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Definition of Farragut
1. Noun. United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Farragut
Literary usage of Farragut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"Farragut. who had lashed himself to the shrouds of his flagship, ... Back to the
parapet, To the guns' lips, Thunderbolt Farragut Hurls the black ships. ..."
2. The Photographic History of the Civil War ...: Thousands of Scenes by Francis Trevelyan Miller, Robert Sampson Lanier (1911)
"Farragut The poet served under Farragut in the battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864,
... Farragut, Farragut, Old Heart of Oak, Daring Dave Farragut, ..."
3. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... him — Conversation with the President on his Return from the South. June 3,
Monday. Admiral Farragut came on Friday and is stopping with me for a ..."
4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"On April 18 Farragut began to bombard the forts with mortar schooners, and
continued the ... Farragut himself was for some minutes in great danger. ..."
5. Poetry of the People: Comprising Poems Illustrative of the History and by Charles Mills Gayley, Martin Charles Flaherty (1903)
"Back to the parapet, To the guns' lips, Thunderbolt Farragut Hurls the black ships.
Now through the battle's roar Clear the boy sings, ..."
6. History of the United States of America by Henry William Elson (1904)
"Farragut had been in the naval service from childhood. ... Farragut was now
intrusted with the most important naval expedition of the war. ..."
7. Naval Officers: Their Heredity and Development by Charles Benedict Davenport (1919)
"DAVID GLASGOW Farragut was born at Campbell's Station, near Knox- ville, Tennessee,
on July 5, 1801. He spent a hardy and adventurous boyhood, ..."
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