Battle of Mobile Bay

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American Civil War battle naval battle

The Battle of Mobile Bay was a major American Civil War naval engagement in 1864, famous for Admiral David Farragut’s bold attack that sealed one of the Confederacy’s last major Gulf ports.

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Battle of Mobile Bay canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
associatedPerson Admiral David Farragut ⓘ
surface form: David Farragut
associatedQuote Damn the Torpedoes ⓘ
surface form: Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
campaign Gulf Coast campaign of the American Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Mobile Bay campaign
commander Admiral David Farragut ⓘ
surface form: David Farragut

Franklin Buchanan ⓘ
Major General Gordon Granger ⓘ
surface form: Gordon Granger
conflictIn American Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1864-08-05 ⓘ
defendedBy Fort Gaines ⓘ
Fort Morgan ⓘ
Fort Powell ⓘ
endDate 1864-08-23 ⓘ
famousFor David Farragut’s bold attack through a minefield ⓘ
Union breakthrough past Fort Morgan ⓘ
Union capture of Confederate ironclad CSS Tennessee ⓘ
followedBy siege and capture of Fort Morgan ⓘ
involvedShip CSS Gaines ⓘ
CSS Morgan ⓘ
CSS Selma ⓘ
CSS Tennessee ⓘ
USS Brooklyn ⓘ
USS Chickasaw ⓘ
USS Hartford ⓘ
USS Lackawanna ⓘ
USS Manhattan ⓘ
USS Metacomet ⓘ
USS Richmond ⓘ
surface form: USS Octorara

USS Richmond ⓘ
USS Tecumseh ⓘ
USS Winnebago ⓘ
landCommander Major General Gordon Granger ⓘ
surface form: Gordon Granger
location Alabama ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Mobile Bay ⓘ
navalCommander Admiral David Farragut ⓘ
surface form: David Farragut

Franklin Buchanan ⓘ
objective close the port of Mobile to Confederate blockade runners ⓘ
partOf Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
portClosed Port of Mobile ⓘ
precededBy Union preparations to capture Mobile Bay forts ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate 1864-08-05 ⓘ
strategicSignificance helped tighten the Union naval blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
sealed one of the Confederacy’s last major Gulf ports ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
usedTechnology ironclad warships ⓘ
steam-powered warships ⓘ
usedWeaponType naval mines ⓘ
rifled naval artillery ⓘ
smoothbore naval artillery ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Admiral David Farragut → notableWork → Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: David Farragut
Admiral David Farragut → notableBattle → Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: David Farragut
Fort Gaines → usedDuringConflict → Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
Fort Gaines → playedRoleIn → Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
Fort Morgan → usedDuringConflict → Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
Confederate States Navy → notableEngagement → Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
Union Navy → notableBattle → Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
Mobile Bay → hasEvent → Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
Francis Asbury Roe → battle → Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron → engagement → Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
Union blockade of the Confederacy → involves → Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