Editing David Farragut

{{Short description|United States Navy admiral (1801–1870)}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name          = David Farragut
| image         = Admiral David Farragut (1801–1870) - collodion, LC-BH82-4054 restored.jpg
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| caption       = Farragut as a [[rear admiral]], {{circa|1862–1864}}
| birth_name    = James Glasgow Farragut
| nickname      = 
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1801|07|05}}
| birth_place   = near [[Farragut, Tennessee]], U.S. (at Lowe's Ferry)
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1870|08|14|1801|07|05}}
| death_place   = [[Portsmouth Naval Shipyard]], U.S.
| placeofburial = [[Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)|Woodlawn Cemetery]], the [[Bronx]]
| allegiance    = {{flag|United States|1867}} ([[Union (American Civil War)|Union]])
| branch        = {{flag|United States Navy|1867}} ([[Union Navy]])
| serviceyears  = 1810–1870
| rank          = [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]]
| battles       = {{Tree list}}
* [[War of 1812]]
** [[USS Essex vs HMS Alert|USS ''Essex'' vs. HMS ''Alert'']]
** [[Action off Charles Island]]
** [[Nuku Hiva Campaign]]
** [[Battle of Valparaiso]] {{WIA}} {{POW}}
* [[West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United States|West Indies anti-piracy operations]]
* [[Mexican–American War]]
* [[American Civil War]]
** [[Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip]]
** [[Battle of New Orleans (Civil War)|Battle of New Orleans]]
** [[Siege of Vicksburg]]
** [[Siege of Port Hudson]]
** [[Battle of Mobile Bay]]
{{Tree list/end}}
| awards        = 
| relations     = 
| laterwork     = 
| signature     = Appletons' Farragut David Glasgow signature.png
}}

'''David Glasgow Farragut''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|æ|r|ə|g|ə|t}}; also spelled '''Glascoe''';<ref name=":0">[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb__ZJTAAAAYAAJ <!-- quote="David Glasgoe Farragut". --> Dabney McCabe (1876) ''The Centennial Book of American Biography'', P. W. Ziegler & Company, Philadelphia]</ref><ref name=":1">[https://books.google.com/books?id=IohiqF8GEp8C&q=Farragut,+and+our+naval+commanders Joel Tyler Headley (1867) ''Farragut, and Our Naval Commanders'', E.B. Treat & Co., New York]</ref><ref name=":2">[https://books.google.com/books?id=uZEMAQAAMAAJ Samuel Fallows et al. (1900) ''Splendid Deeds of American Heroes on Sea and Land'', J. L. Nichols & Co.]</ref><ref name=":3">[https://archive.org/details/dollarsandsense00huntgoog <!-- quote="David Glasgoe Farragut". --> P.T. Barnum et al. (1890) ''Dollars and Sense, or, How to Get On'', People's Publishing Company, Chicago]</ref> July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a [[flag officer]] of the [[United States Navy]] during the [[American Civil War]]. He was the first [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]], [[Vice admiral (United States)|vice admiral]], and [[Admiral (United States)|admiral]] in the United States Navy.<ref name=":4">[[#Farragut79|Farragut, 1879]], p. 3</ref><ref name="Hickman2">[[#Hickman|Hickman, 2010]], p. 216</ref> He is remembered in U.S. Navy tradition for his bold order at the [[Battle of Mobile Bay]], usually abbreviated to "Damn the torpedoes ... full speed ahead."<ref name=":5">[[#Stein|Stein, 2005]], p. 5</ref><ref name=":6">[[#Spears|Spears, 1905]], p. 328</ref>

Born near [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], Farragut was fostered by naval officer [[David Porter (naval officer)|David Porter]] after the death of his mother. When he was 11 years old, Farragut served in the [[War of 1812]] under the command of his adoptive father. He received his first command in 1823, at the age of 22, and went on to participate in [[West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United States|anti-piracy operations]] in the [[Caribbean Sea]]. He then served in the [[Mexican–American War]] under the command of [[Matthew C. Perry]], participating in the blockade of [[Tuxpan]]. After the war, he oversaw the construction of the Mare Island Navy Yard (now [[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]]), which was the first U.S. Navy base established on the [[Pacific Ocean]].

Though Farragut resided in [[Norfolk, Virginia]], prior to the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], he was a [[Southern Unionist]] who strongly opposed [[Confederate States of America|Southern secession]] and remained loyal to the Union after the outbreak of the Civil War. Despite some doubts about Farragut's loyalty, Farragut was assigned command of an attack on the important Confederate port city of [[New Orleans]]. After defeating the Confederates at the [[Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip]], Farragut [[Capture of New Orleans|captured New Orleans]] in April 1862. He was promoted to rear admiral after the battle and helped extend Union control up along the [[Mississippi River]], participating in the [[siege of Port Hudson]]. With the Union in control of the Mississippi, Farragut led a successful attack on [[Mobile Bay]], home to the last major Confederate port on the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. Farragut was promoted to admiral following the end of the Civil War and remained on active duty until his death in 1870.

==Early life==
[[File:Coat of Arms of David Farragut.svg|200px|thumb|left|Coat of Arms of David Farragut]]
James Glasgow Farragut was born in 1801 to [[George Farragut]] (born Jorge Farragut Mesquida, 1755–1817), a Spanish [[Balearic Islands|Balearic]] merchant [[Sea captain|captain]] from the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] island of [[Menorca]], and his wife Elizabeth (née Shine, 1765–1808), of North Carolina [[Scotch-Irish American]] descent, at Lowe's Ferry on the [[Tennessee River|Holston River]] in Tennessee.<ref name="Schouler170">[[#Schouler1899|Schouler, 1899]] p. 170</ref> It was a few miles southeast of Campbell's Station, near [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]].<ref name="Admiral David Farragut2">{{cite web |url=http://www.sonofthesouth.net/union-generals/farragut/admiral-david-farragut.htm |title=Admiral David Farragut |publisher=Son of the South |access-date=November 11, 2010}}</ref>

After serving in the Spanish [[merchant marine]], George Farragut immigrated to [[North America]] in 1776 and served as a naval officer during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. He was first with the [[South Carolina Navy]], then with the [[Continental Navy]]. George and Elizabeth moved west to Tennessee after his service in the Revolution, where he operated Lowe's Ferry and served as a [[cavalry]] officer in the Tennessee [[militia (United States)|militia]].<ref name="Hickman2" />

In 1805, George accepted a position at the U.S. port of [[New Orleans]]. He traveled there first and his family followed in a {{convert|1700|mi|km|adj=on}} [[flatboat]] guided by hired rivermen. It was four-year-old James's first voyage. The family was still living in New Orleans when Elizabeth died of [[yellow fever]]. George Farragut made plans to place the young children with friends and family who could better care for them.

