Editing Silas H. Stringham (section)

== Early life ==

Born in [[Middletown, Orange County, New York|Middletown, New York]],<ref name="DANFS">{{cite web |url= http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s19/stringham-i.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040504181005/http://history.navy.mil/danfs/s19/stringham-i.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= May 4, 2004 |title=Stringham |work=[[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]] |year=2004 |access-date=12 March 2012}}</ref> Stringham entered the Navy on November 15, 1809,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/USN/1833/NavReg1833.html |title=Naval Register for 1833 |work=ibiblio.org |year=2009 |access-date=12 March 2012}}</ref> aged only 11 years old, receiving promotion to the rank of [[midshipman]] on June 19, 1810<ref name="hamersly">{{Cite web |url= https://archive.org/stream/cu31924098819968/cu31924098819968_djvu.txt |title=The records of living officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps: with a history of naval operations during the rebellion of 1861–65, and a list of the ships and officers participating in the great battles |first=Lewis Randolph |last=Hamersly |work=archive.org |year=1870 |access-date=12 March 2012 }}</ref> while serving under Captain [[John Rodgers (1772–1838)|John Rodgers]] in the frigate {{USS|President|1800|2}}. He was present during the [[Little Belt affair|''Little Belt'' affair]] in May 1811, and during the engagement with {{HMS|Belvidera|1809|6}} on June 23, 1812.<ref name="JTHeadley">{{cite book |last1=Headley |first1=Joel T. |author-link1=Joel T. Headley |title=Farragut and Our Naval Commanders |url=https://archive.org/details/farragutournaval00head |year=1867 |publisher=E.B. Treat and Co |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/farragutournaval00head/page/112 112]–122 |access-date=12 March 2012 }}</ref>