Keywords: price of freedom priceoffreedom military history militaryhistory uniforms smithsonian probably public domain probablypublicdomain SI Neg. 2004-40495. Date: na....Blue wool jacket with gold trim on sleeves and gold colored buttons. Navy wool cap with a leather brim and leather trim. Adorned with a metal star..Service jacket and cap worn by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut while directing the fire of the flagship Hartford during the Battle of Mobile Bay on 5 august 1864. It was during the Battle of Mobile Bay that Farragut uttered the infamous words, "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead." ..Credit: Harold Dorwin (Smithsonian Institution) SI Neg. 2004-40495. Date: na....Blue wool jacket with gold trim on sleeves and gold colored buttons. Navy wool cap with a leather brim and leather trim. Adorned with a metal star..Service jacket and cap worn by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut while directing the fire of the flagship Hartford during the Battle of Mobile Bay on 5 august 1864. It was during the Battle of Mobile Bay that Farragut uttered the infamous words, "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead." ..Credit: Harold Dorwin (Smithsonian Institution) |