In 1808, after his mother's death, James agreed to live with United States Navy officer [[David Porter (naval officer)|David Porter]], whose father had served with George Farragut during the Revolution.<ref>[[#Houston|Houston, Blaine, Mellette, 1916]] p. 438</ref> In 1812, he adopted the name "David" in honor of his foster father, with whom he went to sea late in 1810. David Farragut grew up in a naval family, with [[foster brother]]s [[David Dixon Porter]], a future [[American Civil War|Civil War]] admiral, and [[William D. Porter]], who became a [[Commodore (United States)|Commodore]].

==Career==
[[File:William Swain - David Glasgow Farragut - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|right|Farragut as he appears in the [[National Portrait Gallery (United States)|National Portrait Gallery]] in Washington, D.C.]]

Farragut's naval career began as a [[midshipman]] when he was nine years old, and continued for 60 years until his death at the age of 69. This included service in several wars, most notably during the [[American Civil War]], where he gained fame for winning several decisive naval battles.

===War of 1812===
Farragut's naval career began when he was added to the U.S. Navy's rolls with the rank of [[Boy seaman|"boy"]] in the spring of 1810.<ref>[[#Martin|Martin]] p. 8</ref> Through the influence of his foster father, Farragut was warranted a [[midshipman]] in the U.S. Navy on December 17, 1810, at the age of nine.<ref>[[#Spears|Spears, 1905]] p. 11</ref>{{refn|Some sources place the age at eleven.<ref name="Schouler170"/>|group="note"}} A [[prize ship|prize master]] by the age of 11, Farragut fought in the [[War of 1812]], serving under [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] Porter, his foster father. While serving aboard the [[frigate]] {{USS|Essex|1799|6}}, Farragut participated in the [[USS Essex vs HMS Alert|capture of HMS ''Alert'']] on August 13, 1812,<ref>[[#Mahan|Mahan, 1892]], pp. 27–28</ref><ref>[[#Barnes'09|Barnes, 1909]], pp. 36–38</ref> He helped to establish America's first naval base and colony in the Pacific, named [[Fort Madison, Nuku Hiva|Fort Madison]], during the ill-fated [[Nuku Hiva Campaign]] in the [[Marquesas Islands]]. At the same time, the Americans battled the hostile tribes on the islands with the help of their [[Te I'i]] allies.

Farragut was 11 years old when, during the War of 1812, he was given the assignment to bring a ship captured by the ''Essex'' safely to port.<ref name="Memorial">[http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/naval/p/farragut.htm Kennedy Hickman, "Admiral David G. Farragut: Hero of the Union Navy"; About.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927115426/http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/naval/p/farragut.htm |date=September 27, 2011 }}, Retrieved March 28, 2007</ref> He was wounded and captured while serving on the ''Essex'' during the [[Battle of Valparaiso|engagement]] at [[Valparaíso|Valparaíso Bay]], Chile, against the British on March 28, 1814.<ref>[[#Spears|Spears, 1905]], pp. 74–80</ref>

===West Indies===
In 1823, Farragut was placed in command of {{USS|Ferret|1822|6}}, which was his first command of a U.S. naval vessel.<ref>[[#Spears|Spears, 1905]], pp. 123, 126</ref><ref name="navybio">{{cite web |title=Admiral David Glasgow Farragut |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/people/namesakes/david-glasgow-farragut.html |website=Naval History and Heritage Command |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref> He served in the [[Mosquito Fleet]], a fleet of ships fitted out to [[West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations of the United States|fight pirates]] in the [[Caribbean Sea]]. After learning his old captain, Commodore Porter, would be commander of the fleet, he asked for, and received, orders to serve aboard ''Greyhound'', one of the smaller vessels, commanded by John Porter, brother of David Porter. On February 14, 1823, the fleet set sail for the [[West Indies]] where, for the next six months, they would drive the pirates off the sea, and rout them from their hiding places in among the islands.<ref>[[#Mahan|Mahan, 1892]], pp. 63–64</ref>  He was executive officer aboard the ''Experiment'' during its campaign in the West Indies fighting pirates.<ref>[[#Spears|Spears, 1905]], pp. 32–33</ref> Farragut was promoted to lieutenant in 1825.<ref name="navybio" />

===Mexican–American War===
In 1847, Farragut, now a [[Commander (United States)|commander]], took command of the [[sloop-of-war]] {{USS|Saratoga|1842|6}} when she was recommissioned at [[Norfolk Navy Yard]] in [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]], [[Virginia]]. Assigned to the [[Home Squadron]] for service in the [[Mexican–American War]], ''Saratoga'' departed Norfolk on March 29, 1847, bound for the [[Gulf of Mexico]] under Farragut's command and upon arriving off [[Veracruz]], [[Mexico]], on April 26, 1847, reported to the squadron's commander, [[Commodore (United States)|Commodore]] [[Matthew C. Perry]], for duty. On April 29, Perry ordered Farragut to sail ''Saratoga'' {{convert|150|nmi|mi km|lk=in}} to the north to [[blockade]] [[Tuxpan]], where she operated from April 30 to July 12 before Farragut returned to Veracruz. About two weeks later, Farragut began a round-trip voyage to carry dispatches to [[Tabasco]], returning to Veracruz on August 11, 1847. On September 1, 1847, Farragut and ''Saratoga'' returned to blockade duty off Tuxpan, remaining there for two months despite a [[yellow fever]] outbreak on board. Farragut then brought the ship back to Veracruz and, after a month there, got underway for the [[Pensacola Navy Yard]] in [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]], [[Florida]], where ''Saratoga'' arrived on January 6, 1848, disembarked all of her seriously sick patients at the base hospital, and replenished her stores. On January 31, 1848, Farragut took the ship out of Pensacola bound for [[New York City]], arriving there on February 19. ''Saratoga'' was decommissioned there on February 26, 1848.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/saratoga-iii.html|title=Saratoga III (Sloop-of-War)|website=history.navy.mil}}</ref>

