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from Napoleon, having returned to France after the Revo- 

 hitiou. ^V^leu Napoleon returned from Elba, Du Pont 

 again took refuge in the United States, and lived with 

 his sons near Wilmington until his death in 1817, in his 

 seventy-seventh year. 



His second son, Irenee, was the founder of the powder 

 works. He had shared imprisonment with his father, 

 and on reaching the United States in 1798 found the great 

 need of a domestic supply of good gunpowder. He re- 

 turned to France to study its manufacture, came back to 

 this country, and from a small beginning built up a busi- 

 ness which has become one of the notable industries of 

 the country. He died in 1834. 



Admiral Du Pont, one of the distinguished officers of Admiral 

 the United States Navy, was the son of Victor, older ?f"po°rtV^ya'i 

 brother of Irenee, and engaged with him in business. It 

 was Admiral Du Pont who was the commander and hero 

 of the Port Royal Expedition. This descendant of a 

 Huguenot won that unexpected, absolute and decisive 

 victory which thrilled the loyal hearts of the country 

 with hope and thankfulness, coming as it did when only 

 such a victory could counterbalance the alarm caused by 

 the defeat at Bull Run. The story of this remarkable 

 expedition is told by General Egbert L. Viele in the 

 Magazine of American History^ October, 1885. Admiral 

 Du Pont had to attack with his fleet the great forts 

 which guarded the harbour of Port Royal, in order to 

 establish a system of blockade that would cripple the 

 Confederacy. There were 20,000 soldiers and 5,000 

 sailors under the admiral's command, and his fleet con- 

 sisted of seventy-seven vessels, including transports. It 

 was a motley collection, and storms had to be overcome 

 as well as forts ; but the brave and able commander car- 

 ried out his plan, won a decisive and crushing victory, 

 and matched Farragut's daring strategy at New Orleans. 



"The planning of the bombardment, the manning of a Bniiiant 

 the ships, and the effective work done by the fleet," says ^^^^^ ^'""""^ 



