Hero Card 257, Card Pack 23 [pending]
Photo credit: Photo credit: L.C. Handy Studio, via Library of Congress, LC-DIG-cwpbh-01049 (digitally restored), Public Domain
Hometown: Knoxville, TN
Branch: U.S. Navy
Unit: European Squadron, USS Franklin
Date of Sacrifice: August 14, 1870 - Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Age: 69
Conflict: No declared conflict
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Sources
American Battlefield Trust: David G. Farragut
Naval History and Heritage Command: David Glasgow Farragut
Library of Congress: The Life of David Glasgow Farragut, First Admiral of the United States Navy
Farragut Career Academy: Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, First Admiral of the U.S. Navy
Tennessee Encyclopedia: David Glasgow Farragut
Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, Essential Civil War Curriculum: David Glasgow Farragut
Burial Site: Find a Grave
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