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David Glasgow Farragut (also spelled Glascoe;〔(Dabney McCabe (1876) ''The Centennial Book of American Biography'', P. W. Ziegler & Company, Philadelphia )〕〔(Joel Tyler Headley (1867) ''Farragut, and Our Naval Commanders'', E.B. Treat & Co., New York )〕〔(Samuel Fallows et al. (1900) ''Splendid Deeds of American Heroes on Sea and Land'', J. L. Nichols & Co. )〕〔(P.T. Barnum et al. (1890) ''Dollars and Sense, or, How to Get On'', People's Publishing Company, Chicago )〕 July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy.〔Farragut, 1879 p.3〕〔Hickman, 2010, p.216〕 He is remembered for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, in which he was victorious, usually paraphrased as "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" in U.S. Navy tradition.〔Stein, 2005 p.5〕〔Spears, 1905 p.328〕 ==Early life== Farragut was born in 1801 to Jordi (George) Farragut, a native of Minorca, Spain, and his wife Elizabeth (née Shine, 1765–1808), of North Carolina Scots-Irish American descent, at Lowe's Ferry on the Holston River in Tennessee.〔Schouler, 1899 p.170〕 It was a few miles southeast of Campbell's Station, near Knoxville.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Admiral David Farragut )〕 His father operated the ferry and also served as a cavalry officer in the Tennessee militia.〔 Jordi Farragut, son of Antoni Farragut and Joana Mesquida, became a Spanish merchant captain from Minorca. He joined the American Revolutionary cause after arriving in America in 1766, when he changed his first name to George.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Admiral David Farragut )〕 He was a naval lieutenant during the Revolutionary War, serving first with the South Carolina Navy then the Continental Naval forces. George and Elizabeth had moved west to Tennessee after his service in the American Revolution. In 1805, George Farragut accepted a position at the U.S. port of New Orleans. He traveled there first and his family followed, in a flatboat adventure aided by hired rivermen, the then four-year-old Farragut's first voyage. The family was still living in New Orleans when Elizabeth died of yellow fever. His father made plans to place the young children with friends and family who could better care for them. David's birth name was James. In 1808, after his mother's death, he agreed to live with David Porter, a naval officer whose father had been friends with James's father,〔Houston, Blaine, Mellette, 1916 p.438〕 as Porter's foster son. In 1812, James adopted the name "David" in honor of his foster father, with whom he went to sea late in 1810. David Farragut grew up in a naval family, as the foster brother of future Civil War admiral, David Dixon Porter, and Commodore William D. Porter. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Farragut」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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