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Battle of Mobile Bay

Confederate Commanders

Admiral Franklin Buchanan

Brig. Gen. Richard L. Page

Forces Engaged: 1,500

Killed: 13

Wounded: 22

Captured or Missing: 1,587

Total Casualties: 1,622

1 Gunboat Captured

1 Gunboat Destroyed

1 Ironclad Captured

August 2 - 23, 1864

Mobile Bay, Alabama

Union Victory

Mobile Bay occupied by Union

Fall of Fort Morgan on August 23, 1864

National Park Service

Fort Morgan and the Battle of Mobile  Bay (Teaching with Historic Places)

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Battlefield Trust

Mobile Bay

10 Facts: Civil War Navies

Damn the Torpedoes The Battle of Mobile Bay

Approaches to Mobile Bay, Ala. 1864

Mobile Bay / August 5, 1864

Mobile Bay - An Article

Forgotten Monitor - The Story of the USS Tecumseh

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History.com

Civil War's Landmark naval Battle Cry is Remembered for a Unique Rallying Cry

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HistoricFacts.com

Historic For Gaines: A Tour of Alabama's Coastal Defense

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HistoryTools.com

Unveiling the Timeless Bastion: A Historian's Guide to Fort Gaines, Alabama

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MobileBayMag.com

An Aerial View of Fort Gaines

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IronBrigadier.com

Admiral David Farragut's report on the Battle of Mobile Bay

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EssentialCivilWarCurriculum.com

The Battle of Mobile Bay

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Warfare History Network

Admiral David Farragut and the Battle of Mobile Bay

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HistoryNet.com

Lessons Learned from the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864

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U.S. Naval Institute

Go Ahead, Go Ahead

Damn the Torpedoes?

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Researchgate.net

Map Showing Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan at the Entrance to Mobile Bay

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New York Times

Mobile and Its Approaches

Mobile: Farragut's Victory Full Particulars from Eye-Witnesses

The Surrender of Fort Gaines

Department of the Gulf; Arrival of the Mississippi from New Orleans

The Siege of Fort Morgan

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Union Commanders

Rear Admiral David Farragut

Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger

Forces Engaged: 5,500

Killed: 151

Wounded: 177

Captured or Missing:

Total Casualties: 328

1 Ironclad Sunk

1 Patrol/Dispatch Vessel Destroyed

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