Rear Admiral David G. Farragut's Service Coat and Cap
date: label: associated date
content: 1862 - 1864
name: label: user
content: Farragut, David Glasgow
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Blue wool jacket with gold trim on sleeves and gold-colored buttons. Navy wool cap with a leather brim and leather trim. Adorned with a metal star.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: Service jacket and cap worn by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut while directing the fire of the flagship <i>Hartford</i> during the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864. It was during the Battle of Mobile Bay that Farragut uttered the infamous words, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Farragut was born in Tennessee, raised in Louisiana, and lived in Virginia but at the outbreak of war he moved his family to New York and fought for the Union. The Battle of Mobile Bay was the culmination of his long naval career which began as an 11-year-old midshipman during the War of 1812. In 1866 Farragut became the first person in the history of the United States Navy to be awarded the rank of admiral.
place: label: worn
content: United States: Alabama
topic: label: Subject
content: Naval History
label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Battle of Mobile Bay, 1864
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
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label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Pauline Philip Lapidge
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.11781
label: accession number
content: 51104
label: catalog number
content: 11781
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coat
label: Other Terms
content: coat; Man; Navy; Rear Admiral; Officer; Service
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 in x 16 in; 86.36 cm x 40.64 cm