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Inside the Tennessee Ironclad at Mobile Bay
A Confederate fleet surgeon recounts the May 1864 to August 1864 action around Fort Morgan and the Tennessee. The narrative covers the ram Tennessee’s armor, ballooning repairs, Farragut’s attack, the Tecumseh’s torpedo loss, Buchanan’s wound and leadership, and the surrender after fierce close combat.
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Farragut
Mobile Bay
Tennessee
Franklin Buchanan
Conrad
Winchester
The
Bay of
Mobile
Morgan
Gaines
Gulf
Pensacola
Selma
Admiral Buchanan
Fort Morgan
Johnson
Turmoi
Fort
Fleet
Ferracut
Buchangin
Merriman
Page
Monitora
Strick
J. C. O'Connell
Carter
Forrest
le Hoy
Euming
Giraud
Buchanan
le Roy
Na Both
Hartford
General Page
Ceneral Page
Amp
Turner
Fort Warren
Jouett
Lully
Pelledn Island