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	Samuel Francis du Pont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Du Pont was born in Bergen Point (now Bayonne), New Jersey, the fourth child and second son to survive of Victor Marie du Pont de Nemours (the son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours) and Gabrielle Joséphine de la Fite de Pelleport.
		Du Pont became an enthusiastic supporter of naval reform, writing in support of the 1855 congressional act to "Promote the Efficiency of the Navy." He was appointed to the Naval Efficiency Board and oversaw the removal of 201 naval officers.
		Du Pont's Minnesota was one of seventeen warships parading Western force in China, and after China failed to satisfy demands for greater access to its ports, he witnessed the capture of Chinese forts on the Peiho River by the French and English on April 28, 1858.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samuel_Francis_du_Pont (1769 words)

	Samuel Francis du Pont
		Samuel Francis du Pont (September 27, 1803- June 23, 1865) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy during the Civil War.
		He was the grandson of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, and nephew of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont.
		Dupont Circle in Washington, DC is a memorial to du Pont.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/samuel_francis_du_pont (135 words)

	LOUIS ELLIES DU PIN - LoveToKnow Article on LOUIS ELLIES DU PIN
		His grandson, Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont (1803-1865), played a conspicuous part as a U.S. naval officer in the American Civil War.
		Jeffersons high opinion of Du Pont was shown in using him in 1802 to convey to Bonaparte unofficially a threat against the French occupation of Louisiana; and also, earlier, in requesting him to prepare a scheme of national education, which was published in 1800 under the title Sur lducat-ion nationale dans les Etats-Unis dAmrique.
		On the downfall of Napoleon in 1814 Du Pont became secretary to the provisional government, and on the restoration he was made a councillor of state.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DU/DU_PIN_LOUIS_ELLIES.htm (2713 words)

	AllRefer.com - Samuel Francis Du Pont (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		The blockade Du Pont organized was generally successful, except at Charleston.
		As commander of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in the Civil War, Du Pont directed (Nov., 1861) the successful naval attack against Port Royal, S.C., for which he won a rear admiral's commission.
		Against Du Pont's advice the Dept. of the Navy ordered him to attack Charleston with ironclad monitors.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/DuPont-S.html (287 words)

	Papers of Samuel Francis Du Pont1806-1865
		Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont's papers span the period from 1812 to 1865 and provide important documentation on the history of the nineteenth-century Navy as it experienced the transition from sail to steam and from wood to iron.
		Samuel Francis Du Pont (1803-1865) was a career naval officer who commanded the South Atlantic Squadron for the Union during the Civil War.
		Du Pont de Nemours's friend and correspondent, Thomas Jefferson, recognizing that the new U.S. Army did not have a reliable source of quality gun powder, encouraged him to establish a black powder manufactory, which Jefferson believed in the long run would prove to be a wiser investment than a company devoted to land speculation.
	www.hagley.lib.de.us /WMSS9.htm (4586 words)

	Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours
		Victor Du Pont was a member of the Delaware legislature, and a director of the bank of the United States and lived in Delaware till his death.
		Du Pont devoted himself to the cause with zeal, and did more than any one else to give currency to the philanthropic doctrines of the school.
		Returning to France in 1802, Du Pont de Nemours was instrumental in promoting the treaty of 1803, by which Louisiana was sold to the United States.
	famousamericans.net /pierresamueldupontdenemours (1450 words)

	Du Pont
		Samuel Francis Du Pont, born 27 September 1803 in Bergen Point, N.J., became a midshipman 19 December 1815.
		Du Pont operated on the east coast, carrying despatches and training Naval Reservists until the outbreak of the Spanish-American War.
		The first Du Pont (TB-7) was launched 30 March 1897 by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, R.I.; sponsored by Miss L. Converse; and commissioned 23 September 1897, Lieutenant (junior grade) S. Wood in command.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/d6/du_pont-i.htm (444 words)

	University of Delaware Library: DELAWARE IN WARTIME
		At the beginning of the Civil War, Samuel Francis Du Pont was a captain and his first service in the war was as senior member of the Commission of Conference in Washington, appointed by the Secretary of the Navy to prepare plans for naval operations and to devise methods for rendering the North's blockade effective.
		Du Pont, anticipating this possibility, had raised its own private militia, which was reputedly the most well-trained fighting organization in the state.
		From du Pont's perspective "World War II was a war of science and a war of industries as well as a clash of armies in the field.
	www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/exhibits/wartime.html (11259 words)

	Big Gun Bombardment of Port Royal
		As Union warships steamed past the Confederate defenses near Port Royal, Flag Officer Samuel Du Pont proudly noted that army officers aboard his ship looked on 'with wonder and admiration.' A revolution in naval tactics had begun.
		In the late summer of 1861, Du Pont was given the title of flag officer and placed in command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
		Consequently, Du Pont and his colleagues issued six primary and four supplemental reports detailing the Confederate coast and the significant rivers, harbors and inlets along it.
	www.thehistorynet.com /acw/blportroyal (1071 words)

