BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//Zap Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Battle of Mobile Bay UID:2008-05-08-10-57-07-63-@americanhistorycalendar.com SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:OPAQUE RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=8;BYMONTHDAY=6 DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20250806 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20250807 DTSTAMP:20260315T210829 CATEGORIES:Civil War Events LOCATION:Mobile Bay\, Alabama GEO:30.4434341;-87.9922684 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n

The Battle of Mobile Bay was a key naval engagement during the American Civil War, fought on Augus t 5, 1864. It took place in Mobile Bay, Alabama, one of the Confederacy's last major Gulf ports. Union forces, led by Admiral David Farragut, launch ed a successful assault against Confederate defenses, including forts and a small fleet of ships. Despite heavy fire and naval mines (then called to rpedoes), Farragut pressed forward, famously declaring, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" The Union victory sealed off Mobile Bay, tightening the blockade of the South and co ntributing to the eventual Union victory in the war.

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DESCRIPTION:The Battle of Mobile Bay was a key naval engagement during the American Civil War\, fought on August 5\, 1864. It took place in Mobile Ba y\, Alabama\, one of the Confederacy's last major Gulf ports. Union forces \, led by Admiral David Farragut\, launched a successful assault against C onfederate defenses\, including forts and a small fleet of ships. Despite heavy fire and naval mines (then called torpedoes)\, Farragut pressed forw ard\, famously declaring\, "Damn the torpedoes\, full speed ahead!" The U nion victory sealed off Mobile Bay\, tightening the blockade of the South and contributing to the eventual Union victory in the war.\n\n URL:https://americanhistorycalendar.com/component/zcalendar/2,6585-battle-o f-mobile-bay?Itemid= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR