He spent a year in Tunis after his teacher Charles Folsom was made consul there.
He spent a year in Tunis after his teacher Charles Folsom was made consul there. After he arrived too late to participate in the capture of San Juan de Ulloa, he asked to be relieved of duties in the Mexican War. He established a station at Mare Island before the Civil War, during which he captured Forts Morgan and Gaines and uttered a certain phrase. For 10 points, name this Union naval commander who won the battle of Mobile Bay, where he famously cried out "Damn the torpedoes!"
He spent a year in Tunis after his teacher Charles Folsom was made consul there.
David {Farragut}