Admiral David Farragut - Ciutadela, Menorca, Spain - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

David Glasgow Farragut (July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag 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.He is remembered in popular culture for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, usually paraphrased: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" by U.S. Navy tradition.

The Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864, was an engagement of the American Civil War in which a Federal fleet commanded by Rear Adm. David G. Farragut, assisted by a contingent of soldiers, attacked a smaller Confederate fleet led by Adm. Franklin Buchanan and three forts that guarded the entrance to Mobile Bay.

Farragut was born in 1801 to Elizabeth Shine (b. 1765 - d. 1808), of North Carolina Scots-Irish descent, and her husband George Farragut (Jorge Farragut), a native of Minorca Spain.

In this monument da city of Ciudadla remembers Davida Farragut and it´s Menorquin origins considering him an adopted son of Ciudadela.

The monument was placed at the 100th aniversary of Farragut´s death.

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