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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

Confederate Officers

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Maj. Gen. Dabney H. Maury

Brig. Gen. Richard L. page

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Confederate Naval Officers

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Capt. James D. Johnston

Commander George W. Harrison

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Confederate Order of Battle

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Confederate Official Records

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Maj. Gen. Dabney H. Maury

Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana

Brig. Gen. Richard L. Page

Commander, Fort Morgan and Outer Defenses of Mobile Bay

Lieut. Col. James M. Williams

21st Alabama Infantry

Maj. James T. Gee

1st Battalion Alabama Artillery

Admiral Franklin Buchanan

Confederate States Navy

Commander James D. Johnston

Commander, Ram Tennessee

Lieut. Commander Patrick U. Murphy

Commander, Gun-boat Selma

Lieut. John W. Bennett

Commander, Steamer Gaines

Lieut. John A. Payne

Engineer Officer Steamer Gaines

Lieut. Edgar L. Lambert

Confederate States Navy

2nd Asst. Engineer Edward Debois

Confederate States Navy

Gunner Z. A. Offutt

Confederate States Navy

Stephen R. Mallory

Confederate Secretary of the Navy

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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

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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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​Civil War Atlas Maps

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Plan of Siege Operations

Defense of Fort Morgan

Map of the Defenses of the City of Mobile

Rebel Defenses Mobile, Ala

Rebel Lines Mobile Defenses

Rebel Lines Fort Sidney Johnston

Rebel Lines Mobile Defenses

Rebel Lines Redan 7 and 8

​Rebel Lines McIntosh Water Battery

Rebel Lines Fort JEB Stuart

Rebel Lines Lunette D

Rebel Lines Fort Mouton

Rebel Lines Fort G, H, and I

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Harper's Weekly Articles

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August 20, 1864

August 27, 1864

October 22, 1864

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Harper's Weekly Pictures

I have posted the date with the number of pictures in parenthesis

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August 20, 1864 (2 pictures)

September 3, 1864 (1 picture)

September 10, 1864 (1 picture)

September 17, 1864 (1 picture)

September 24, 1864 (4 pictures)

October 22, 1864 (2 pictures)

October 29, 1864 (4 pictures)

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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

Union Officers

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Bvt. Brig. Gen. Joseph Bailey

Brig. Gen. Richard Arnold

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Union Naval Officers

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Flag Capt. Percival Drayton

Capt. James Alden

Capt. John B. Merchand

Capt. Thornton A. Jenkins

Commander James H. Strong

Commander J. R.  Madison Mullany

Commander Edward Donaldson

Commander James W. Nicholson

Commander Tunis Craven

Commander Thomas H. Stevens, Jr.

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Army Order of Battle

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Mobile Bay Land Forces

Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger

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Union Naval Order of Battle

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Union Official Records

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​Maj. Gen. Edward S. Canby

Military Division of West Mississippi

Capt. Miles D. McAlister

Chief Engineer

Maj. Frank W. Marston

Chief Signal Officer

Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger

Commander Land Forces

Lieut. Charles S. Sargent

2nd Louisiana Infantry

Aide-de-Camp to Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks

Lieut. N. Henry Camp

Signal Corps

Itinerary of U.S. Forces in Mobile Bay

Itinerary of U.S. Forces on Mobile Point

Commanded by Col. Henry Bertram

20th Wisconsin Infantry

Capt. Edward Coulter

20th Iowa Infantry

Maj. William Roy

1st Indiana Heavy Artillery

Lieut. Frank B. Fenton

Battery A, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery

Capt. Jacob B. Rawles

Battery G, 5th U.S. Artillery

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Union Naval Official Records

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Official Naval Records Volume 21 starting on page 426

through page 470

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Official Naval Records Volume 21 starting on page 544

through page 593

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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 558-559

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          Books, 1984. p 142-157

Davis, George B, Leslie J. Perry and Joseph W. Kirkley, eds. The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War. Washington:

          Government Printing Office, 1891-1895. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003. Plates 63:1, 63:6, 71:13, 105:1, 107:7, 107:8,

          108:1, 108:2, 108:3, and 108:4

Holzer, Harold and Craig L. Symonds, eds. The New York Times Complete Civil War 1861-1865. New York: Black Dog &

          Leventhal, 2010.

Irwin, Richard B. "Land Operations against Mobile." Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, eds. Battles and

          Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition. Vol. IV Part I. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt. National Historical

          Society, 2006. p 410-411

Johnston, James D. "The Ram 'Tennessee' at Mobile Bay." Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, eds.

          Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition. Vol. IV Part I. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt. National     

          Historical Society, 2006. p 401-406

Kinney, John Coddington. "Farragut at Mobile Bay." Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, eds. Battles

          and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition. Vol. IV Part I. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt. National Historical

          Society, 2006. p 379-400

Marton, Joseph. "The Lashing of Admiral Farragut in the Rigging, Part II." Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough

          Buel, eds. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition. Vol. IV Part I. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt.

          National Historical Society, 2006. p 407-408

Page, Richard L. "The Defense of Fort Morgan." Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, eds. Battles and

          Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition. Vol. IV Part I. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt. National Historical

          Society, 2006. p 408-410

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1864.

------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.

Watson, J. Crittenden. "The Lashing of Admiral Farragut in the Rigging, Part I." Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence

          Clough Buel, eds. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition. Vol. IV Part I. New York: Century Co.,

          1884-1887. rpt. National Historical Society, 2006 p 406-407

Wheeler, Joseph. "Alabama." Confederate Military History. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing, 1899. rpt. National Historical

          Society, 2008. p 43-45

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