Buchanan, Franklin

Born: 1800 AD
Died: 1874 AD, at 74 years of age.

Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Columnist

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

Page last updated: 1:00pm, 25th Jul '06