David Glasgow Farragut : Our First Admiral

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Charles Lee, 1886-1951.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Admirals.

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870.

Farragut, David Glasgow.

United States. Navy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (567 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

David Glasgow Farragut

Place of Publication:

New York : Naval Institute Press, 2014.

Summary:

The second volume of this authoritative biography of America's first admiral examines the last ten years of David Glasgow Farragut's life, which included the ever-fascinating period of the Civil War. Farragut was as carefully methodical in preparation for battle as he was fearlessly swift in the execution of his plans. In Our First Admiral, the reader will learn of gross inefficiency and waste in the conduct of war, in the North as well as the South; of jealous ambition and malicious criticism; of lukewarm support of the government, lack of cooperation between the Army and Navy, and the i

Contents:

Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; I. The Call to Arms; II. Rendezvous in the Gulf; III. The Victory Over Mud; IV. Final Plans and Preparations; V. Barriers to New Orleans; VI. Bombs Bursting in Air; VII. Crashing through the Barriers; VIII. Th Capture of the Queen of the Gulf; IX. On to Vicksburg; X. Running the Vicksburg Batteries; XI. Meeting of the Fleets; XII. The Arkansas and the Baton Rouge; XIII. Blockading the Gulf Ports; XIV. Disasters in the Gulf; XV. Passing the Batteries of Port Hudson; XVI. Patrolling the Mississippi; XVII. The Siege and Capture of Port Hudson

XVIII. Farragut Has a FurloughXIX. Watchful Waiting; XX. The Tennessee Enters the Bay; XXI. The Monitors Arrive; XXII. Forcing the Entrance to Mobile Bay; XXIII. The Capture of the Tennessee; XXIV. The Surrender of the Forts; XXV. Farragut's Health Fails; XXVI. The War Ends; XXVII. Admiral of the Navy; XXVIII. The European Cruise; XXIX. ""The Last Scene of All""; XXX. ""What Would Farragut Have Done?""; Appendix: Statues, Pictures, and Poems; Sources and Bibliography; Notes; Index

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ISBN:

9781612512990

1612512992

OCLC:

881165493