Farragut, David

GLASGOW, a distinguished American admiral, was B. in Tenne ee, on the 5th of July, 1801, was appointed, without previous training, a midshipman as early as 1810. Under Com. Porter he was engaged in the E ex in her cruise against the British in 1812-14, and, after her capture, he served on board the line-of-battle-ship Independence. Pa ing his examination with credit, he was ordered, as lieutenant, to the West India station, and was appointed, in 1847, to the command of the Saratoga (20 guns), in which ship he took part in the naval operations during the Mexican When the Civil War broke out, F. received the war. IMG:content-0129.jpg:[graphic] Fig . 993.- ADMIRAL FARRAGUT. command of the Gulf squadron which was to cooperate with Gen. Butler in the reduction of New Orleans, and engaged and pa ed the two strong forts of the Mi i ippi in April, 1862, which brought about the surrender of that city on the 28th of the same month. Natchez was taken in May, and F's fleet ascended as far as Vicksburg, which place he bombarded until the fall of water compelled him to return to New Orleans. In 1862 he was the first officer to receive the rank of admiral in the U. S. navy: and in March, 1863, he pa ed the batteries of Port Hudson, and was in a few days again before Vicksburg, coöperating with Gen. Grant in the reduction of that important stronghold. Having been ordered to attempt the capture of Mobile, he took the forts commanding the mouth of that harbor in Aug., 1864, with the lo , however, of one of his iron-clads, the Te cumseh, and its crew, by the explosion of a torpedo, and met with a repulse in an attack upon Wilmington, Dec. 24-25. The place was, however, taken, Jan. 15, 1865, and Mobile surrendered on the 12th of April following. The naval succe es gained by the Nationals were in a great measure due to the energy and daring of this gallant officer. F. served in U. S. navy 60 years, about 12 of which only had he been unemployed on sea. In 1865, P. , in command of a U. S. squadron, visited many European ports, returning in 1868, after receiving the highest courtesies abroad. D. Aug. 14, 1870. Statues to his memory have been erected in various parts of the U.S. See Life of , by his Son, N. Y, 1879.