15, 1837; commodore, June 12, 1841;
commanded fleet at capture of Vera Cruz, 1844; organized and commanded
expedition to Japan, delivering President's letter to the Mikado, July
14, 1853, and signing treaty, March 31, 1854; died in New York City,
March 4, 1858.

FARRAGUT, DAVID GLASGOW. Born at Campbell's Station, Tennessee, July 5,
1801; adopted by David Porter and given commission as midshipman, 1810;
served under Porter in the Essex, 1813-14; lieutenant, 1821; commander,
1841; captain, 1855; appointed commander of squadron to reduce New
Orleans, January, 1862; passed the forts below New Orleans on the night
of April 23-24, 1862; compelled surrender of city, April 25, 1862;
passed batteries at Vicksburg, June 28, 1862; rear-admiral, July 16,
1862; fought battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864; vice-admiral, 1864;
admiral, 1866; died at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, August 14, 1870.

CRAVEN, TUNIS AUGUSTUS MACDONOUGH. Born at Portsmouth, Hew Hampshire,
January 11, 1813; entered navy as midshipman, 1829; served in various
ships and in coast survey; commander, April, 1861; given command of
monitor Tecumseh, with post of honor in battle of Mobile Bay, August 5,
1864; struck torpedo and sank almost instantly, carrying down Craven and
almost everyone else on board.

SEMMES, RAPHAEL. Born in Charles County, Maryland, September 27, 1809;
midshipman in navy, 1826; lieutenant, 1837; at siege of Vera Cruz, 1847;
commander in Confederate navy, April 4, 1861; took command of Alabama,
August, 1863; Alabama destroyed by Kearsarge, June 19, 1864; guarded
water approaches to Richmond, 1865; after war, engaged in practice of
law until his death at Mobile, Alabama, August 30, 1877.

WINSLOW, JOHN ANCRUM. Born at Wilmington, North Carolina, November 19,
1811; entered navy as midshipman, 1827; lieutenant, 1839; commander,
1855; captain, 1862; commanded Kearsarge on special service in pursuit
of Alabama, 1863-64; sank Alabama, June 19, 1864; rear-admiral, 1870;
died at Boston, Massachusetts, September 29, 1873.

BUCHANAN, FRANKLIN. Born at Baltimore, Maryland, September 17, 1800;
entered navy as midshipman, 1815; lieutenant, 1825; master-commandant,
1841; organized naval academy at Annapolis, 1845; at siege of Vera Cruz,
1847; commanded flagship in Perry's Japan expedition, 1852; captain,
1855; commandant Washington navy yard, 1859; entered Confederate
service, September, 1861; commanded Merrimac in Hampton Roads and
Tennessee in Mobile B