1864 Battle of Mobile Bay

Artist: Anna Page Gray
School: Wetumpka Intermediate

"1864 Battle of Mobile Bay"

August 5, 1864: The Battle of Mobile Bay begins. U.S. Admiral David Farragut, with a force of fourteen wooden ships, four ironclads, 2,700 men, and 197 guns, assaulted greatly outnumbered Confederate defenses guarding the approach to Mobile Bay. Farragut's victory removed Mobile as a center of blockade-running and freed Union troops for service in Virginia.



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Created: October 11, 2007
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