===Mare Island Navy Yard===
In 1853, [[Secretary of the Navy]] [[James C. Dobbin]] selected Commander David G. Farragut to create [[Mare Island Naval Shipyard|Mare Island Navy Yard]] near San Francisco in [[San Pablo Bay]]. In August 1854, Farragut was called to Washington from his post as assistant inspector of ordnance at [[Norfolk, Virginia]]. President [[Franklin Pierce]] congratulated Farragut on his naval career and the task he was to undertake. On September 16, 1854, Commander Farragut arrived to oversee the building of the Mare Island Navy Yard at [[Vallejo, California]], which became the port for ship repairs on the West Coast. Captain Farragut commissioned Mare Island on July 16, 1858. Farragut returned to a hero's welcome at Mare Island on August 11, 1859.<ref>[[#Spears|Spears, 1905]] p. 143.</ref><ref>[[#Farragut79|Farragut, 1879]], pp. 168–169.</ref>

===Civil War service===
[[File:Admiral David G Farragut.jpg|thumb|Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, {{c.|1863}}]]

Although he was a Southerner by birth and lived in the South prior to the American Civil War, Farragut made it clear to all who knew him that he regarded secession as [[treason]]. Just before the war's outbreak, Farragut moved with his Virginia-born wife to [[Hastings-on-Hudson, New York|Hastings-on-Hudson]], a small town just outside New York City.<ref name="Schouler170"/><ref name=Winters/>

He offered his services to the Union, and was initially given a seat on the Naval Retirement Board. Offered a command by his foster brother, David Dixon Porter, for a special assignment, he hesitated upon learning the target might be Norfolk. As he had friends and relatives living there, he was relieved to learn the target was changed to his former childhood home of New Orleans.<ref name=Winters>[[John D. Winters]], ''The Civil War in Louisiana'', [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]: Louisiana State University Press, 1963, {{ISBN|0-8071-0834-0}}, p. 56</ref>

Farragut was appointed under secret instructions on February 3, 1862, to command the [[West Gulf Blockading Squadron|Gulf Blockading Squadron]], sailing from [[Hampton Roads]] on the screw [[Steamship|steamer]] {{USS|Hartford|1858|6}}, bearing 25 guns, which he made his [[flagship]], accompanied by a fleet of 17 ships. He reached the mouth of the [[Mississippi River]], near Confederate forts [[Fort St. Philip|St. Philip]] and [[Fort Jackson, Louisiana|Jackson]], situated opposite one another along the banks of the river, with a combined armament of more than 100 heavy guns and a complement of 700 men. Now aware of Farragut's approach, the Confederates had amassed a fleet of 16 gunboats just outside New Orleans.<ref>[[#Schouler1899Schouler, 1899]], pp. 171–172</ref>

On April 18, Farragut ordered the mortar boats, under the command of Porter, to commence bombardment on the two forts, inflicting considerable damage, but not enough to compel the Confederates to surrender. After two days of [[Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip|heavy bombardment]], Farragut ran past forts Jackson and St. Philip and the [[Chalmette, Louisiana|Chalmette]] batteries to take the city and port of [[Battle of New Orleans (Civil War)|New Orleans]] on April 29, a decisive event in the war.<ref>[[#Rhodes1917|Rhodes, 1917]], pp. 119–120</ref>

Congress honored him by creating the rank of [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]] on July 16, 1862, a rank never before used in the U.S. Navy. Before this time, the American Navy had resisted the rank of admiral, preferring the term "flag officer", to distinguish the rank from the traditions of the European navies. Farragut was promoted to rear admiral along with 13 other officers – three others on the active list and ten on the retired list. Later that year, Farragut passed the batteries defending [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]], but had no success there. A makeshift [[Confederate States Navy|Confederate]] [[ironclad]] forced his flotilla of 38 ships to withdraw in July 1862.

While an aggressive commander, Farragut was not always cooperative. At the [[siege of Port Hudson]], the plan was that Farragut's flotilla would pass by the guns of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] stronghold with the help of a diversionary land attack by the [[Army of the Gulf]], commanded by General [[Nathaniel Banks]], to commence at 8:00&nbsp;a.m. on March 15, 1863. Farragut unilaterally decided to move the timetable up to 9:00&nbsp;p.m. on March 14, and initiated his run past the guns before Union ground forces were in position. The consequently uncoordinated attack allowed the Confederates to concentrate on Farragut's flotilla and inflict heavy damage to his warships.

[[File:DavidFarragutonUSSHartford.jpg|thumb|left|Farragut on board ''Hartford'']]

Farragut's flotilla was forced to retreat with only two ships able to pass the heavy cannon of the Confederate bastion. After surviving the gauntlet, Farragut played no further part in the battle for [[Port Hudson, Louisiana|Port Hudson]], and General Banks was left to continue the siege without the advantage of naval support. The [[Union Army]] made two major attacks on the fort; both were repulsed with heavy losses. Farragut's flotilla was splintered, yet was able to blockade the mouth of the [[Red River of the South|Red River]] with the two remaining warships; he could not efficiently patrol the section of the Mississippi between Port Hudson and Vicksburg. Farragut's decision proved costly to the Union Navy and the Union Army, which suffered its highest casualty rate of the war at Port Hudson.

