Lincoln's Admiral: The Civil War Campaigns of David Farragut
By James P. Duffy.
Description
"Damn the torpedoes. . . . Full speed ahead."Admiral David Farragut's bold order at the Battle of Mobile Bay has served as a rallying cry for the United States Navy for a century. Described as "urbane" and "indomitable" by contemporaries, and lionized as an "American Viking" by the Northern press during the Civil War, Farragut was considered gallant, brilliant, and humane by friend and foe alike.Recently discovered primary source material sheds new light on Farragut's life and times. The first full admiral in American naval history, he was s...
ISBN(s)
0471042080, 9780471042082
