Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! U. S. Naval Academy professor emeritus Craig Symonds talked about Civil War naval leadership, which included Union Admiral David Farragut. This ...

Today in U.S. Naval History - September 17 1861 - Union landing party from USS Massachusetts takes possession of Ship Island, Mississippi. This was the headquarters for Adm. David Farragut's Gulf ...

The City of New York, Department of Parks, 1941. Greenthal, Kathryn, "Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 17 and pg. 94-95. Gayle, Margot & ...

According to Civil War legend, Rear Admiral David Farragut was frustrated when one of his ships suddenly slowed during an assault on a small Confederate fleet and three forts during the pivotal Battle ...

FARRAGUT, Tenn. — Eight U.S. Navy sailors visited Farragut this week as part of a Navy program called "Namesake Visits." The eight sailors recently returned home from months-long deployments aboard ...

The book cover of “Farragut, America’s First Admiral” by Naval Historical Center historian Robert J. Schneller, Jr. Adm. Farragut was appointed the U.S. Navy’s first four-star Admiral in 1866, but is ...