- Visitor Services DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT First Admiral of the Navy I soon became fond of this adventurous sort of life. A significant contributing factor to the Union success at Vicksburg was the skill of the North's naval commanders. One of the most colorful naval commanders of the Civil War was David Glasgow Farragut. Though he was unsuccessful in early naval operations against Vicksburg, ...www.nps.gov/vick/visctr/sitebltn/farragut.htm