Title

Fleet passing the fort and obstructions, Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864, (1862-1867). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Fleet passing the fort and obstructions, Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864, (1864-1867). The Battle of Mobile Bay saw a Union fleet commanded by Admiral David Farragut defeat a much smaller Confederate fleet off the coast of Alabama. The Union vessels had to pass through a minefield and the guns of two Confederate forts to get into Mobile Bay. The Union victory had the effect of shutting down the last blockade-running port east of the Mississippi on the Gulf coast. An engraving from volume II of The War with the South : a History of the Late Rebellion, by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 Volumes, 1862-1867.
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Date

1864

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C17_350

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,6Mb (2,8Mb) / 11,7in x 16,4in / 3523 x 4922 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea country ship ships geography gulf war union location century mobile Alabama concept battle Navy B&W Gulf of Mexico MONOCHROME warfare United States of America United States naval warfare 19th century water transport warship black & white black and white B W American Civil War nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector geographical feature naval battle TGN David Battle of Mobile Bay engraving Unknown David Farragut Farragut Admiral Farragut David Farragut engraving