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Mobile Bay

battle Facts

02 Aug 1864 - 23 Aug 1864

Outcome: Union victory: David Farragut takes port, says "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead".

7,000 Troops

Union

Commander(s)David Farragut Gordon Granger
  • 322 Casualties
  • 151 Killed
  • 177 Wounded

Confederacy

Commander(s)Franklin Buchanan Richard L Page
  • 1,500 Casualties
  • 149 Killed
  • 22 Wounded
  • 1,587 Missing & Captured

1,822 Casualties