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Battle of Mobile Bay

Began:

2 August 1864

Ended:

23 August 1864

Location:

Mobile Bay, Alabama

Theater:

Naval / Lower Seaboard

Campaign:

Operations in Mobile Bay (1864)

Outcome:

Union Victory

Combatants

Commanders

David G. Farragut
Rear Admiral, USN
Gordon Granger
Major General, USA

Franklin Buchanan
Admiral, CSN
Richard L. Page
Brigadier General, CSA

Strength

4 ironclad monitors
14 wooden warships
5500-man invasion force

1 ironclad ram (CSS Tennessee)
3 gunboats
1500-man garrison stationed within:
Fort Morgan
Fort Gaines
Fort Fisher

Casualties

328
Killed: 151
Wounded: 177
1 ironclad sunk (USS Tecumseh)

1,500 est

Fleet losses:
Killed: 12
Wounded: 19
Captured:123, including 2 vessels
Shore Losses:
- Fort Morgan
  Killed: 1
  Wounded: 3
  Captured: 600 est.
- Fort Gaines
  Captured: 864 est.

A combined Union force initiated operations to close Mobile Bay to blockade running. Some Union forces landed on Dauphin Island and laid siege to Fort Gaines. On August 5, Farragut’s Union fleet of eighteen ships entered Mobile Bay and received a devastating fire from Forts Gaines and Morgan and other points. After passing the forts, Farragut forced the Confederate naval forces, under Adm. Franklin Buchanan, to surrender, which effectively closed Mobile Bay. By August 23, Fort Morgan, the last big holdout, fell, shutting down the port. The city, however, remained uncaptured.^[1]

References

↑ NPS.gov: NPS Battle Summaries

v • d • e Operations in Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 1864

Mobile Bay -- Fort Gaines -- Fort Morgan

v • d • e Battles of the American Civil War: 1864

Eastern Theater	Morton's Ford -- Walkerton -- Plymouth -- Albemarle Sound -- The Wilderness -- Port Walthall Junction -- Todd's Tavern -- Cloyd’s Mountain -- Spotsylvania Court House -- Swift Creek -- Chester Station -- Cove Mountain -- Yellow Tavern -- Proctor's Creek -- New Market -- Ware Bottom Church -- North Anna -- Wilson’s Wharf -- Haw's Shop -- Totopotomoy Creek -- Old Church -- Cold Harbor -- Piedmont -- 1st Petersburg -- Trevilian Station -- Jerusalem Plank Road -- 2nd Petersburg -- Lynchburg -- Saint Mary's Church -- Staunton River Bridge -- Sappony Church -- Monocacy -- Fort Stevens -- Heaton's Crossroads -- Cool Spring -- Rutherford's Farm -- 2nd Kernstown -- 1st Ream's Station -- 1st Deep Bottom -- The Crater -- Folck's Mill -- Moorefield -- 2nd Deep Bottom -- Guard Hill -- Globe Tavern -- Summit Point -- Smithfield Crossing -- 2nd Ream's Station -- Berryville -- Beefsteak Raid -- Opequon -- Fisher's Hill -- Chaffin's Farm -- Peebles' Farm -- Darbytown and New Market Roads -- Darbytown Road -- Tom's Brook -- Cedar Creek -- Boydton Plank Road -- Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road -- Rainbow Bluff Expedition -- 1st Fort Fisher -- Fort Branch

Western Theater	Dandridge -- Athens -- Fair Garden -- Meridian -- Okolona -- 1st Dalton -- Paducah -- Fort Pillow -- Rocky Face Ridge -- Resaca -- Adairsville -- New Hope Church -- Dallas -- Pickett's Mill -- Marietta -- Brice's Crossroads -- Cynthiana -- Kolb's Farm -- Kennesaw Mountain -- Pace's Ferry -- Tupelo -- Peachtree Creek-- Atlanta -- Ezra Church -- Brown's Mill -- Utoy Creek -- 2nd Dalton -- Lovejoy's Station -- Mobile Bay -- Fort Gaines -- 2nd Memphis -- Fort Morgan -- Jonesborough -- 1st Saltville -- Allatoona -- Decatur -- Johnsonville -- Bull's Gap -- Griswoldville -- Columbia -- Buck Head Creek -- Honey Hill -- Spring Hill -- 2nd Franklin -- Waynesboro -- 3rd Murfreesboro-- Altamaha Bridge -- 2nd Fort McAllister -- Nashville -- Marion -- 2nd Saltville

Trans-Mississippi Theater	Fort De Russy -- Elkin’s Ferry -- Mansfield -- Pleasant Hill -- Prairie D'Ane -- Blair's Landing -- Monett's Ferry -- Poison Spring -- Marks' Mills -- Jenkins' Ferry -- Calcasieu Pass -- Mansura -- Yellow Bayou -- Old River Lake -- Killdeer Mountain -- Fort Davidson -- Glasgow -- 2nd Lexington -- Little Blue River -- 2nd Independence -- Byram's Ford -- Westport -- Marais des Cygnes -- Marmiton River -- Mine Creek -- 2nd Newtonia

Lower Seaboard Theater	Olustee -- Gainesville

Naval	Hunley vs Housatonic -- Cherbourg

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