#OnThisDay in 1864, Rear Admiral #DavidFarragut led the Union to victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay with the exclamation, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead~!" I've passed his statue in Madison Square Garden in Manhattan many times... #CivilWar #history

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📬 Stamps. 📖 Strategy. ⚓ A Civil War naval legend.

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#DavidFarragut was born #OnThisDay in 1801; a Southern Unionist who opposed secession, the admiral became famous for braving Confederate mines in the Battle of Mobile Bay, declaring, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead~!"

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David Farragut

David Farragut

#OnThisDay in 1864, Rear Admiral #DavidFarragut led the Union to victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay with the exclamation, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead~!" I've passed his statue in Madison Square Garden in Manhattan many times...#CivilWar #history

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David Farragut: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead~!"

#DavidFarragut was born #OnThisDay in 1801; a Southern Unionist who opposed secession, the admiral became famous for braving Confederate mines in the Battle of Mobile Bay, declaring, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead~!"
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