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Article: CONFEDERATE ADMIRAL ALREADY A SEASONED OLD FEDERAL SALT.(LOCAL)

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The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
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March 9, 1998
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Byline: GEORGE TUCKER

When Confederate Adm. Franklin Buchanan, better known as ``Old Buck'' by his pre-Civil War U.S. Navy messmates commanded the CSS Virginia (the former USS Merrimack) during its initial encounter with the Federal blockading fleet in Hampton Roads on March 8, 1862, he was already a seasoned old salt with 46 exciting years of global sea service behind him.

Born near Baltimore, Md., in 1800, Buchanan was a son of Dr. George and Letitia Buchanan, whose father, Thomas McKean, was one of the Pennsylvania signers of the Declaration of Independence. Buchanan began his distinguished naval career at the age of 14 as a midshipman in ...

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