Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Civil War hero and celebrated Knoxville native Admiral David Farragut has been bestowed with a new honor more than 150 years after ...

FARRAGUT, Tenn. — Eight U.S. Navy sailors visited Farragut this week as part of a Navy program called "Namesake Visits." The eight sailors recently returned home from months-long deployments aboard ...

Today in U.S. Naval History - September 17 1861 - Union landing party from USS Massachusetts takes possession of Ship Island, Mississippi. This was the headquarters for Adm. David Farragut's Gulf ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This portrait negative representing Union Admiral David Glasgow Farragut is one of thousands of carte-de-visite ...

Civil War hero and celebrated Knoxville native Admiral David Farragut has been bestowed with a new honor more than 150 years after his death as the U.S. military purges the names of Confederate ...

The book cover of “Farragut, America’s First Admiral” by Naval Historical Center historian Robert J. Schneller, Jr. Adm. Farragut was appointed the U.S. Navy’s first four-star Admiral in 1866, but is ...

The first American to become a full admiral demonstrated extraordinary ability as a pre-teen captain's aide during the War of 1812, and served with distinction for more than 40 years. Still, David ...