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Title: A biographical history of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Lewis Publishing Company
Subjects: Fremont County (Iowa) -- Biography Mills County (Iowa) -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, Lewis Publishing Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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government, and as the capture of NewOrleans had been resolved upon, Farragutwas chosen to command the expedition.His force consisted of the West Gulf block-ading squadron and Porters mortar flotilla.In January, 1862, he hoisted his pennant atthe mizzen peak of the Hartford atHampton roads, set sail from thence on the3rd of February and reached Ship Island onthe 20th of the same month. A council ofwar was held on the 20th of April, in whichit was decided that whatever was to be donemust be done quickly. The signal was madefrom the flagship and accordingly the fleetweighed anchor at 1:55 on the morning ofApril 24th, and at 3:30 the whole force wasunder way. The history of this brilliant strug-gle is well known, and the glory of it made Far-ragut a hero and also made him rear admir-al. In the summer of 1862 he ran the batteriesat Vicksburg, and on March 14, 1863, hepassed through the fearful and destructivefire from Port Hudson, and opened up com-munication with Flag-officer Porter, who
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PtJBLIC LfBRART AS rOA, L«N01 AHSriLDUK AOUNSATleWI J^ I. COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHT. 89 had control of the upper Mississippi. OnMay 24th he commenced active operationsagainst that fort in conjunction with the armyand it fell on July 9th. Mr. Farragut filledthe measure of his fame on the 5th of Au-gust, 1864, by his great victory, the captureof Mobile Bay and the destruction of theConfederate fleet, including the formidableram Tennessee. For this victory the rankof admiral was given to Mr. Farragut. Hedied at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Au-gust 4, 1870. GEORGE W. CHILDS, a philanthropistwhose remarkable personality stoodfor the best and highest type of Americancitizenship, and whose whole life was anobject lesson in noble living, was born in1829 at Baltimore, Maryland, of humbleparents, and spent his early life in unremit-ting toil. He was a self-made man in thefullest sense of the word, and gained hisgreat wealth by his own efforts. He was aman of very great influence, and this, inconju

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