the regiment when other regiments had retired and then reformed his line and held it. Namesake was named for him, as was the town of Tracyton, Washington. Tracy Arm is a fjord in the U.S. state of Alaska that bears his name. The Tracy Glacier, having its terminus near the head of the Inglefield Fjord in NW Greenland, was named after him by Robert Peary. See also List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: T–Z Notes References Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . Further reading Cooling, Benjamin F. Benjamin Franklin Tracy, Father of the American Fighting Navy. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1973. External links (Copyright notice from Naval Historical Center website: "Used by permission of Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Macmillan from Encyclopedia of the American Military, John E. Jessup, Editor in Chief. Vol. I, pp. 365-380. Copyright c 1994, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. [The views expressed in this history are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy or the U.S. government.]") Project Gutenberg link to Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 1830 births 1915 deaths Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery United States Army Medal of Honor recipients Union Army generals United States Secretaries of the Navy People of New York (state) in the American Civil War Judges of the New York Court of Appeals United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of New York Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly People from Owego, New York Benjamin Harrison administration cabinet members 19th-century American politicians American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor North American Trust Company people 1896 United States presidential electors 19th-century American judges