Franklin Buchanan Military person

Franklin Buchanan (September 17, 1800 – May 11, 1874) was an officer in the United States Navy who became the only full admiral in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War, and commanded the ironclad CSS Virginia.

Personal facts

Franklin Buchanan
Birth dateSeptember 13, 1800
Birth place
Baltimore
Date of deathMay 11, 1874
Place of death
Talbot County Maryland
Resting place
Wye House

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Military person

military operations
American Civil War
Battle of Hampton Roads
Mexican–American War
Battle of Mobile Bay
military branch
United States Navy
military command
CSS Tennessee
CSS Virginia
James River Squadron
service start1815
service end1815

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External resources

  1. http://cdm16099.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16099coll5/id/7061
  2. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-b/f-buchan.htm
  3. http://www.usna.edu
  4. http://www.usna.edu/Library
  5. http://www.usna.edu/Library/sca