Grade Range: 5-12Resource Type(s): Primary Source, ArtifactsDate Posted: 12/29/2010
Service jacket and cap worn by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut while directing the fire of the flagship Hartford during the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864. It was during the Battle of Mobile Bay that Farragut uttered the infamous words, “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead.”
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Fleishman's depiction of the first Civil War battle relies on individual voices to give a human f...
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