[[Siege of Vicksburg|Vicksburg surrendered]] on July 4, 1863, leaving Port Hudson as the last remaining Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River. General Banks accepted the surrender of the Confederate garrison at Port Hudson on July 9, ending the longest siege in U.S. military history. [[Mississippi River campaigns in the American Civil War|Control of the Mississippi River]] was the centerpiece of the Union strategy to win the war, and, with the surrender of Port Hudson, the Confederacy was now cut in two.

On August 5, 1864, Farragut won a great victory in the [[Battle of Mobile Bay]]. [[Mobile, Alabama]] was then the Confederacy's last major open port on the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. The bay was heavily mined (tethered [[naval mine]]s were then known as "torpedoes").<ref>{{citation | contribution = 'DAMN THE TORPEDOES!' 'Full speed ahead!' | title = Vicksburg | publisher = Vicksburg National Military Park| contribution-url = http://www.nps.gov/vick/forteachers/upload/Torpedoes.pdf | access-date = January 30, 2012}}</ref> Farragut ordered his fleet to charge the bay. As the battle progressed, smoke blocked Farragut's view from his position on the USS ''Hartford''. In a detailed account of the episode, [[Robert M. Browning]] reveals that, in order to see better, Farragut climbed the ship's rigging until he reached the [[futtock shrouds]] under the main top. Fearing for his safety, the crew lashed him to the mast and rigging.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Browning Jr. |first1=Robert M. |title="Damn the Torpedoes": What did Farragut really say at Mobile Bay? In the wake of the battle, accounts varied, and speculation continues to this day. |url=https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2014/july/damn-torpedoes |website=Naval History magazine |publisher=U.S. Naval Institute |access-date=3 December 2023}}</ref>

[[File:Farragut&Granger.jpg|thumb|Rear admiral David Farragut and General Gordon Granger]]

When the monitor {{USS|Tecumseh|1863|6}} struck a mine and sank, the others began to pull back. "What's the trouble?" he shouted through a trumpet to {{USS|Brooklyn|1858|6}}. "Torpedoes", was the shouted reply. "Damn the torpedoes.", said Farragut, "Four bells, [[Percival Drayton|Captain Drayton]], go ahead. [[James Edward Jouett|Jouett]], full speed."<ref>[[#Spears|Spears, 1905]] p. 359</ref><ref>[[#Farragut79|Farragut, 1879]], pp. 416–417</ref> The bulk of the fleet succeeded in entering the bay. Farragut triumphed over the opposition of heavy batteries in [[Fort Morgan (Alabama)|Fort Morgan]] and [[Fort Gaines (Alabama)|Fort Gaines]] to defeat the squadron of Admiral [[Franklin Buchanan]]. On December 21, 1864, Lincoln promoted Farragut to vice admiral, which made him the senior ranking officer in the United States Navy.

===Post-Civil War service===
After the Civil War, Farragut was elected a companion of the first class of the New York Commandery of the [[Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States]] on March 18, 1866, and assigned insignia number 231. He served as the commander of the Commandery of New York from May 1866 until his death. Farragut was promoted to full [[admiral (United States)|admiral]] on July 25, 1866, becoming the first U.S. Navy officer to hold that rank.<ref name="Hickman2" /> His last active service was in command of the [[European Squadron]], from 1867 to 1868, with the [[screw frigate]] {{USS|Franklin|1864|6}} as his [[flagship]]. Farragut remained on active duty for life, an honor accorded to only seven other U.S. Navy officers after the Civil War.<ref>The others were his foster brother David Dixon Porter, [[Stephen Clegg Rowan]], [[George Dewey]], [[William D. Leahy|William Leahy]], [[Ernest King]], [[Chester W. Nimitz]], and [[William Halsey, Jr.|William Halsey]].</ref>

==Death==
[[File:Admiral David Farragut Monument 1024.jpg|thumb|The monument of Admiral David Farragut in [[Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)|Woodlawn Cemetery]] in [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]]]]
Farragut died from a heart attack at the age of 69 in [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]], while on vacation in the late summer of 1870. He had served almost sixty years in the navy. He is interred at [[Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx|Woodlawn Cemetery]], in [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]].<ref>[[#Shorto|Shorto, 1991]] p. 306</ref> His [[Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite|gravesite]] is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], as is Woodlawn Cemetery itself.

==Personal life==
After appointment and an initial cruise as acting lieutenant commanding {{USS|Ferret|1822|6}}, Farragut married Susan Caroline Marchant on September 2, 1824.<ref>Schneller, Robert J., ''Farragut: America's First Admiral'' p. 19</ref> After years of ill health, Susan Farragut died on December 27, 1840. Farragut was noted for his kindly treatment of his wife during her illness.<ref name=Hearn>{{cite book|last=Hearn|first=Chester G.|title=Admiral David Glasgow Farragut: The Civil War Years|year=1998|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, MD|isbn=1-55750-384-2|pages=xxi+385}}</ref>

After the death of his first wife, Farragut married Virginia Dorcas Loyall, on December 26, 1843, with whom he had one surviving son, named Loyall Farragut, born October 12, 1844. Loyall Farragut graduated from [[West Point]] in 1868, and served as a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[U.S. Army]] before resigning in 1872. He spent most of the remainder of his career as an executive with the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey. He was a hereditary member of the Military Society of the War of 1812 and a companion of the [[Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States]]. Loyall died on October 1, 1916, as noted on one side of the family monument that he and his mother erected to the memory of his father in Woodlawn Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/Cullums_Register/2266*.html|title=Loyall Farragut • Cullum's Register • 2266|website=penelope.uchicago.edu}}</ref>

Farragut had a brother named William A. C. Farragut. William was also in the Navy but had a far less distinguished career. He was warranted as a midshipman on January 16, 1809 &ndash; a year before David would begin his career &ndash; and was promoted to lieutenant on December 9, 1814. He remained at that rank until he was transferred to the Reserve List on December 15, 1855. He died on December 20, 1859.

