Fort Morgan - Alabama - Battle of Mobile Bay - American Civil War
During the Battle of Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864, United States Navy forces under Admiral David G. Farragut[7] passed Fort Morgan and entered Mobile Bay. Farragut captured the Tennessee and the Selma, forced the beaching and burning of Gaines, and captured Fort Gaines. This freed U.S. Army units under U.S. Major General Gordon Granger to besiege Fort Morgan.[7] After two weeks of bombardment from sea and land, Richard Lucian Page, commander of the fort, surrendered on 23 August 1864,[7] after first spiking the fort's guns
Fort Morgan - Alabama - Battle of Mobile Bay - American Civil War
During the Battle of Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864, United States Navy forces under Admiral David G. Farragut[7] passed Fort Morgan and entered Mobile Bay. Farragut captured the Tennessee and the Selma, forced the beaching and burning of Gaines, and captured Fort Gaines. This freed U.S. Army units under U.S. Major General Gordon Granger to besiege Fort Morgan.[7] After two weeks of bombardment from sea and land, Richard Lucian Page, commander of the fort, surrendered on 23 August 1864,[7] after first spiking the fort's guns