| ID: | 14377 |
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| Entry Text: | Litten, Jane. "Navy Flogging: Captain Samuel Francis Du Pont and Tradition." Am Nep, 58 (Spring 1998): 145-65. In USN, mid-19th century, officers favored flogging; in poll, 76 for, 7 opposed; Du Pont: "the sheet anchor of discipline"; lobbied Congress not to ban; nevertheless, law of 1850 abolished in USN. |