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	David G. Farragut
		His father, Jorge Farragut, hailed from a seafaring family and emigrated to this country in 1776 from the island of Minorca, off the east coast of Spain.
		David Porter, one of the Navy's finest officers, befriended the Farragut family through an unusual chain of events in which the Farraguts rescued Porter's unconscious father from the deck of a drifting boat.
		David followed his adopted father to the sea at the tender ago of eight and received his first naval appointment as midshipman at large at the age of nine and a half.
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	David Farragut
		David Glasgow Farragut (July 5, 1801- August 14, 1870) was an admiral of the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
		Farragut was born at Campbell's Station, near Knoxville, Tennessee.
		Admiral Farragut's last active service was in command of the European Squadron with Franklin as his flagship, and he died at the age of 69 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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	DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT
		David Farragut was born to Jordi and Elizabeth Farragut at Campbell's Station, near Knoxville, Tennessee, where his father was serving as a calvary officer in the Tennessee militia in 1801.
		Farragut was wounded and captured during the cruise of the Essex by HMS Phoebe in Valparaiso Bay in Chile, on March 28, 1814.
		Farragut's last active duty was in command of the European Squadron, with the screw frigate "Franklin" as his flagship.
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	Farragut, David Glasgow -
		Farragut, of Hispanic descent, was born the son of a career naval officer.
		He was adopted in 1810 by David Porter, the American naval officer who won fame as the commander of the Essex during the War of 1812, a family friend to whom his father sent him after his mother died.
		Farragut was a captain on the Union side in the American Civil War and the two brothers took part in the bombardment of New Orleans in 1862.
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	DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT, USA
		David Glasgow Farragut was born in Campbell's Station, Tennessee on July 5, 1801.
		In 1810, Farragut was commissioned a midshipman, and served under Porter in the War of 1812.
		At the age of 12, Farragut was a prize master, and he rose through the ranks to become a captain in 1855.
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	David Glasgow Farragut - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Farragut had succeeded in stifling Confederate blockade-running in the Gulf of Mexico, except at its chief source, Mobile, and he moved on that port in 1864.
		Mobile Bay was strongly defended by forts Gaines and Morgan, a double row of torpedoes (mines), and a Confederate flotilla commanded by Franklin Buchanan.
		Farragut, disregarding the torpedoes (with the famous cry "Damn the torpedoes"), forced these defenses and defeated Buchanan for his crowning victory on Aug. 5, 1864.
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	David Glasgow Farragut
		He was born on July 5th, 1801, but lost his parents at an early age, and was adopted by David Porter.
		Farragut served as a midshipman, and later served in the war of 1812, where he won prize capture of a British ship.
		On April 25, 1862, Farragut arrived at the city, and it was captured five days later.
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	David Glasgow Farragut
		Farragut was impatient with this operation, as it only served to give the enemy warning, and he found the greatest difficulty in preventing collisions in his fleet.
		Farragut wanted to take his fleet at once to Mobile, capture that place, and close the port to blockade-runners; but the government was anxious to open the Mississippi through its whole length, and the ships were therefore kept in the River for some months.
		Farragut was planning to attack the ram as soon as it should be dark enough to prevent the garrison of the fort from seeing which was friend and which foe; but the ram anticipated him, steaming directly for the flagship in the midst of the fleet.
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	David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870)
		Farragut was born James Glasgow Farragut at Campbell's Station, near Knoxville, Tennessee, to George and Elizabeth Farragut.
		David followed his adopted father to the sea at the tender ago of eight and received his first naval appointment as midshipman at large at the age of nine and a half on December 17, 1810.
		Farragut next wanted to take his fleet and capture Mobile Bay, but the opening of the Mississippi River was the first prority, and he contributed to the success of that long struggle by blockading the mouth of the Red River and supporting the siege of the Confederate fort at Port Hudson.
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	David Farragut
		First admiral of the United States Navy, the son of Major George Farragut, a Catalan by descent, a Minorquin by birth, who had emigrated to America in 1776, and, after the peace, had married a lady of Scottish family and settled near Knoxville, in Tennessee; there Farragut was born on the 5th of July 1801.
		At the early age of nine he entered the navy, under the protection of his name-father, Captain David Porter, with whom he served in the "Essex" during her cruise in the Altantic in 1812, and afterwards in the Paciflc, until her capture by the "Phoebe", in Valparaiso Bay, on the 28th of March 1814.
		On the 8th of September 1841 Farragut was promoted to the rank of commander, and on the 14th of September 1855 to that of captain.
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	David Glasgow Farragut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Although Farragut was Southern born, married a Virginian -- "a very superior woman in character and cultivation" -- and resided in the South, he was squarely behind the Union.
		Farragut next wanted to take his fleet and capture Mobile Bay, but the opening of the Mississippi River was the first prority, and he contributed top the success of that long struggle by blockading the mouth of the Red River and supporting the siege of the Confederate fort at Port Hudson.
		Farragut went back to the Gulf Coast in 1864 and fought the fiercest of his battles when he "damned the torpedoes" and blasted his way into Mobile Bay.
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		Farragut, who became a midshipman at age 9, was the son of a Spaniard who fought in the Revolutionary War.
		Farragut's rise to the post of admiral in 1866 was the crowning moment in a career that began before he was a teenager and lasted for more than five decades.
		A Southerner by birth, Farragut nonetheless pledged his allegiance to the Union cause and was given command of a heavy fleet.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Farragut, David Glasgow
		Farragut commanded his first vessel in Porter's Mosquito Fleet, which operated (1823-24) against the pirates in Gulf and Caribbean waters.
		On Virginia's secession Farragut, a Union sympathizer, moved from Norfolk, where he had made his home ashore, to Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. Yet his Southern connections placed him under suspicion, and he did not receive an important assignment until Jan., 1862.
