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| Several people and places are named '''Dahlgren'''. | Several people and places are named '''Dahlgren'''. | ||
| *] (1912-1996) was an American professional baseball player best known as the New York Yankee first baseman who took over in 1939 when Lou Gehrig ended his legendary consecutive games-played stretch. | |||
| *Rear Admiral ] (1809-1870) was a U.S. Navy officer noted for the weapons he designed. | *Rear Admiral ] (1809-1870) was a U.S. Navy officer noted for the weapons he designed. | ||
| *Colonel ] (1842-1864) his son, was a U.S. Army officer who led a failed mission to assassinate leaders of the ]. | *Colonel ] (1842-1864) his son, was a U.S. Army officer who led a failed mission to assassinate leaders of the ]. | ||
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Several people and places are named Dahlgren.
- Elsworth Tenney (Babe) Dahlgren (1912-1996) was an American professional baseball player best known as the New York Yankee first baseman who took over in 1939 when Lou Gehrig ended his legendary consecutive games-played stretch.
- Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren (1809-1870) was a U.S. Navy officer noted for the weapons he designed.
- Colonel Ulric Dahlgren (1842-1864) his son, was a U.S. Army officer who led a failed mission to assassinate leaders of the Confederacy.
- Dahlgren, Rolf M. T. (1932-1987) was a Danish botanist.
Several places in the United States are named for Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren, including:
- Dahlgren, Illinois
- Dahlgren, Virginia, and the U.S. Naval base there, which was originally used as a gunnery, is now more a part of the Space Program.
- Dahlgren Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland
The Dahlgren Affair was an assassination plot against Jefferson Davis during the American Civil War led by Admiral Dahlgren's son Ulric Dahlgren.
The Dahlgren gun was a type of smoothbore cannon used by the US Navy prior to and during the Civil War.
See also the science fiction novel Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany.
Topics referred to by the same term
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