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I would have thought the First Barbary War. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War
US fought against Barbary Coast Pirates who were raiding US shipping and taking captives for years, demanding tribute to stop. The US paid the tribute (as did a lot of other powers at the time) for awhile, then it got to be too much. War was pretty small, as such things are counted these days. It broke out in 1801 under Thomas Jefferson. There's a great book about it called "The Pirate Coast" by Richard Zacks
http://www.amazon.com/The-Pirate-Coast-Jefferson-Marines/dp/140130849X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1376454985&sr=8-3&keywords=pirates+of+the+barbary+coast
The Pirate Coast?
Mini series on William Eaton, Preston O'Bannon et al's trip through North Africa in the Campaign against the Barbary Pirates. Maybe using Pirate Coast by Richard Zacks as primary source.