What is David Farragut?
{{Infobox Military Person | name = David Farragut | image = Admiral Farragut2.jpg | caption = | lived = July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870 (aged 69) | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | placeofbirth = [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]] | placeofdeath = [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire|Portsmouth]], [[New Hampshire]] | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance = {{Flagu|United States of America|1912}} | branch = [[United States Navy]]<br />[[Union Navy]] | serviceyears = 1810–1870 | rank = [[File:USN Admiral rank insignia.jpg|35px]] Admiral | unit = | commands = | battles = | awards = | relations = | laterwork = }} '''David Glasgow Farragut''' (July 5, [[1801]] in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]] - August 14, [[1870]] in [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]]) was an [[Americans|American]] [[officer]] of the [[United States Navy]] during the [[American Civil War]]. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy.<ref>{{cite book| last = Farragut| first = Loyall| title = The life of David Glasgow Farragut, first admiral of the United States navy: embodying his journal and letters| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ch1CAAAAIAAJ| access-date = 20 July 2016| year = 1879| publisher = D. Appleton and Company, New York| page = 586 }}</ref><ref>* {{cite web |url=http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/naval/p/farragut.htm |title=Admiral David G. Farragut: Hero of the Union Navy |author=Hickman, Kennedy |publisher=New York Times; about.com |access-date=20 July 2016 |archive-date=27 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927115426/http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/naval/p/farragut.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He commanded the naval forces of the [[Union Navy]] in the [[Battle of Mobile Bay]]. David Farragut was the son of [[George Farragut]], a naval officer during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{American Civil War}} {{DEFAUL