Farragut was a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]] and a [[Scottish Rite]] freemason.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://pub.acgl.eu/index.php/freemasonry/information | title = Famous men members of Masonic Lodges | website = American Canadian Grand Lodge ACGL | language = en | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181117142833/https://pub.acgl.eu/index.php/freemasonry/information | archive-date = November 17, 2018 | url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bavarialodge.org/freemasonry | title = Famous members of Masonic Lodges | language = en | website = Bavaria Lodge No. 935 A.F. & A. M. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181013211059/https://www.bavarialodge.org/freemasonry | archive-date = October 13, 2018 | url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author = Henry C. Clausen | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WoTOAAAAMAAJ&q=David+Farragut%2Bfreemason | title = Masons who Helped Shape Our Nation | language = en | publisher = Supreme Council, 330, A.A. Scottish Rite of Freemasonry | location = Southern Jurisdiction, U.S. | year = 1976 | oclc = 2392477 | page = 30 |isbn = 9781127512546| quotation = ... Admiral David Farragut, for example, was one of the great Freemasons who won recognition from all sides for his bravery. | archive-url = https://archive.today/20181117185906/https://www.google.com/search?q=David+Farragut%2Bfreemasonry&source=lnms&tbm=bks&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjolbPtjdzeAhUH4YUKHdMkCiIQ_AUIFCgB&biw=1366&bih=639 | archive-date = November 17, 2018 | url-status = live |author-link = Henry C. Clausen}}</ref>

==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]].

==Legacy==
[[File:Fargut Satue May 2020.jpg|thumb|Statue of Admiral David Farragut overlooking Pleasure Bay in South Boston, Massachusetts]]
The area formerly known as Campbell's Station, Tennessee, only a few miles from Admiral Farragut's birthplace, was renamed to the town of [[Farragut, Tennessee|Farragut]] in his honor. [[Farragut Square]] in Washington, D.C., is named in his honor. A statue of him, named ''[[Admiral David G. Farragut (Ream statue)|Admiral David G. Farragut]]'', is in the center of Farragut Square. Two [[Washington Metro]] stations, [[Farragut West station|Farragut West]] and [[Farragut North station|Farragut North]], also share his name. There is a [[Statue of David Farragut (Boston)|statue of Admiral Farragut]] at the [[South Boston]] Marine Park adjacent to [[Castle Island (Massachusetts)|Castle Island]]. There is also an [[Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (Manhattan)|outdoor sculpture of him]] in [[Madison Square Park]] in Manhattan, New York City, where the [[Farragut, Brooklyn|Farragut]] section of the Borough of Brooklyn,<ref name=EncNYC>{{cite enc-nyc2|page=391}}</ref> including Farragut Road, is named for him.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forgotten-ny.com/2019/02/the-quentin-road-story/ |title=The Quentin Road Story |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 27, 2019 |website=forgotten-ny.com |access-date=July 2, 2020 |quote=Avenue E was named, apparently, for a local landholder and became Foster, while Avenue F became Farragut in honor of David Farragut, the great Civil War admiral.}}</ref> A street in [[The Bronx]], New York is also named for him.<ref>McNamara, John (1991). ''History in Asphalt''. Harrison, NY: Harbor Hill Books. p. 99. {{ISBN|0-941980-15-4}}.</ref>

The Superintendent's residence at the United States Naval Academy was named 'Farragut House' in May 2023, replacing the former name of 'Buchanan House' which had been in honor of the Confederate Admiral Buchanan defeated by Farragut at during the Battle of Mobile Bay during the Civil War.<ref>{{cite press release |title=SECNAV Renames United States Naval Academy Superintendent's Quarters after Admiral Farragut |url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/3380464/secnav-renames-united-states-naval-academy-superintendents-quarters-after-admir/ |location=2023 U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Alumni Leadership Forum |publisher=United States Navy |date=May 1, 2023 |access-date=March 18, 2024}}</ref> [[Farragut Naval Training Station]], located in Northern Idaho on [[Lake Pend Oreille]], was a [[World War II]] naval training center with over 293,000 sailors receiving basic training there. In 1966, the state of Idaho turned the land into [[Farragut State Park]]. Two separate [[Ship class|classes]] of U.S. Navy [[destroyers]] have been named for Farragut: the [[Farragut-class destroyer (1934)|''Farragut'' class of 1934]] and the [[Farragut-class destroyer (1958)|''Farragut'' class of 1958]]. Other U.S. Navy ships named ''Farragut'' include TB-11 of 1898, DD-300 of 1920, and DDG-99 of 2006.

[[Admiral Farragut Academy]], named after Farragut, was founded in 1933 as an all-boys military boarding high school located in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]]. Today, the academy is a college preperatory [[private school]] which serves students from PreK-12th grade. The Upper School, which starts in 8th grade, is also known worldwide for its [[Boarding school|Boarding]] program and [[Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps|Navy Junior ROTC]] military structure. Farragut also offers other signature academic programs: Aviation, Scuba, Marine Science, Engineering, Sailing, and more.
[[Farragut Career Academy]] Chicago, IL, founded in 1894, and [[Farragut High School]], Farragut TN, founded in 1904, are other high schools named in honor of Farragut.

