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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.
Exhibits include the huge anchor from USS Hartford, Admiral David Farragut's flagship on which he gave his world-famous command, "Damn the torpedoes – full speed ahead! " The fort also has the original cannons used in the battle, five pre-Civil War brick buildings in the interior courtyard, operational blacksmith shop and kitchens, tunnel ...
Coat of Arms of David Farragut. James Glasgow Farragut was born in 1801 to George Farragut (born Jordi Farragut Mesquida, 1755–1817), a Spanish Balearic merchant captain from the Mediterranean island of Menorca, and his wife Elizabeth (née Shine, 1765–1808), of North Carolina Scotch-Irish American descent, at Lowe's Ferry on the Holston River in Tennessee. [9]
Version 2.0 of Google Maps Mobile was announced at the end of 2007, with a stand out My Location feature to find the user's location using the cell towers, without needing GPS. [199] [200] [201] In September 2008, Google Maps was released for and preloaded on Google's own new platform Android. [202] [203]
Magnolia is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in LaRue County, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 524 as of the 2010 census . [ 3 ] The Magnolia area was settled in the 1780s primarily by Virginians seeking land following the American Revolution.
1864 map showing the eleven forts and other defenses. Viewed from the north; Kentucky is above the river, Indiana below. Louisville's fortifications for the American Civil War were designed to protect Louisville, Kentucky, as it was an important supply station for the Union's fight in the western theater of the war.
Kentucky Route 212 (KY 212) is a short state highway located in Boone County, in the northern region of the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway is approximately 1.3 miles (2.1 km) long, and partially constructed as a freeway , with the rest being a divided highway .
Kentucky Route 329 Bypass (KY 329 Bypass) is a 2.062-mile (3.318 km) [1] long bypass route of KY 329 around the northern edge of Crestwood. The western terminus of the route is at KY 329 roughly 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of where KY 329 meets I-71. The bypass heads east as four-lane undivided Veterans Memorial Parkway, passing through fields.