talbot and William Bainbridge .

The war ended Process_end when the United States Senate ratified Ratification Commodore Stephen Decatur ’ s Algerian treaty on December 5 , 1815 .

William Shaler was the US commissioner in Algiers who had negotiated Communication alongside Decatur , but he had to flee Escaping aboard British vessels and watch Motion rockets and cannon shot fly over his house `` like hail '' during the Bombardment of Algiers ( 1816 ) .