Few naval officers in American history have been honored on a U.S. postage stamp, but David Farragut has been so honored more than once. The first postage stamp (at left) to honor Farragut was the 1-dollar black [[Series of 1902|issue of 1903]]. The Navy Issue of 1937 includes (among five in a series) a 3-cent purple stamp which depicts Admirals David Farragut (left) and [[David Dixon Porter|David Porter]], with a warship under sail displayed at center. The most recent postage issue honoring Farragut was released from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on June 29, 1995.<ref>[http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=5&cmd=2&q=david+farragut&f=1&f=2&d_start=&d_end=&c=&lf=3 Smithsonian National Postal Museum]</ref><ref>Scott's U.S. Stamp Catalogue</ref>

The Tennessee State Capitol Commission and Historical Commission voted on July 22, 2021, to move a [[Bust (sculpture)|bust]] of Admiral Farragut, as well as busts of [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] and Admiral [[Albert Gleaves]], from the [[Tennessee Capitol]] to the [[Tennessee State Museum]]. The process of moving them officially began on July 23, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wsmv.com/news/tn-building-commission-votes-in-favor-of-removal-of-nathan-bedford-forrest-bust-from-state/article_23497660-eaf3-11eb-a042-cb17c04bfb45.html |title=TN Building Commission votes in favor of removal of Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from State Capitol |author=Joseph Wenzel and Tosin Fakile |date=July 22, 2021 |website= wsmv.com|publisher=WMSV News 4 Nashville |access-date= November 17, 2021 |quote=}}</ref> Farragut's likeness is featured on the southern side of the [[Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Portland, Maine)|Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument]] in [[Portland, Maine]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ledman |first=Paul J. |title=Walking Through History: Portland, Maine on Foot |publisher=Next Steps Publishing |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-9728587-1-7 |page=3}}</ref>

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|| [[File:Farragut Porter 1937 Issue-3c.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Navy Issue of 1937<br />Farragut honored along with Porter, his foster brother]]
| [[File:US-$100-TN-1891-Fr-378.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Memorialized on the 1891 $100 [[Treasury (Coin) Note|Treasury Note]], and one of 53 people depicted on [[List of people on United States banknotes|United States banknotes]]. ]]
| [[File:22-20-001-farragut.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Bust of Farragut at the [[Tennessee State Museum]] ]]
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[[File:David Farragut statue at Farragut Square.jpg|thumb|''[[Admiral David G. Farragut (Ream statue)]]'', crafted in 1881 from the propeller of his flagship, stands in [[Farragut Square]] in downtown Washington, D.C. The [[National Park Service]] interpretive plaque in the foreground prominently quotes his famous order.]]
[[File:David Farragut WWI poster.jpg|thumb|right|World War I poster with Admiral Farragut at Mobile Bay shouting out: "Damn the torpedoes, go ahead!"]]
[[File:Admiral Farragut statue in Madison Square Park.jpg|thumb|Farragut Monument at [[Madison Square Park]] off [[Fifth Avenue]] in New York City]]
[[File:Muskegon Farragut statue.jpg|thumb|Muskegon, Michigan]]
Numerous places and things are named in remembrance of Admiral Farragut:
* [[Admiral Farragut Academy]] is a college [[University-preparatory school|preparatory school]] with naval training founded in 1933 by navy admirals in [[Pine Beach, New Jersey]]. In 1945 the current and now only campus opened in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]]. In 1946 it was designated by Congress as a Naval Honor School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.farragut.org/|title=Admiral Farragut Academy – Florida College-Prep Private School with Boarding|website=Admiral Farragut Academy}}</ref>
* [[Farragut, Tennessee]], Admiral Farragut's hometown of Campbell's Station (see [[Battle of Campbell's Station]]), Tennessee, was renamed Farragut when it became incorporated in 1982. Admiral Farragut was actually born at Lowe's Ferry on the Holston (now Tennessee) River a few miles southeast of the town, but at that time Campbell's Station was the nearest settlement.
* [[Farragut Square]] in Washington, D.C. is named in his honor.
* [[Farragut High School]] was built at Admiral Farragut's home town of Campbell's Station (now Farragut) in 1904. Today Farragut High School, boasting nearly 2,500 students, is one of the largest schools in Tennessee. The school's colors are blue and white, and its sporting teams are known as "The Admirals".
* [[Farragut, Brooklyn|Farragut]], a neighborhood in Brooklyn
* Farragut Field is a sports field at the [[United States Naval Academy]].
* [[Farragut Career Academy]] in Chicago, [[Illinois]] is a high school in the Chicago Public Schools system that was founded in 1894; its sporting teams are also known as the Admirals. The school displays an oil painting of the admiral, presented to the school by the Farragut Post of the [[Grand Army of the Republic]] in 1896. [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] star [[Kevin Garnett]] attended Farragut Career Academy. Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak is also a prominent alum.
* [[Farragut, Iowa]] is a small farming town in southwestern Iowa. Admiral Farragut's famous slogan greets visitors from a billboard on the edge of town. The local school, Farragut Community High School, fielded varsity "Admiral" and JV "Sailor" teams until its closure in 2016. The school also houses memorabilia from the ships that have borne the Farragut name.
