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Buchanan, Franklin
US-Confederate educator and naval officer
1st superintendent of US Naval Academy 1845-1847
captain of Virginia (formerly Merrimack) during battle of Hampton Roads 1862, though incapacitated with serious wound on day of battle against Monitor
appointed ranking admiral in Confederate navy 1862
defeated and captured at battle of Mobile Bay 1864
imprisoned by Union forces 1864-1865
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Confederate Admiral: The Life and Wars of Franklin Buchanan (Library of Naval Biography) by Craig L. Symonds (Hardcover - Sep 25, 1999) A leading historian of both the Civil War and American naval history takes a fresh look at Franklin Buchanan, the U.S. Naval Academy's first superintendent who went on to become the Confederate...  Usually ships in 8 days |
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Battle of Mobile Bay (Incidents in the American Civil War, 45) by Franklin Buchanan and David G. Farragut (Paperback - Sep 1, 2000) This volume from the "Incidents in the American Civil War" series contains the edited battle reports of five Union and six Confederate officers who participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864.... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Reply to the second pamphlet by Commanders Buchanan, Dupont,&Magruder, of the United States Navy,: Addressed to the House of Representatives, objecting ... Texas Navy in the Navy of the United States by Edwin Ward Moore (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008) |
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The naval battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864 ;:&Franklin Buchanan on the Tennessee : a portrait of the Admiral of the Confederate Fleet in Mobile Bay by Francis X Walter (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 1993) |
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Admiral Franklin Buchanan, fearless man of action, by Charles Lee Lewis (Hardcover - Jul 25, 2008) |
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Reply to the objections urged by three commanders of the U.S. Navy,: To the incorporation of the officers of the late Texas Navy of the United States by Edwin Ward Moore (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008) |
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