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
The Confederate States Navy (CSN) was the naval branch of the Confederate States Armed Forces, established by an act of the Confederate States Congress on February 21, 1861. It was responsible for Confederate naval operations during the American Civil War against the United States's Union Navy.
Pennant of Admiral Franklin Buchanan used at Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama, 1864
Confederate naval flag, captured when General William Sherman took Savannah, Georgia, 1864
CSS Virginia, an ironclad warship
A 1961 painting of CSS Alabama