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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 David G. Farragut, assisted by a contingent of soldiers, attacked a smaller Confederate fleet led by Admiral Franklin Buchanan and three forts that guarded the entrance to Mobile Bay: Morgan, Gaines and Powell.
As a gun captain aboard USS Richmond, Jackson served in the Battle of Mobile Bay. He disarmed multiple naval mines and once picked up a live shell and threw it from the deck of the Richmond. Jackson likely earned an enlistment bounty, as well as prize money by capturing multiple blockade runners.
The siege of Fort Morgan occurred during the American Civil War, as part of the battle for Mobile Bay, in the Confederate state of Alabama during August 1864. Union ground forces led by General Gordon Granger conducted a short siege of the Confederate garrison at the mouth of Mobile Bay under the command of General Richard L. Page.
Mobile Bay Land Forces Major General Gordon Granger. Clark's Brigade (3rd Bde, 3rd Div, XIX Corps) Colonel George W. Clark. 77th Illinois: Colonel David P. Grier; 67th Indiana: Ltc Francis A. Sears; 34th Iowa: Colonel George W. Clark; 96th Ohio Infantry: Colonel Albert H. Brown; Bertram's Brigade (2nd Bde, Mobile Bay Land Forces)
Pages in category "Battles of the Operations in Mobile Bay of the American Civil War" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1781, the Spanish defeated a British and Waldecker 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) consisted of the Battle of Spanish Fort and the Battle of Fort Blakely.
At the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, he was among the crew of a small boat sent from Metacomet to rescue survivors of the USS Tecumseh, which had been sunk by a naval mine (then known as a "torpedo"). Despite intense fire, the boat crew was able to pull ten Tecumseh men from the water. For this action, Johnson was awarded the Medal of ...
Operating in the waters of Mobile Bay, under the command of Lieutenant John W. Bennett, CSN, she was heavily damaged during the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864. She was sinking as she left the battle and became grounded while still in 24 feet (7 m) of water, within 500 yards (457 m) of Fort Morgan. Two crewman died in the engagement, 3-4 ...