Editing David Farragut (section)

==Timeline of service==
[[File:Admiral David Glasgow Farragut by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.jpg|alt=A bronze bust sculpture of David Glasgow Farragut|thumb|248x248px|A bronze bust sculpture of David Glasgow Farragut by [[Augustus Saint-Gaudens]]]]
* Spring 1810, added to U.S. Navy rolls as [[boy seaman]]
* December 17, 1810, appointed [[midshipman]] at age nine.
* 1812, assigned to the [[frigate]] {{USS|Essex|1799|6}}.
* 1815–1817, served in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] aboard the [[ship of the line]] {{USS|Independence|1814|6}} and the frigate [[HMS Macedonian|USS ''Macedonian'']].
* 1818, studied ashore for nine months at [[Tunis]].
* 1819, served as a lieutenant on the [[schooner]] {{USS|Shark|1821|6}}.
* 1823, placed in command of the schooner {{USS|Ferret|1822|6}}.
* January 10, 1825, promoted to [[Lieutenant (naval)|lieutenant]] on the frigate {{USS|Brandywine}}.
* 1826–1838, served in subordinate capacities on various vessels.
* 1838, placed in command of the [[sloop-of-war]] {{USS|Erie|1813|6}}.
* September 8, 1841, promoted to the rank of [[Commander (United States)|commander]].
* [[Mexican–American War]], commanded the sloop-of-war {{USS|Saratoga|1842|6}}. 
* 1848–1853, duty at [[Norfolk Navy Base|Norfolk Navy Yard]] in [[Portsmouth, Virginia|Portsmouth]], [[Virginia]], as Assistant Inspector of Ordinance.
* September 1852 – August 1853, assigned to superintend the testing of the endurance of naval gun [[Artillery battery|batteries]] at [[Old Point Comfort]] at [[Fort Monroe]] in Virginia.<ref>Farragut, Commander D.L. Report from the Naval Testing Battery at Old Point Comfort Va, a journal book filed with the Bureau of Ordnance & Hydrography on August 31, 1853.</ref>
* 1853–1854, duty at [[Washington, D.C.]]
* September 14, 1855, promoted to the rank of [[Captain (United States O-6)|captain]].
* 1854–1858, duty establishing [[Mare Island Navy Yard]] at [[San Francisco Bay]] in [[California]].
* 1858–1859, commander of the [[Screw steamer|screw]] sloop-of-war {{USS|Brooklyn|1858|6}}.
* 1860–1861, stationed at Norfolk Navy Yard.
* January 13, 1862, promoted to the rank of [[flag officer]] (equivalent to [[Commodore (United States)|commodore]]).
* January 1862, commanded the screw sloop-of-war {{USS|Hartford|1858|6}} and the [[West Gulf Blockading Squadron]] of 17 vessels.
* April 1862, took command of occupied [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].
* June 23, 1862, wounded near [[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]], [[Mississippi]].
* July 16, 1862, promoted to [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]].
* March 15, 1863, commanded naval forces at the [[Battle of Port Hudson]].
* May 1863, commanded the screw sloop-of-war {{USS|Monongahela|1862|6}}.
* May 1863, commanded the [[screw steamer]] {{USS|Pensacola|1859|6}}.
* July 1863, commanded the sidewheel [[paddle steamer]] [[SS Republic (1853)|USS ''Tennessee'']].
* August 5, 1864, [[Battle of Mobile Bay]].
* September 5, 1864, offered command of the [[Union blockade|North Atlantic Blockading Squadron]], but he declined because of family issues.
* December 21, 1864, promoted to [[Vice admiral (United States)|vice admiral]].
* April 1865, [[pallbearer]] for the funeral of [[Abraham Lincoln]].
* July 25, 1866, promoted to [[Admiral (United States)|admiral]].
* June 1867 – 1868, commanded the [[European Squadron]] with the [[screw frigate]] {{USS|Franklin|1864|6}} as his [[flagship]].
* August 14, 1870, died at [[Portsmouth Navy Yard]] in [[Kittery, Maine|Kittery]], [[Maine]].