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The Daily Dispatch: August 20, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
The naval commanders at Mobile. --The Charlottesville Chronicle gives the following facts about the naval commanders at Mobile: In the old navy, Franklin Buchanan, D. G. Farragut and Richard L. Page were considered officers of the highest merit. Page is a native of Clarke, but married in Norfolk, which became his place of residence. He is a relative of General R. E. Lee. Like him, he is distinguished for equilibrium and elevation of character, and for stern devotion to duty. He has the aspect of one "born to command." Buchanan is a native of Maryland, where he has large possessions. His family still remain at home, unless ejected under the operation of the Confiscation Act. He is one of the most accomplished and gallant men that ever walked the quarter-deck — he stood at the head of his profession. His name was a synonym for distinction. Farragut has not the scientific attainments of Buchanan. His impetuosity, amounting to audacity, is in marked contrast with t