![]() The first paired warships were the Brooklyn and Octorara, followed by the Hartford (Farragut’s flagship) and Metacomet, with the remaining five pairs following. Just before 0530 on the morning of 5 August 1864, the warships got under way, preceded by the monitors. Coordinating a double line of vessels-one column of which was composed of ships lashed in pairs-through a narrow channel under fire and in a swift current involved many uncontrollable variables. They were to pass into the bay in a separate column and contend with the Confederate ironclad Tennessee and with Fort Morgan at the bay’s mouth. The real punch of the attack would come from four monitors. In conjunction with the Army, Farragut made plans to attack the forts at the mouth of Mobile Bay and pass into the bay He conceived an optimistic battle plan involving eight heavily armed screw sloops and six gunboats that would steam into the bay lashed in pairs. Union troops’ advance on Atlanta spurred interest in the capture of Mobile and its use as a base of operations for a drive northward. While its capture was a naval priority, it was not one for the U.S. ![]() In 1862, when the city of New Orleans fell to Union forces, the port of Mobile, Alabama, became the most important city to the Confederacy on the Gulf coast. Andrews Bay, Florida, to the Rio Grande River. Naval Academy reverently has a stained-glass window depicting him during the iconic Civil War battle.įarragut commanded the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, responsible for the coast of the Gulf of Mexico from St. Over the years, many different Farragut-themed products appeared, including trading cards, clothing items, stamps, and even U.S. This is evident given the tributes bestowed on him during his lifetime and after his death. There has certainly never been a greater U.S. ![]() naval history is that attributed to Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut during the Battle of Mobile Bay.
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