		Farragut was easily the outstanding naval commander of the war.
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	David Glasgow Farragut Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		The American naval officer David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870) was the hero of two of the most important Union naval victories in the Civil War.
		James (later David) G. Farragut was born on July 5, 1801, near Knoxville, Tenn., the son of George Farragut, a U.S. Army and Navy officer.
		Farragut served in the Mediterranean (1815-1820) and temporarily commanded the brig Spark.
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	AllRefer.com - David Glasgow Farragut (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		David Glasgow Farragut[far´ugut] Pronunciation Key, 1801–70, American admiral, b.
		Farragut commanded his first vessel in Porter's Mosquito Fleet, which operated (1823–24) against the pirates in Gulf and Caribbean waters.
		Farragut's attempt to reduce Vicksburg in May–June, 1862, failed.
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	Admiral David Farragut
		The admiral's father, George Farragut, born in Minorca, 29 September 1755; died at Point Plaquet, West Pascagoula, La., 4 June 1817, emigrated to this country in 1776, took part in the Revolutionary war, and was the friend and companion of General Andrew Jackson during his Indian campaigns of 1813 - 14.
		The Confederates had already sent out one privateer, the “Sumter,” Farragut, who had a theory as to her probable movements, asked the government to let him go in chase of her with a swift vessel, but the suggestion was not approved.
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	David G. Farragut
		Born on July 5, 1801, near Knoxville, Tennessee, he entered the U.S. Navy as a midshipman at the age of nine, was captured by the British during the War of 1812, and served in the Mediterranean Sea from 1815 to 1820.
		Farragut immediately declared his loyalty to the Union on the outbreak of the American Civil War.
		In the Battle of Mobile Bay, his greatest victory, Farragut rallied his men with the famous cry "Damn the torpedoes!" as he led the greater part of his fleet successfully through a dangerous torpedo-mined area opposite the city.
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	David Glasgow Farragut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		David Glasgow Farragut, born at Campbell’s Station, near Knoxville, TN, 5 July 1801, entered the Navy as a midshipman 17 December 1810.
		When only 12 years old, he was given command of a prize ship taken by Essex, and brought her safely to port.
		Admiral Farragut’s last active service was in command of the European Squadron with Franklin as his flagship, and he died at Portsmouth, NH, 14 August 1870.
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		David Farragut was born in Campbell's Station, Tennessee on July 5, 1801.
		Adopted at a young age by Commodore David D. Porter, it was through Porter's teachings that Farragut was commissioned a midshipman on December 17, 1810, serving under his adopted father during the War of 1812.
		By the summer of 1862, Farragut was in command on the Mississippi River, however, in spite of his efforts and those of the army, Vicksburg had not yet been captured.
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		Vicksburg, from which, however, Farragut was compelled to withdraw, having relearnt the old See also:
		With this Farragut's active service came to an end; for though in September 1864 he was offered the command of the force intended for the reduction of We mington, the See also:
		Farragut was promoted to it, and in July 1866 was further promoted to the rank of admiral.
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	David Glasgow Farragut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Farragut is simply the most quoted naval officer of the Civil War.
		Farragut’s subordinates looked for a lead, and meanwhile they were drifting towards Fort Morgan.
		Farragut took action, ordering “Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead!” He ordered his flagship, the wooden Hartford across the mines - which didn’t explode.
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	David (Glasgow) Farragut Online Encyclopedia Article About David (Glasgow) Farragut
		David (Glasgow) Farragut Online Encyclopedia Article About David (Glasgow) Farragut
		After being adopted by Commander David Porter, he became a midshipman at the age of nine.
		His naval career progressed slowly until 1861, when he was chosen to command the West Gulf blockading squadron.
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	Admiral David Farragut
		Admiral David Glasgow Farragut was the hero of the Union Navy's successful run past the two Confederate forts guarding the lower Mississippi River approach to New Orleans, which led to the immediate capture of the city.
		In preparation for this battle, Farragut ordered a smaller gunboat lashed to the port side of three of his larger ships, Hartford, Richmond, and Monongahela, to provide more power and steering control against the five mile-per-hour river current.
		Throughout the siege period, Farragut's ships continued to bombard the Confederate defenses.
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	David Glasgow Farragut by Edward Jacobs
		President Abraham Lincoln considered the appointment of David Glasgow Farragut as commander of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron the best one he made during the Civil War.
		Rear Admiral Farragut spent the next two years blockading the Gulf Coast and maintaining Union control over the lower Mississippi before preparing for the capture of the Mobile Bay defenses.
		This, the major victory of Farragut’s naval career, earned him the rank of vice admiral.
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		Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the Gray (Discussion of David Glasgow Farragut begins on p.
		Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama (Discussion of David Glasgow Farragut begins on p.
		The Vicksburg Campaign: April 1862-July 1863 (Discussion of David Glasgow Farragut begins on p.
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	USS Farragut DDG-99 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Farragut honors Adm. David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870).
		USS Farragut (DDG 99) Official Homeport will be Mayport, FL The USS Farragut (DDG 99) Christening will be July 23, 2005 in Bath, Maine.
		The USS Farragut commissioning is to be determined.
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	David Glasgow Farragut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		During a critical moment of this assault, when one ship's captain hesitated out of fear of Confederate mines, Farragut shouted, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." Between 1865 and 1870, Farragut was twice promoted, becoming the U.S. Navy's first four-star admiral, passing away at the age of 69 on August 14, 1870.
		Bibliography: Farragut, Loyall, The Life of David Glasgow Farragut (1879); Lewis, Charles L., David Glasgow Farragut, 2 vols.
		(1941, 1943); Mahan, Alfred Thayer, Admiral Farragut (1892; repr.
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