Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz. He was the Commander-in-Chief of Pacific Fleet. General Douglas MacArthur led the Army in the Pacific.
There was some fighting and America won
In the First Barbary War (1801-1805) when William Eaton and First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon led a group of eight Marines and 300 Arab and European mercenaries in an attempt to capture Tripoli. Though they only made it as far as Derna, Tripoli has been immortalized in the Marines Hymn and the Mameluke sword carried by Marine officers.
Internal fighting between Seljuk Turks
Nationalist leader Jiang was fighting a civil war against communists led by Mao.
Holland Smith .
Douglas MacArthur was the Supreme Commander of ground forces in the Pacific.
Colonel Robert E. Lee
Colonel Robert E. Lee.
explorers led their expedition across montana to the pacific coast in 1805
well, it was not William Lloyd Garrison
Robert e. lee
The Confederate militia fighting at Manassas Junction was led by General P.T Beauregard.
It was actually Balboa Caboto Magellan or Vespucci who led the first European expedition.
Nationalist leader Jiang was fighting a civil war against communists led by Mao.
Magellan
Lewis and Clarke of course