USA HISTORY

First admiral of the U.S. navy who helped conquer the Mississippi River.

(A) Ulysses S. Grant

(B) Robert E. Lee

(C) ** David Farragut

(D) Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

(E) Nathan Bedford Forrest

Concept note-1: -Farragut is perhaps most famous for his victory at the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864, where he led his fleet through a field of “torpedoes, ” submerged explosives, while they took Confederate fire from the shore.

Concept note-2: -David Farragut, in full David Glasgow Farragut, (born July 5, 1801, near Knoxville, Tenn., U.S.-died Aug. 14, 1870, Portsmouth, N.H.), U.S. admiral who achieved fame for his outstanding Union naval victories during the American Civil War (1861–65).

Concept note-3: -In April 1862, while commander of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, “Flag Officer” Farragut took the city and port of New Orleans. As a reward, the Union created the new rank of Rear Admiral.