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    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...
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    Mobile Bay (/moʊˈbiːl/ moh-BEEL) is a shallow inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States. Its mouth is formed...
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    United States Navy from 1987 to 2023. She is named for the naval Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War in 1864. The ship was ordered from...
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  • The order of battle for the Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864. Commander : Rear Admiral David Farragut 14 wooden...
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    USS Galena (1862) (category Ironclad warships of the Union Navy)
    without most of her armor in 1863 and transferred to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in 1864. The ship participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay and the subsequent...
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    Battle of Decatur Battle of Fort Blakeley Battle of Mobile Bay Battle of Newton Battle of Ebenezer Church Battle of Selma Battle of Munford Battle of...
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    USS Hartford (1858) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    campaigns in the American Civil War as the flagship of David G. Farragut, most notably the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864. She survived until 1956, when she sank...
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    CSS Tennessee (1863) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    in 1864 by the Union Navy during the Battle of Mobile Bay and then participated in the Union's subsequent Siege of Fort Morgan. Tennessee was decommissioned...
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    Tunis Craven (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    her crew of one hundred and sixteen in all, save himself and the few that were able to escape through the port holes. A buoy in Mobile Bay marks the...
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  • Mobile order of battle may refer to: Mobile campaign order of battle Battle of Mobile Bay order of battle Battle of Mobile (disambiguation) Mobile (disambiguation)...
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    USS Brooklyn (1858) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    United States Army Center of Military History. June 26, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2012. "The Battle of Mobile Bay: "A Deadly Rain of Shot and Shell"". Historical...
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  • counterattack at the Battle of Mobile (1781). In 1864, a Union fleet defeated a Confederate fleet at the Battle of Mobile Bay. In 1865, the Mobile Campaign (1865)...
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    David Farragut (category United States Navy personnel of the War of 1812)
    in the United States Navy. He is remembered for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, usually paraphrased as "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" in...
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  • Campaign of the Western Theater of the American Civil War. After the Union victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, Mobile nevertheless remained in Confederate...
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  • attributed to David Farragut, referring to an order given at the Battle of Mobile Bay Damn the Torpedoes (album), a 1979 album by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers...
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    Charles Vernon Gridley (category Members of the Sons of the American Revolution)
    joining the sloop-of-war Oneida with the West Gulf Blockading Squadron. He distinguished himself with David Farragut at the Battle of Mobile Bay on 5 August...
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    Percival Drayton (category People of South Carolina in the American Civil War)
    flagship, the big sloop-of-war Hartford and took part in the August 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay and the following operations within Mobile Bay. It was to Drayton...
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    USS Tecumseh (1863) (category Ships of the Union Navy)
    sunk on 5 August during the Battle of Mobile Bay when she struck a mine. The ship capsized and rests upside down northwest of Fort Morgan. The Smithsonian...
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    in the war following successful attacks on the defenses of Mobile Bay by the Union Navy. Mobile had grown substantially in the period leading up to the...
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    saltwater port, Mobile is located on the Mobile River at the head of Mobile Bay on the north-central Gulf Coast. The Port of Mobile has always played...
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  • Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Mobile Bay from August 2–23, 1864, see: Mobile Bay order of battle. MG = Major general BG = Brigadier general...
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    of Atlanta Battle of the Crater Battle of Mobile Bay Battle of Utoy Creek Battle of Jonesborough Battle of Vernon Battle of Griswoldville Battle of Buck...
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    Nehemiah Dyer (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    War. He was one of the few individuals to have served in both the Battle of Mobile Bay during the Civil War and the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American...
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    Virginia during the first day of the Battle of Hampton Roads and also flown from the CSS Tennessee during the Battle of Mobile Bay Confederate naval flag, captured...
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  • USS Itasca (1861) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    to the South 5 August 1864. During historic Battle of Mobile Bay, after dashing past the forts as part of Farragut's formation, Itasca engaged and captured...
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  • Charles Melville (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay. Born in about 1828 in...
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    in the United States Navy and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War. McFarland entered...
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  • John Laver Mather Cooper (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    of Honor for two distinct events. His first such award came about because of his actions aboard the USS Brooklyn (1858) during the Battle of Mobile Bay...
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    the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. The 2020 census lists the population of the city as 10,049. It is a suburb of Mobile and is part of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley...
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    USS Chickasaw (1864) (category Ships of the Union Navy)
    ship participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864, during which she was lightly damaged, and the bombardments of Forts Gaines and Morgan as...
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