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  1. 1801-1870. US admiral, born near Knoxville,
  2. Tennessee. During the US Civil War he took
  3. New Orleans 1862, after destroying the
  4. Confederate fleet, and in 1864 effectively
  5. put an end to blockade-running at Mobile. The
  6. ranks of vice-admiral (1864) and admiral
  7. (1866) were created for him by Congress.
  8.