- Jorge Farragut
Jorge Farragut (1755 – 1817) navy official born in
Minorca ,Spain who fought for theUnited States on both land and sea in theAmerican Revolutionary War .Jorge (anglicized as "George") Farragut left Spain as a young man to join the merchant marine. He commanded a small vessel that traded goods between Havana, Veracruz, and New Orleans. He joined his new country at the beginning of the American Revolution, initially as a lieutenant in the
South Carolina Navy . He fought the British at Savannah and was captured in Charleston in 1780. After being released in a prisoner exchange, he fought as a volunteer at theBattle of Cowpens and Wilmington.George Farragut married Elizabeth Shine (b.1765), and their son,
David Farragut , had a long and distinguished career as a United States Navy Admiral.References
*Legacy: Spain and the United States in the Age of Independence, 1763 – 1848, National Portrait Gallery, Sociedad Estatal para la Acción Cultural Exterio de España (SEACEX), the Smithsonian Latino Center, and the Fundación Consejo España-Estados Unidos
External links
* [http://www.ouramericanhistory.com Contribution of Spanish and Latin Americans to the American Revolutionary War]
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