Samuel Francis Du Pont
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United StatesLived 1803 to 1865 · aged 61Samuel Francis Du Pont was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and a member of the prominent du Pont family. In the Mexican-American War, Du Pont captured San Diego, and was made commander of the California naval blockade.
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Painting of Du Pont as a midshipman
Sophie Madeleine du Pont, in a photograph by Mathew Brady
USS Cyane Taking Possession of San Diego Old Town July 1846, by Carlton T. Chapman (detail)
The Official Escorts to the Japanese Embassy, 1860: Du Pont, center, with Sidney Smith Lee and David Dixon Porter
Photograph of Du Pont in 1862 by Frederick Gutekunst
The Dupont Circle Fountain in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C.In their orbit 2
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Samuel Francis Du Pont was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and a member of the prominent du Pont family. In the Mexican-American War, Du Pont captured San Diego, and was made commander of the California naval blockade. Through the 1850s, he promoted engineering studies at the United States Naval Academy, to enable more mobile and aggressive operations. In the American Civil War, he played a major role in making the Union blockade effective, but was controversially blamed for the failed attack on Charleston, South Carolina in April 1863.
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