Fort Morgan CS Naval Signal Flag - 1864 Stickers

Confederate Naval Signal Flag - Captured at Fort Morgan, Alabama, in 1864 A Confederate made naval style signed flag signifying "guard." Captured with the surrender of Fort Morgan in Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, August 23, 1864.

Under the early light of dawn on August 5, 1864, Union Admiral David Farragut led a flotilla of 14 wooden ships, four ironclads, and numerous gunboats into Mobile Bay to seal off the city of Mobile, one of the two remaining Confederate ports. While entering the bay, the Union monitor USS Tecumseh struck a submerged torpedo and sank. Under fire from both the Confederate fleet and Fort Morgan, Farragut had to choose between retreating or risking the minefield. He then issued his famous order, "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" Passing the minefield safely, Union ships defeated the Southern flotilla, while Union ground forces captured the forts. Although the city of Mobile remained in Confederate hands, the last blockade-running port on the Gulf Coast east of the Mississippi was closed.

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