	Lincoln's Tragic Admiral
		Once revered as one of the finest officers in the U.S. Navy, Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont is now, when remembered at all, criticized for resisting technological advancement and for half-heartedly leading the disastrous all-ironclad Union naval attack on Charleston.
		Weddle exposes this historical misunderstanding, while also pinpointing Du Pont’s crucial role in the development of United States naval strategy, his work in modernizing the navy between the Mexican War and the Civil War, and his push for the navy’s technological transition from wood to iron.
		Du Pont's downfall after the failure to capture Charleston in 1863 was a true tragedy of classical proportions, chronicled here with greater sensitivity than ever before."
	www.upress.virginia.edu /books/weddle.html (341 words)

	Hagley Museum: Collection Inventories
		Samuel Francis Du Pont (1803-1865) was a career naval officer who commanded the South Atlantic Squadron for the Union during the Civil War.
		Victor du Pont (1767-1827), the eldest son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, first came to the United States in 1788 as part of the French diplomatic mission.
		Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834) was the founder of the gun powder manufacturing firm E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. The collection consists of both personal and business papers.
	www.hagley.lib.de.us /inventories.html (1957 words)

	Magazine Antiques: The Georgia Dining Room revisited - Winterthur - Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
		Samuel Rockwell's family occupied the house until 1843, but because of their inability to complete payments on the property, the estate of Oliver Prince repossessed it in that year.
		Although houses from this period tend to have a hierarchy of architecture, ranging from elaborate public rooms to simpler private spaces, historians have wondered whether the difference in the quality and design of the Rockwell mansion's interior architecture could be due to the succession of owners during its early years.
		Winterthur's purchase of the elaborate woodwork and mantel from the rear parlor provided the twentieth-century owners of the Rockwell mansion with the funds necessary to repair extensive damage incurred during a fire.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1026/is_1_161/ai_81891361 (1332 words)

	Sam Francis (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sam_Francis_(disambiguation) (91 words)

	Dupont Circle - Wikipedia
		In 1882, Congress authorized a memorial statue of Samuel Francis du Pont in recognition of his service as a rear admiral during the Civil War.
		A bronze statue was erected in 1884 in a park at the center of the circle.
		Construction of the traffic circle, originally called Pacific Circle, began in 1871.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dupont_Circle (912 words)

	Learn About: A Light in the Storm
		Victor-Marie's son, Samuel Francis du Pont, was a U.S. naval officer and served in the Mexican War and the Civil War.
		The E. du Pont de Nemours and Company, as the business was called, became a great success, allowing the family to branch out into other fields; wool, farming, and chemical production.
		Eleuthere-Irenee's grandson, Henry Algernon du Pont was a West Point graduate, like his father, Henry du Pont, and a Medal of Honor winner in the Civil War.
	www.kennedy-center.org /programs/family/lightinthestorm/learn/civil/delaware.html (1203 words)

	1915: Pierre S. du Pont
		Two years later, Pierre and cousin Francis G. du Pont developed and patented the first American-made smokeless powder at the Carney's Point plant in New Jersey.
		Tall and with a keen insight tempered by natural reticence, Pierre S. du Pont was the son of Lammot du Pont and great-grandson of E.I. du Pont, the company's founder.
		Pierre served as treasurer, executive vice-president, and acting president during the absence of the ailing Coleman du Pont until 1914, and finally president from 1915 until 1919.
	heritage.dupont.com /touchpoints/tp_1915/depth.shtml (481 words)

	Hagley Museum: Calendar of Events
		Once revered as one of the Navy’s finest officers, Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont is often criticized for resisting technological advancement and for half-heartedly leading the disastrous all-ironclad Union naval attack on Charleston.
		Visit the Eleutherian Mills residence and you’ll find holiday decorations reflecting the furnishings and style that Louise du Pont Crowninshield used in her home as she occupied it from 1925-1958.
		These will be the first evening tours of the du Pont ancestral home since last year’s renovations, which provided for enhanced lighting.
	www.hagley.org /events.html (2034 words)

	JMH Abstracts: Vol. 68, No. 2
		Commander Samuel Francis Du Pont, along with several other political and military leaders, was instrumental in achieving significant personnel reform that temporarily broke the promotion logjam by removing much of the deadwood from the naval officer corps.
		Kevin J. Weddle, " 'The Magic Touch of Reform': Samuel Francis Du Pont and the Efficiency Board of 1855," The Journal of Military History 67 (October 2003): 471-504.
		This article draws upon previously neglected material to provide a fresh look at Du Pont's role in the work of the United States Navy's Efficiency Board of 1855.
	www.smh-hq.org /jmh/volumes/jmh682/abs682.html (1035 words)

	Military History Online - Military Book Reviewed
		Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont by Kevin J. Weddle is a wonderful biography of US Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont.
		Du Pont is best-known for his failed ironclad assault on Charleston on April 7, 1863.
		Fittingly, only a small section of the book is devoted to the actual assault, since up until that point, Du Pont had served admirably in the US Navy for decades.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /review/default.aspx (1868 words)

