Battle of Mobile Bay, Mobile Bay

The Battle Of Mobile Bay

Hamilton Historical Records

On August 5, 1864, the Battle of Mobile Bay occurred along Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan during the U.S. Civil War.

Photograph of Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut.

Union Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut led ships to fight against Confederate Admiral Franklin Buchanan’s fleet. During the Battle, Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut shouted the order, “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!” Real Admiral Farragut’s forces faced fierce resistance from Admiral Buchanan’s fleet.

Currently, there are various Battle of Mobile Bay Civil War sites that one can see throughout the Mobile Bay.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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