New Orleans Captured by Admiral Dav... Aug 12, 2009
New Orleans Captured by Admiral David Farragut. New Orleans Captured by Admiral David Farragut ... Eighteen Union warships, commanded by sixty-year old Admiral David Farragut, would be supported by General Benjamin Butler s 18,000 troops. (Suite101.com)
Nee Nee, I love you for inspiring me Jun 30, 2009
One of her former students recently recalled Nee Nee explaining that Union general David Farragut did not say, Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead. According to Nee Nee, he said, Damn. (Atmore Advance, AL)
Albert Pierce and the Battle of Mob... May 30, 2009
Union Admiral David Farragut and 18 modern ships had blockaded the isolated Confederate port city and decided to close the harbor. The Mobile Bay area was home to a number of improvised Confederate vessels including the one of a kind ironclad CSS Tennessee, three paddle wheel gunboats and the like. (Suite101.com)
Calling Shots Requires Precision Apr 20, 2009
David Farragut captured heavily fortified Mobile Bay, ensuring Union control of the Gulf Coast late in the Civil War, when he signaled to his fleet: "Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead!" No nuance there. When Gen. Anthony McAuliffe answered the German demand to surrender his troops at Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge, there was no mistaking his meaning: "Nuts!". (Townhall.com)
NH sculptor's Lincoln cast could be restored Feb 24, 2009
David Farragut, who won the Battle of New Orleans. . (Concord Monitor)
