Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:United_States_Naval_Academy
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Civil_War_Medal
Honorary degrees
gptkbp:birthDate 1803-09-27
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Delaware,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Green_Mount_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Samuel_Francis_Du_Pont_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded Naval_forces_in_the_South
gptkbp:contribution Civil War naval strategy
gptkbp:deathDate 1865-06-23
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:Du_Pont_family
gptkbp:education gptkb:United_States_Naval_Academy
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:Naval_operations_during_the_American_Civil_War
gptkbp:historicalImpact Influenced naval warfare tactics.
gptkbp:historicalRole Union naval commander
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Civil War naval operations
gptkbp:homeGround Wealthy family
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont
gptkbp:influence Naval_tactics_in_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:influenced Naval officers
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Stephen_Decatur
gptkbp:involved Anaconda Plan
gptkbp:knownFor Blockade strategy
gptkbp:legacy Naval history
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Union_Navy
Rear Admiral
gptkbp:militaryService Started in the War of 1812
gptkbp:nickname Sam
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Port Royal
Battle of Fort Pulaski
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:South_Atlantic_Blockading_Squadron
USS Wabash
Port_Royal_Expedition
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Capture_of_Fort_Pulaski
gptkb:Siege_of_Charleston
gptkbp:personalLife Born into a prominent family
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Pneumonia
Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition Naval memorials
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:David_Farragut
gptkbp:rank Admiral
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:DuPont_chemical_company
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Winfield_Scott
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:serviceYears 1821-1865
gptkbp:servingTemperature gptkb:David_Dixon_Porter
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Ann_Du_Pont
gptkbp:strategicGoals Blockade_of_Southern_ports
gptkbp:successor gptkb:John_A._Dahlgren
gptkbp:yearsActive 44 years