	Bibliography series
		Du Pont, Henry A. Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, United States Navy: A Biography.
		Merrill, James M. Du Pont, the Making of an Admiral: A Biography of Samuel Francis Du Pont.
		Cornish, Dudley T. Lincoln's Lee: The Life of Samuel Phillips Lee, United States Navy, 1812-1897.
	www.history.navy.mil /biblio/biblio1/biblio1l.htm (432 words)

	Dupont Circle
		The circle was built to commemorate Samuel Francis du Pont, b.
		He was the nephew of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont, b.
		In 1861, early in the Civil War, he commanded the blockading squadron in the southern Atlantic and in November captured Port Royal, S.C. He was relieved of his command in April 1863 after he followed what he felt to be ill-conceived orders to attack Charleston, S.C. The attack ended in disaster for the Union navy.
	sc94.ameslab.gov /TOUR/dupont.html (184 words)

	NARA - Prologue - Prologue: Selected Articles
		During the summer of 1863, the army and Du Pont's replacement, Rear Adm. John A. Dahlgren, worked closely with Gillmore to capture Morris Island and reduce Fort Sumter.
		Du Pont to Fox, May 25, 31, Sept. 20, 1862, Fox Correspondence, I: 120, 122 - 123, 156; Charles Henry Davis, Life of Charles Henry Davis, Rear Admiral 1877 (1899), p.
		98 - 99; John Rodgers to Du Pont, Jan. 18, 1862, ORN, 12: 492 - 493; T. Sherman to George B. McClellan, Dec. 27, 1861, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (ORA), 128 vols.
	www.archives.gov /publications/prologue/2001/fall/civil-war-navy-2.html?template=print (3520 words)

	Mall landscaping changes will match original design
		The tree, native to China, was introduced when its seed pods were used as packing material for porcelain and furniture shipped to the United States, including what Samuel Francis du Pont had shipped to Wilmington in the 1850s.
		Coffin was hired to work at UD after landscaping private residences for three trustees- H. Rodney Sharp, Lammot du Pont and Henry du Pont.
		In her book, Fleming notes that Coffin became familiar with paulownias through her associations with the du Pont family.
	www.udel.edu /PR/UpDate/99/15/mall.html (572 words)

	Admiral Samuel Francis du Pont
		Admiral Samuel Francis du Pont by Laurt Thompson, 1884
		The sculpture was originally placed in Washington, DC's Pacific Circle (now called Dupont Circle) in 1884, but in 1920 the du Pont family had the statue moved to Wilmington.
		Outdoor sculptures are moved for all kinds of reasons.
	www.heritagepreservation.org /PROGRAMS/SOS/4KIDS/4kids2000/dedupont.htm (115 words)

	Inventory of the Louis J. Sands Papers, 1856-1903
		Newspaper clippings consist of a biography of Samuel Francis du Pont, commander of the United States Navy attack on Port Royal, S.C., and obituaries of Colonel S. Van Rensselaer Cruger, a relative of Sands.
		Other loose letters date from 1903 and appear to be related to attempts by Sands to learn more about the his family history.
	www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/htm/05180.html (632 words)

	Magazine Antiques: Trade catalogues in the Winterthur Library - Winterthur - Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
		George Francis Dow's "Old English Pattern Books of Hardware Used in the Building and Cabinet Maker's Trade" appeared in Old-Tune New England.
		102-105: and Samuel W Woodhouse, Jr., "English Hardware for American cabinetmakers," vol.
		Although all of these sources (with the exception of Young's) are largely pictorial and according to the usage of the time refer to the publicatio ns as "pattern books," the authors nevertheless devote more attention to this specific type of catalogue than any later catalogues would receive for many years.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1026/is_1_161/ai_81891364/pg_3 (319 words)

	du PONT, Henry Algernon (1838-1926) Bibliography
		Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis du Pont, United States Navy: A Biography.
		The Early Generations of the du Pont and Allied Families.
		Blood Relations: The Rise Fall of the du Ponts of Delaware.
	bioguide.congress.gov /scripts/bibdisplay.pl?index=D000559 (123 words)

	Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
		His grandson Samuel Francis (1803–1865) was a Union admiral during the Civil War.
		His son Éleuthère Irénée (1771–1834) established a gunpowder works in Delaware (1802) that developed into the chemical firm of E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company.
		French-born economist and politician who took part in negotiations after the American Revolution (1783) and in the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory (1803).
	www.bartleby.com /61/97/D0429700.html (126 words)

	1803 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		September 27 - Samuel Francis du Pont, American admiral (d.
		September 27 - Samuel Adams, American patriot (b.
		September 5 - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (b.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1803 (583 words)

	Delaware State Parks -- Greenways and Trails, Ft. Dupont
		This fort was named for Rear Admiral Samuel Francis du Pont.
		A native of Delaware and a hero of the Civil War, du Pont is one of the few Naval officers to be honored in this way by the United States Army.
		The Fort Dupont Interpretive Trail is one of many stops along Delaware's Coastal Heritage Greenway.
	www.dnrec.state.de.us /parks/greenway/trailguides/FtDupontTrail/fdupont1.htm (285 words)

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