Object Details
- Description
- Physical Description
- Blue wool jacket with gold trim on sleeves and gold-colored buttons. Navy wool cap with a leather brim and leather trim. Adorned with a metal star.
- Specific History
- Service jacket and cap worn by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut while directing the fire of the flagship Hartford during the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864. It was during the Battle of Mobile Bay that Farragut uttered the infamous words, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
- General History
- Farragut was born in Tennessee, raised in Louisiana, and lived in Virginia but at the outbreak of war he moved his family to New York and fought for the Union. The Battle of Mobile Bay was the culmination of his long naval career which began as an 11-year-old midshipman during the War of 1812. In 1866 Farragut became the first person in the history of the United States Navy to be awarded the rank of admiral.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- user
- Farragut, David Glasgow
- associated date
- 1862 - 1864
- Credit Line
- Pauline Philip Lapidge
- Physical Description
- wool (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 34 in x 16 in; 86.36 cm x 40.64 cm
- Object Name
- coat
- Other Terms
- coat; Man; Navy; Rear Admiral; Officer; Service
