Produced by Bethanne M. Simms and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net * * * * * TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible; please see detailed list of printing issues at the end of the text. * * * * * ADMIRAL FARRAGUT Great Commanders _EDITED BY JAMES GRANT WILSON_ * * * * * The Great Commanders Series. EDITED BY GENERAL JAMES GRANT WILSON. Admiral Farragut. By Captain A. T. Mahan, U. S. N. General Taylor. By General O. O. Howard, U. S. A. General Jackson. By James Parton. General Greene. By Captain Francis V. Greene, U. S. A. General J. E. Johnston. By Robert M. Hughes, of Virginia. General Thomas. By Henry Coppee, LL. D. General Scott. By General Marcus J. Wright. General Washington. By General Bradley T. Johnson. General Lee. By General Fitzhugh Lee. General Hancock. By General Francis J. Walker. General Sheridan. By General Henry E. Davies. General Grant. By General James Grant Wilson. _IN PREPARATION._ General Sherman. By General Manning F. Force. Admiral Porter. By James R. Soley, late Assist. Sec. of Navy. General McClellan. By General Peter S. Michie. Commodore Paul Jones. By Admiral Richard W. Meade. New York: D. APPLETON & CO., 72 Fifth Avenue. * * * * * [Illustration: D. G. Farragut] D. Appleton & Co. * * * * * GREAT COMMANDERS ADMIRAL FARRAGUT BY CAPTAIN A. T. MAHAN, U. S. NAVY PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL WAR COLLEGE AUTHOR OF THE GULF AND INLAND WATERS, AND OF THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON HISTORY, 1660-1783 _WITH PORTRAIT AND MAPS_ NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1897 * * * * * Copyright, 1892, By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. _All rights reserved._ Electrotyped and Printed at the Appleton Press, U.S.A. * * * * * PREFACE.