Battle of Mobile Bay

The Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864, was a naval and land engagement of the American Civil War in which a Union fleet commanded by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, assisted by a contingent of soldiers, attacked a smaller Confederate fleet led by Admiral Franklin Buchanan and three forts that guarded the entrance to Mobile Bay: Morgan, Gaines and Powell. Farragut's perhaps apocryphal order of "Damn the torpedoes! Four bells. Captain Drayton, go ahead! Jouett, full speed!" became famous in paraphrase, as "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"

MainTimelineWikipediaGalleryBibliographyTableSearchFiles

1864  Wikimedia, Wikidata
battle, United States, 

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Location: 30.2408, -88.0531, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
6 places

Loading map...

• 

  ⓘ
  

1864-08-02T00:00:00Z

1864-08-23T00:00:00Z

1864 Battle of Mobile Bay

1864-08-03T00:00:00Z

1864-08-08T00:00:00Z

1864 Siege of Fort Gaines

1864-08-09T00:00:00Z

1864-08-23T00:00:00Z

1864 Siege of Fort Morgan

{"selectable":false,"showCurrentTime":false,"width":"100%","zoomMin":100000000000}

Frameless

Plan of Fort Sidney Johnston

Battle of Mobile Bay 1936 802

Bataille de la baie de Mobile par Louis Prang (1824-1909)

Mobile Bay Battlefield Alabama

Farragut's naval victory in Mobile Harbor. The Hartford engaging the Rebel Ram Tennessee

MoH recipient Martin Freeman

Battle of Mobile Bay

Battle of Mobile Bay (1890) by Xanthus Smith (cropped)

ChickasawNH42394

3a49747u (17102494920)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1864	Battle of Mobile Bay	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1864	Siege of Fort Gaines	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1864	Siege of Fort Morgan	siege	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Philippi	steamship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Tecumseh	Canonicus-class monitor, monitor	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Bowyer	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Morgan	artillery fort, military museum	Wikidata
site	fort	1821	Fort Gaines	fort	Wikidata
commons	image		Plan of Fort Sidney Johnston		Commons
commons	image		Battle of Mobile Bay 1936 802		Commons
commons	image		Bataille de la baie de Mobile par Louis Prang (1824-1909)		Commons
commons	image		Mobile Bay Battlefield Alabama		Commons
commons	image		Farragut's naval victory in Mobile Harbor. The Hartford engaging the Rebel Ram Tennessee		Commons
commons	image		MoH recipient Martin Freeman		Commons
commons	image		Battle of Mobile Bay		Commons
commons	image		Battle of Mobile Bay (1890) by Xanthus Smith (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		ChickasawNH42394		Commons
commons	image		3a49747u (17102494920)		Commons