* Five U.S. Navy [[destroyer]]s have been named {{USS|Farragut}}, including two [[class leader]]s.
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* [[Farragut Square]], a park in Washington, D.C.; the square lends its name to two nearby [[Washington Metro|Metro]] stations: [[Farragut North (Washington Metro)|Farragut North]] and [[Farragut West (Washington Metro)|Farragut West]].
* Three U.S. [[Postage stamps and postal history of the United States|postage stamps]]: the $1 stamp of 1903, the $0.03 stamp with Admiral David Porter in 1937 and a $0.32 stamp in 1995.
* 100-dollar Treasury notes, also called coin notes, of the Series 1890 and 1891, feature portraits of Farragut on the [[Obverse and reverse|obverse]]. The 1890 Series note is called a $100 Watermelon Note by collectors, because the large zeroes on the reverse resemble the pattern on a [[watermelon]].
* A stained glass window in the United States Naval Academy Chapel depicts Farragut in the rigging of USS ''Hartford'' at Mobile Bay.
* [[David Glasgow Farragut High School]] is the [[U.S. Department of Defense]] High School located on the [[Naval Station Rota, Spain|Naval Station]] in [[Rota, Spain|Rota]], Spain. Their sporting teams are also known as "The Admirals".
* Farragut Parkway in [[Hastings-on-Hudson, New York]].
* Farragut Middle School in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
* [[David Farragut School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)|David Farragut School]] in Philadelphia
* A grade school in [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico]].
* A grade school (PS 44) in [[the Bronx]].
* [[Farragut State Park]] in [[Idaho]], which was used as a naval base for basic training during World War II.
* A hotel in [[Menorca]] at Cala'n Forcat.
* A bust in full naval regalia on the top floor of the [[Tennessee State Capitol]].
* Admiral Farragut condominium on waterway in [[Coral Gables, Florida]].
* Farragut elementary school in Vallejo Ca. Located just outside the Mare Island Gate.
* A monument is located off Northshore Drive in [[Concord, Tennessee]]. The monument reads "BIRTHPLACE OF ADMIRAL FARRAGUT/BORN JULY 5, 1801... DEDICATED BY [[George Dewey|ADMIRAL DEWEY]], MAY 15, 1900".<ref>Neely, Jack. Knoxville's Secret History, p. 17. Scruffy City Publishing, 1995.</ref>
* The [[David Farragut School, Boston, Massachusetts|David Farragut School]] is an elementary school in Boston, Massachusetts
* The Farragut House bar–restaurant located in [[South Boston, Massachusetts|South Boston]], [[Massachusetts]].
* A larger than life statue near the beach in South Boston.
* Farragut Bay, Alaska, by Thomas, 1887 [Latitude: 57.11889 : Longitude: -133.23056]
* Farragut Inn at [[Touro University California]] located on the [[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]].
'''Monuments'''
* [[Madison Square]] Park, New York City, by [[Augustus Saint Gaudens]], 1881, replica in [[Cornish, New Hampshire]], 1994
* [[Farragut Square]], Washington, D.C., by [[Vinnie Ream]], 1881
* Marine Park, [[Boston Massachusetts]], by [[Henry Hudson Kitson]], 1881
* [[Hackley Park]], [[Muskegon, Michigan]], by [[Charles Niehaus]], 1900
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==In popular culture ==
* A "Commodore Farragut", who is clearly based on David Farragut, appears in [[Jules Verne]]'s 1870 novel ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas]]''.
* In the 1943 film ''[[The More the Merrier]]'', [[Charles Coburn]] views the famous quote on a statue, and uses the phrase as a motto; it drives the plot forward.
* Farragut is played by actor [[Scott Brady]] in the feature film ''[[Yankee Buccaneer]]'' (1952)
* Among his last acting roles, [[Ronald Reagan]] played Farragut in the 1965 episode "The Battle of San Francisco Bay" of the [[Television syndication|syndicated]] [[Western (genre)|western]] [[television series]], ''[[Death Valley Days]]''. The episode focuses on the 1856 [[San Francisco Vigilance Committee]]. [[June Dayton]] was cast in the episode as Farragut's second wife, Virginia.
* Farragut is mentioned in ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'' episode "The Night of the Kraken", although he does not appear. At the climax, the story's villains try to destroy Farragut's ship with a [[naval mine]], but are foiled by the series' heroes.
* In her 2010 spoken-word debut, Olivia Hedrick released a track "How I love thee Mister Farragut"
* In the video game ''The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion'', there is a Fort Farragut.
*There have been a number of [[spacecraft in Star Trek|spacecraft in ''Star Trek'']] bearing the name USS ''Farragut'' as background or secondary character vessels. This includes a starship and entire starship class as mentioned in the ''[[Star Trek: Strange New Worlds]]'' series as one of the earliest assignment postings of [[James T Kirk]]. Other starships bearing the name ''Farragut'' include the ''Nebula''-class starship that rescued the crew of the USS ''Enterprise''-D at the end of ''[[Star Trek Generations]]''. This ship was later mentioned as destroyed in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[Nor the Battle to the Strong]]." Another starship named USS ''Farragut'' of the ''Excelsior'' class was mentioned in the ''Deep Space Nine'' episode [[Chrysalis (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Chrysalis]]. A starship named USS ''Farragut'' was also mentioned in the [[Star Trek (2009 film)|2009 ''Star Trek'' film]] as the initial assignment posting for then cadet [[Nyota Uhura]].
*The science fiction [[John Kippax#Venturer Twelve series|''Venturer Twelve'' series]] features an Admiral Farragut in command of Earth's Space Navy in the far future.

