Naval Heroes David G. Farragut and David D. Porter

  
 Price: $9.95

Stock #:557623
Type: First Day Cover
Postmark: 1937 Feb-18
Postmark City: Washington
Postmark State: DC
Stamp: 3c
Size: 3.5" x 6.5" (9 x 16.5 cm)

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David G. Farragut, 1801-1870, entered the Navy as a boy, rose to be Captain in 1855, at the outbreak of the Civil War attached himself to the Union, was the first man to be raised to the rank of Admiral in the American Navy. David D. Porter, 1813-1891, entered the Mexican Navy, joined U.S. Navy after defeat by Spanish in 1826. No American Naval officer saw more continuous fighting during the Civil War, or in any other conflict, than Porter saw between the years 1861-1865

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