IN PERSON AND LIVESTREAMED

Presenter: John V. Quarstein, director emeritus of the USSMonitorCenter

About the presentation:

1864年8月的移动湾的一对of the Civil War’s most successful admirals head-to-head – the Union’s David Glasgow Farragut and the Confederacy’s Franklin Buchanan. This engagement was a showdown between these dynamic officers for control of the last major Confederate port on the Gulf of Mexico, east of the Mississippi. The federal fleet’s dramatic entrance into the bay began with USSTecumsehstriking a torpedo and sinking. Once the Union squadron anchored in Mobile Bay, Admiral Buchanan decided his only choice was to attack Farragut’s entire command. CSSTennesseewas rammed and pounded by heavy shot, forcing its surrender. This marked the closing of Mobile Bay as a haven for Confederate blockade runners.

Civil War Lecture:
Battle of Mobile Bay: A Tale of Two Admirals
Friday, August 5, 2022 • 12 p.m. (ET)

Advance registration is requiredwhether attending the lecture in person or online.