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 Official Records
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Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana
Commander, Fort Morgan and Outer Defenses of Mobile Bay
21st Alabama Infantry
1st Battalion Alabama Artillery
Confederate States Navy
Commander, Ram Tennessee
Lieut. Commander Patrick U. Murphy
Commander, Gun-boat Selma
Commander, Steamer Gaines
Engineer Officer Steamer Gaines
Confederate States Navy
2nd Asst. Engineer Edward Debois
Confederate States Navy
Confederate States Navy
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
Damn the Torpedoes The Battle of Mobile Bay
Approaches to Mobile Bay, Ala. 1864
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
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IronBrigadier.com
Admiral David Farragut's report on the Battle of Mobile Bay
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EssentialCivilWarCurriculum.com
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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
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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: Farragut's Victory Full Particulars from Eye-Witnesses
Department of the Gulf; Arrival of the Mississippi from New Orleans
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​Civil War Atlas Maps
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Map of the Defenses of the City of Mobile
Rebel Lines Fort Sidney Johnston
​Rebel Lines McIntosh Water Battery
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Harper's Weekly Articles
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Harper's Weekly Pictures
I have posted the date with the number of pictures in parenthesis
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September 10, 1864 (1 picture)
September 17, 1864 (1 picture)
September 24, 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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Mobile Bay Land Forces
Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger
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Union Official Records
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Military Division of West Mississippi
Chief Engineer
Chief Signal Officer
Commander Land Forces
2nd Louisiana Infantry
Aide-de-Camp to Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks
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
20th Iowa Infantry
1st Indiana Heavy Artillery
Battery A, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery
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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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
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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.
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Society, 2006. p 408-410
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1864.
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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.,
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Society, 2008. p 43-45
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