Map Showing Entrance to Mobile Bay and Course Taken by Union Fleet 08-05

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Old map of Alabama, Mobile Bay, Mobile Bay Region, United States.

Map shows Confederate fortifications (Forts Powell, Gaines, Morgan) and the location of Union fleet in Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. On August 5, Union Admiral Farragut attempted to lead several ships into Mobile Bay, past formidable Confederate forts and the ironclad C.S.S. Tennessee. Despite the sinking by a mine of the U.S.S. Tecumseh, the Union fleet passed through the channel and engaged the Tennessee, paving the way for Union land operations against the city of Mobile, Ala. Undermanned and damaged by Union rams, the Tennessee surrendered.

Created by Robert Knox Sneden in 08-05.

• Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
• This item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information.
• In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 6, p. 611).
• Manuscripts

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