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Farragut

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Far·ra·gut  (fr-gt), David Glasgow 1801-1870.
American admiral who commanded Union ships on daring Civil War missions, including the capture of New Orleans (1862) and the taking of Mobile Bay (1864), during which he uttered his famous rallying cry, "Damn the torpedoesfull speed ahead!"
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Noun1.FarragutFarragut - United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870)
David Glasgow Farragut
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Now, I put it to you, boys, is it natural for lads from fifteen to eighteen to command ships, defeat pirates, outwit smugglers, and so cover themselves with glory, that Admiral Farragut invites them to dinner, saying, 'Noble boy, you are an honour to your country
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
Stood my first watch - harbor-watch - feelin' finer'n Farragut.
Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
Great crowds assembled, more especially in the dinner hour, in Madison Square about the Farragut monument, to listen to and cheer patriotic speeches, and a veritable epidemic of little flags and buttons swept through these great torrents of swiftly moving young people, who poured into New York of a morning by car and mono-rail and subway and train, to toil, and ebb home again between the hours of five and seven.
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