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Samuel Francis Du Pont, an Admiral in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, was lauded for helping to win an early Union victory in South Carolina. But his career and reputation were destroyed after the failed ironclad attack on Charleston in April 1863. A professor with the U.S. Army War College exposes the historical misunderstanding that led to Du Pont’s undoing.
Henry Algernon Du Pont was born on July 30, 1838, at Eleutherian Mills, the Du Pont family estate in Delaware. A member of the prominent manufacturing family, Du Pont was educated at the boarding school of Reverend Dr. Lyon in West Haverford, Pennsylvania, before entering the University of Pennsylvania in 1855 as a sophomore in the Class of 1857. Du Pont joined both the
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Winterthur Mansion and Gardens ( Winterthur) The du Pont family ( English: / duːˈpɒnt / ) [1] or Du Pont family is a prominent American family descended from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817). It has been one of the richest families in the United States since the mid-19th century, when it founded its fortune in the gunpowder ...
Henry du Pont (August 8, 1812 – August 8, 1889) was an American military officer and businessman from Delaware, and a member of the Du Pont family. Early life and education [ edit ] Du Pont was born at Eleutherian Mills , Wilmington, Delaware , the second son of Éleuthère Irénée du Pont and his wife, Sophie Madeleine Dalmas. [1]
RMCWC3K9 – Samuel Francis Du Pont 1803-1865 member of the Du Pont family of Delaware served in the Mexican-American War and the Civil War RF 2KE12TP – The Union ironclad fleet, commanded by Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, opening fire upon Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, April 7th, 1863. 19th century American Civil War illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
John D. Hayes, Samuel Francis Du Pont: A Selection from His Civil War Letters, Volume One: The Mission: 1860-1862, p. 162-163 (Letter from Samuel F. Du Pont to Henry Winter Davis, October 8, 1861). Merrill, Du Pont, the Making of an Admiral: A Biography of Samuel Francis Du Pont, p. 263. Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress ...