'''Damn the torpedoes'''
* In season 4 episode 13 of [[M*A*S*H]] entitled "Soldier of the Month", Hawkeye asks the question, "What famous Civil War hero said, 'Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead!'?" Klinger replied, "Tugarraf", which is Farragut backwards.
* The album ''[[Damn the Torpedoes (album)|Damn the Torpedoes]]'' by [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] is named after David Farragut's famous quote.
* The album ''[[MDFMK]]'' by [[MDFMK]] contains a song entitled "Damn the Torpedoes".
* In the comedy film ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'', [[Tim Allen]]'s character says "Never give up! Never surrender! Damn the [[resonance]] cannons! Full speed ahead!"

==See also==
* [[Bibliography of the American Civil War#Naval history|Bibliography of Naval history of the American Civil War]]
* [[Bibliography of early American naval history]]
* [[Blockade runners of the American Civil War]]
* [[Naval battles of the American Civil War]]
* [[Seth Ledyard Phelps]] (Naval commander who also served in naval operations in the [[Mississippi River Squadron|Western Rivers Fleet]])

==References==
'''Informational notes'''
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'''Citations'''
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'''Bibliography'''
* {{cite book |last=Adelson |first=Bruce  |title=David Farragut:Union Admiral  |ref=Adelson |publisher=Infobase Publishing |year=2001  |pages=80 |isbn=0791064174 }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=TKsyXESGC-gC&q=David+Farragut Url]
* {{cite book |last=Barnes |first=James |title=David G. Farragut |ref=Barnes |author-link=James Barnes (author) |publisher=Small, Maynard & Company |year=1899 |pages=132 |isbn=1592963838 |url=https://archive.org/details/davidfarragutfir00stei/page/132 |url-access=registration }} [https://archive.org/details/davidfarragutfir00stei Url]
* {{cite book |last=Barnes |first=James  |title=Midshipman Farragut |ref=Barnes'09 |author-mask=2 |publisher=D. Appleton and Company, New York |year=1909  |pages=151 }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=PSMwAAAAYAAJ Url]
* {{cite book|last=Duffy|first=James P.|title=Lincoln's Admiral: The Civil War Campaigns of David Farragut|publisher=New Word City, Inc.|asin=B00VRTEX4M}}
* {{cite book |last=Farragut |first=Loyall   |title=The life of David Glasgow Farragut, first admiral of the United States navy: embodying his journal and letters |ref=Farragut79 |publisher=D. Appleton and Company, New York |year=1879  |pages=586 }} [https://archive.org/details/lifedavidglasgo03farrgoog Url]
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* {{cite book |last1=Houston |first1=Florence Amelia Wilson  |last2=Blaine |first2=Laura Anna Cowan  |last3=Mellette |first3=Ella Dunn  |title=Maxwell History and Genealogy: Including the Allied Families of  |url=https://archive.org/details/maxwellhistoryge00hous |ref=Houston |publisher=Press of C.E. Pauley, Indianapolis Engraving Company |year=1916  |pages=[https://archive.org/details/maxwellhistoryge00hous/page/642 642] }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=9aU0AAAAMAAJ&q=farragut Url]
* {{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Charles Lee|title=David Glasgow Farragut: Our First Admiral|year=2014|place=[[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis, MD]]|publisher=[[United States Naval Institute|Naval Institute Press]]}}
* {{cite book |last=Mahan |first=Alfred Thayer   |title=Admiral Farragut |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924030945368 |ref=Mahan |author-link=Alfred Thayer Mahan |publisher=D. Appleton and Company, New York |year=1892  |pages=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924030945368/page/333 333] }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=vuMAXGkQjUYC Url]
* {{cite book |last=Martin |first=Christopher |title=Damn the Torpedoes! The Story of America's First Admiral: David Glasgow Farragut|url= |ref=Martin |publisher=Abelard-Schuman, London, New York, Toronto|year=1970  |pages=280 }}
* {{cite book |last=Rhodes |first=James Ford   |title=History of the Civil War |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofcivilw00rhod |ref=Rhodes1917 |publisher=Macmillan & Co., New York, Boston, London |year=1917  |pages=467 }} [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.168923 E'Book] <!--
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* {{cite book |last=Schouler |first=James  |title=History of the Civil War: being vol. VI of History of the United States of America, under the constitution, 1861–1865 |ref=Schouler1899 |author-link=James Schouler |publisher=Dodd, Meade & Co., New York |year=1899  |pages=699 }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=eNA4TeIfMFwC&q=naval E'Book]
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* {{cite book |last=Soley |first=James Russell  |title=Admiral Porter |url=https://archive.org/details/admiralporter00solegoog |ref=Soley03 |author-link=James R. Soley |publisher=D. Appleton, New York |year=1903  |pages=[https://archive.org/details/admiralporter00solegoog/page/n537 499] }} [https://archive.org/details/admiralporter00solegoog Url]
* {{cite book |last=Spears |first=John Randolph   |title=David G. Farragut |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924081309688 |ref=Spears |publisher=G.W. Jacobs, Philadelphia |year=1905  |pages=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924081309688/page/407 407] }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=QdNEAAAAIAAJ Url]
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'''Further reading'''
* {{cite book |last=Anderson |first=Bern |title=By Sea And By River |ref=Anderson |publisher=Da Capo Press, US |isbn=0-306-80367-4 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/byseabyrivernava0000ande/page/342 342] |year=1989 |edition=7th printing |url=https://archive.org/details/byseabyrivernava0000ande/page/342 }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=hoCK_yzA8xkC&q=blockade+runner Url]{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{cite book |last=Fowler |first=William M. Fowler |title=Under Two Flags: The American Navy in the Civil War |ref=Fowler90 |author-link=William M. Fowler |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1990  |pages=352 |isbn=978-1557502896 }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=bd92u6dinXUC Url]
* Hearn, Chester G. (1995) ''The Capture of New Orleans 1862'', Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pp.&nbsp;292 {{ISBN|0-8071-1945-8}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=M1Z0-hnvy8QC&q=navy Url]
* Nash, Howard Pervear (1972). ''A naval history of the Civil War''A. S. Barnes, p.&nbsp;375, {{ISBN|978-0498078415}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=eUQaAQAAIAAJ Url]
* {{cite book |last=Tenney |first=W. J.  |title=The Military and Naval History of the Rebellion in the United States |ref=Tenney |author-link=William Jewett Tenney |publisher=D. Appleton, New York |year=1867  |pages=843 }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=wZw6AAAAcAAJ Url]

==External links==
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{{Appletons' Poster|year=1900|Farragut, David Glasgow|David Farragut}}
* [https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/z-files/zb-files/zb-files-f/farragut-davidg.html United States Naval History and Heritage Command, David Glasgow Farragut biography]
* [http://www.nps.gov/archive/vick/visctr/sitebltn/farragut.htm National Park Service biography and Vicksburg battle info]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090925020607/http://www.spawar.navy.mil/fleet/insurv/htmlbios/farragut.htm archive of Farragut biography on INSURV at navy.mil]
* [http://www.idahoparks.org/parks/farragut.html Idaho's Farragut State Park]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110202094251/http://admiralfarragutalumni.com/ Admiral Farragut Academy Alumni Site]
* {{Internet Archive short film|id=gov.dod.dimoc.24448|name="Naval Heritage Part 2 – Farragut Story, the (1962)"}}
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Farragut, David Glasgow|last=Laughton |first=John Knox |author-link=John Knox Laughton |short=x}}
* [http://hnoc.minisisinc.com/thnoc/catalog/3/258 David G. Farragut Letterbook and Papers, 1862–1864] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311061502/http://hnoc.minisisinc.com/thnoc/catalog/3/258 |date=March 11, 2021 }} at [http://www.hnoc.org The Historic New Orleans Collection] 

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