Franklin Buchanan
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Franklin Buchanan was an officer in the United States Navy who became the only full admiral in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He also commanded the ironclad CSS Virginia.
Franklin Buchanan, c. 1855–1861
Captain Franklin Buchanan, USN (circa 1855–1861)
Pennant of Admiral Buchanan used at Mobile Bay (variation of naval jack)
Franklin Buchanan & Josiah Tattnall III, another flag officer, CSN
Battle of Mobile Bay
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The Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864, was a naval and land engagement of the American Civil War in which a Union fleet commanded by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, assisted by a contingent of so
Franklin Buchanan
…Alabama. He oversaw the construction of the ironclad CSS Tennessee, of which the keel was laid in October 1862. He was on board Tennessee during the Battle of Mobile Bay with Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut's Union fleet on August 5, 1864. Wounded and taken prisoner, Buchanan was not exchanged until February 1865…
Battle of Mobile Bay, by Louis Prang. At left foreground is the CSS Tennessee; at the right the USS Tecumseh is sinking.
Admiral Franklin Buchanan, CSN
Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, USN
Major General Gordon Granger, USV, Farragut's land forces commander