Mobile Bay
Passing of Forts Morgan and Gaines
August 2-23, 1864


 

Result: Union victory
Campaign: Operations in Mobile Bay (1864)
Commanders: Adm. David G. Farragut and Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger [US]; Adm. Franklin Buchanan and Brig. Gen. Richard L. Page [CS]
Forces: Farragut's Fleet (14 wooden ships and 4 monitors) and U.S. army forces near Mobile [US]; Buchanan's Flotilla (3 gunboats and an ironclad), Fort Morgan Garrison, Fort Gaines Garrison, and Fort Powell Garrison [CS]
Casualties: 1,822 (US 322; CS 1,500)
Classification: I.1 (Class A)

 

Mobile County and Baldwin County, AL

  
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