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April 29, 2012 · By William J. Federer · 0 Comments
Listen to American Minute
Sculpture and monument to David Farragut in Madison Square, New York City. (Photo credit: D C McJonathan)
American Minute from William J. Federer
“Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!” yelled Admiral David Farragut, who had lashed himself atop the mainsail to see above the smoke.
His fleet of wooden ships with hulls wrapped in chains, and his four iron clad monitors, were attacking Fort Morgan in Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864.
When one of his ships, the TECUMSEH, sank after hitting an underwater mine, called a torpedo, his fleet faltered in confusion, but Farragut drove them on to capture the last Confederate stronghold in the Gulf of Mexico.
Earlier, APRIL 29, 1862, Farragut captured New Orleans, the Confederacy‘s largest city. Sailing the Mississippi River at night, his ships were hard to hit, as he tied tree branches to the riggings and covered the hulls with mud.
The first U.S. Navy Admiral, Farragut declined offers to run for President.
A statue of him is in Farragut Square, Washington, D.C.
Early in his naval career, 1817-1818, David Farragut served aboard the USS Washington, patrolling the Mediterranean Barbary Muslim Coast.
He spent nine months in Tunis as an aid to Navy chaplain and U.S. Consul, Charles Folsom, till a plague forced his departure.
His son, Loyall Farragut, wrote in a book titled The Life and Letters of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut:
“He never felt so near his Master as he did when in a storm, knowing that on his skill depended the safety of so many lives.”
During his last illness, David Farragut asked for a clergyman to pray to the Lord, saying:
“He must be my pilot now!”
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"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the party over to the so-called moderates wouldn't make any sense at all." - Ronald Reagan, Nov. 10, 1964 |
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