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