ADM John Dahlgren & Modernizing the Navy

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #010: ADM John Dahlgren, COL Ulric Dahlgren, REV Matthew Simpson – Friends of Abraham Lincoln, part 1

Philadelphian John Dahlgren knew what he wanted and went for it.  He frequently achieved his goals by skipping the chain-of-command and going to the top.  It annoyed his fellow sailors to no end, but it certainly didn’t hurt that he was a close personal friend of Abraham Lincoln.