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ANDREW HULL FOOTE (1806-1863)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 625 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANDREW See also:HULL See also:FOOTE (1806-1863)  , See also:American See also:admiral, was See also:born at Ne Iaven, See also:Connecticut, on the 12th of See also:September 1806, his See also:father, Sl'muel See also:Augustus See also:Foote (1780–1846), being a prominent lawyer and Whig politician,, who as U.S. senator moved in 1829 " Foote's resolutions " on public lands, in the discussion of which See also:Daniel See also:Webster made his "reply to See also:Hayne." He enteredthe U.S. See also:navy in 1822, and was commissioned See also:lieutenant in 1830 . After cruising See also:round the See also:world (183 7–1840) in the" See also:John See also:Adams," he was assigned to the See also:Philadelphia See also:Naval See also:Asylum, and later (1846–1848) to the See also:Boston Navy Yard . In 1844 he was made See also:commander of the " See also:Perry," and engaged for two years in sup-pressing the slave See also:trade on the See also:African See also:coast . In 1856, as commander of the " See also:Portsmouth," he served on the See also:East See also:India station, under See also:Corn . See also:James See also:Armstrong, and he captured the Barrier Forts near See also:Canton . From See also:October 1858 to the outbreak of the See also:Civil See also:War, he was in See also:charge of the See also:Brooklyn Navy Yard,becoming a full -See also:captain in i86r . In See also:August 186r he was assigned to the command "of the naval operations upon the Western See also:waters: His 'exploit iih capturing Fort See also:Henry (on the right See also:bank of the See also:Tennessee See also:river) from the Confederates, on the 6th of See also:February 1862, without the to-operation of See also:General See also:Grant's See also:land forces,' who had not arrived in See also:time, was abrilliant success; but their combined attack on` Fort See also:Donelson (12 in. off, on the See also:left bank of the See also:Cumberland river), whither' •most of the Fort Henry See also:garrison had escaped, resulted, before its 'surrender (Feb . 16), in heavy losses to Foote's gunboats, Foote himself being severely wounded . In See also:March See also:April he co-operated in the See also:capture of New See also:Madrid (¢v.) and See also:Island No. io . In See also:June he retired from his command and in See also:July was promoted See also:rear-admiral, and became See also:chief of the See also:Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting . On the 26th of June 1863 he died at New See also:York . See the See also:life (1874) by See also:Professor James See also:Mason Hoppin (182o-1906) .

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