Our three admirals, Farragut, Porter, Dewey; an authentic account of the heroic characters, distinguished careers, and memorable achievements of the three officers, who have attained the highest rank in the navy of the United States .. . sea or land. When scarcely eight years of age,he lost his mother by yellow fever, her deathoccurring in the same house and at the same timewith that of David Porter, Sailing-Master inthe United States Navy, at New Orleans, andfather of Commodore David Porter, who suc-ceeded to the office, and shortly afterward adoptedyoung Farragut into his family. This was th
Our three admirals, Farragut, Porter, Dewey; an authentic account of the heroic characters, distinguished careers, and memorable achievements of the three officers, who have attained the highest rank in the navy of the United States .. . sea or land. When scarcely eight years of age,he lost his mother by yellow fever, her deathoccurring in the same house and at the same timewith that of David Porter, Sailing-Master inthe United States Navy, at New Orleans, andfather of Commodore David Porter, who suc-ceeded to the office, and shortly afterward adoptedyoung Farragut into his family. This was thereal beginning of his naval career ; for, after alittle over a years schooling in Washington,D. C., and Chester, Pa., he received an appoint-ment as midshipman in the Navy, December 10,1810. He made his first voyage under Captain Porter on the frigate Essex, of 32 guns, and spent first the next two years, until the SERVICE outbreak of the War of 1812, inalternate cruising and schooling. When war was FARRAGUT. 5 declared, the Essex was attached to a smallsquadron brought together in New York harbor,consisting, beside herself, of the Presidentand the Hornet. Putting to sea at once, the Essex opened hostilities by capturing several. ACTION BETWEEN THE ESSEX AND ALERT. British vessels, notably the Alert of 20 guns,which she took after a fight of seven , while lying in the Delaware River, Cap-tain Porter received orders to join CommodoreBainbridges squadron in West Indian waters,and cruise with him in the track of British mer-chantmen, or, failing to overtake him, to act athis own discretion. The result was the memor-able voyage of the Essex in the Pacific Ocean, 6 OUR THREE ADMIRALS. in the course of which she touched at severalislands of the Marquesas and Galapagos groups,voyage in and captured numerous pacific Farraguts account of thisvoyage in his journal abounds in interestingepisodes of adventure and prowess, such ascharacterized the naval service of t
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