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"DAMN THE TORPEDOS, FULL SPEED AHEAD!" (CIVIL WAR.) FARRAGUT, DAVID G. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "With the comple- / ments of / Rear Admiral / D.G. Farragut / U.S. Navy," carte-de-visite 3/4-length portrait showing him standing in uniform. Inscribed on the verso. Approximately 4x2 1/4 inches overall; revenue stamp on the verso. Np, [1862-64]
Farragut (1801-1870) was Vice Admiral of the Union Navy, commanded the West Gulf blockading squadron, and captured New Orleans, 1862, and Mobile Bay, 1864.
