The Interesting Story of Col. Eugene Lietensdorfer-- Part 3

According to one account I read, Col. Eugene Lietensdorfer was William Eaton's chief of staff for the move on Derna, in which the Marines earned the line "Shores of Tripoli" in the Marine Corps Hymn.

After the evacuation of Derna, Lietensdorfer continued his wanderings until 1809, when he arrived in Salem, Massachusetts, and looked up William Eaton.  He then made his way to Washington, D.C., and armed with letters of recommendation from Eaton, got a job with Thomas Jefferson's chief architect, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, as surveyor of public buildings.

In 1833, as part of his role in the March to Derna, he received 300 acres in Missouri, where he lived until his death in 1845.

That is all I can find out him.  Sure wish there was more.

But, Quite a Life.  --Cooter