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Curated OER

National Park Service: Mobile National Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama

For Students 9th - 10th
The U. S. National Cemetery in Mobile, Alabama is the resting place of more than 800 Union soldiers who died in the Mobile area toward the end of the Civil War. Military dead from other conflicts, through the Vietnam War, are also buried...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: David Farragut

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia explores the life and work of David Glasgow Farragut, an admiral of the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. Farragut is often remembered for the heroic quotation, "Damn the torpedoes, full...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: 1 Dollar David G. Farragut Issue

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about key aspects of David Farragut's naval career from this captioned exhibit of stamps issued to commemorate him.
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PBS

Pbs: David Farragut

For Students 6th - 8th
As a companion to PBS's "The Civil War," this site offers a brief biography of David Farragut.