CIVIL WAR] FARRAGUT, David G. (1801-1870), Admiral, U. S. Navy . Autograph letter signed ("D. G. Farragut"), as Rear Admiral, to Capt. Henry A. Wise, USS Hartford , Mobile Bay, 1 October 1864. 3 pages, 8vo, USS Hartford stationery, remnants of tipping along center crease .
CIVIL WAR] FARRAGUT, David G. (1801-1870), Admiral, U. S. Navy . Autograph letter signed ("D. G. Farragut"), as Rear Admiral, to Capt. Henry A. Wise, USS Hartford , Mobile Bay, 1 October 1864. 3 pages, 8vo, USS Hartford stationery, remnants of tipping along center crease . AN OFFICER'S "WORTH IS MEASURED BY OUR SERVICES TO THE COUNTRY" FARRAGUT ON HIS "SUCCESSFUL EXERTIONS" ON BEHALF OF HIS COUNTRY, "IN HER DAY OF GREAT PERIL." A moving letter written on the very flagship he sailed to victory in Mobile Bay just two months earlier. He thanks Wise for sending "a note from Mr. Everet together with a newspaper containing his remarks upon the recent victories, in which he is pleased to compliment the Navy & Army generally, & myself in particular. For all of which please express to him my sincere thanks & assure him of my full appreciation of the high mark of his respect for my successful exertions, to serve my country in this her day of great peril. It is to such as Mr. Everet that an officer looks for his ultimate reward, it is they who hand us down to posterity for what we are worth & that worth is measured by our services to the country. Permit me to thank you again for your complimentary expressions in reference to the services I have rendered the Navy by the fortunate issue of our late Battles. Would that all the Navy could have joined in it, & participated in that glory they so generously accord to us." On 5 August 1864, Farragut took the Hartford and 17 other vessels into Mobile Bay. Navigating under the guns of surrounding forts, and drawn into a narrow channel laced with torpedo mines, Farragut had himself lashed to his mast to prevent falling in case of wounds. During that desperate struggle he uttered his famous "damn the torpedos" command. Farragut letters referring to the key Mobile battle are of very great rarity.
CIVIL WAR] FARRAGUT, David G. (1801-1870), Admiral, U. S. Navy . Autograph letter signed ("D. G. Farragut"), as Rear Admiral, to Capt. Henry A. Wise, USS Hartford , Mobile Bay, 1 October 1864. 3 pages, 8vo, USS Hartford stationery, remnants of tipping along center crease .
CIVIL WAR] FARRAGUT, David G. (1801-1870), Admiral, U. S. Navy . Autograph letter signed ("D. G. Farragut"), as Rear Admiral, to Capt. Henry A. Wise, USS Hartford , Mobile Bay, 1 October 1864. 3 pages, 8vo, USS Hartford stationery, remnants of tipping along center crease . AN OFFICER'S "WORTH IS MEASURED BY OUR SERVICES TO THE COUNTRY" FARRAGUT ON HIS "SUCCESSFUL EXERTIONS" ON BEHALF OF HIS COUNTRY, "IN HER DAY OF GREAT PERIL." A moving letter written on the very flagship he sailed to victory in Mobile Bay just two months earlier. He thanks Wise for sending "a note from Mr. Everet together with a newspaper containing his remarks upon the recent victories, in which he is pleased to compliment the Navy & Army generally, & myself in particular. For all of which please express to him my sincere thanks & assure him of my full appreciation of the high mark of his respect for my successful exertions, to serve my country in this her day of great peril. It is to such as Mr. Everet that an officer looks for his ultimate reward, it is they who hand us down to posterity for what we are worth & that worth is measured by our services to the country. Permit me to thank you again for your complimentary expressions in reference to the services I have rendered the Navy by the fortunate issue of our late Battles. Would that all the Navy could have joined in it, & participated in that glory they so generously accord to us." On 5 August 1864, Farragut took the Hartford and 17 other vessels into Mobile Bay. Navigating under the guns of surrounding forts, and drawn into a narrow channel laced with torpedo mines, Farragut had himself lashed to his mast to prevent falling in case of wounds. During that desperate struggle he uttered his famous "damn the torpedos" command. Farragut letters referring to the key Mobile battle are of very great rarity.
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