⚔️📍 Mobile Bay, Alabama1864
Battle of Mobile Bay — 'Damn the Torpedoes!'
Union Admiral David Farragut led his fleet past Confederate forts and through a minefield into Mobile Bay, shouting his famous order when a leading ship struck a mine. His fleet destroyed or captured the Confederate squadron including the ironclad CSS Tennessee.
Closing Mobile Bay — the Confederacy's last major Gulf port — further strangled Confederate trade and supply lines.
Outcome
Union victory; last Gulf Confederate port closed