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On August 5, Union Admiral David Farragut’s Union fleet of eighteen ships entered Mobile Bay, Alabama, and received a devastating fire from Forts Gaines and Morgan and other points. Admiral Farragut's wooden ships fought valiantly under this devastating fire as well as shells from the rebel gunboats and the ironclad ram Tennessee. After passing the forts, Farragut forced the Confederate naval forces under Admiral Franklin Buchanan, to surrender, along with the prized ram Tennessee. Fort Morgan was destroyed and this action effectively closed Mobile Bay as a Confederate port, making the action one of the greatest Naval victories of the war. Ninety sailors and eight Marines were awarded Medals of Honor in this battle, the most for any single day in history. Twelve crewmen of the flagship, U.S.S. Hartford were numbered among these heroes, including Ordinary Seaman Bartholomew Diggins. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Ordinary Seaman Diggins, as loader of a gun, remained steadfast at his post throughout the furious two-hour battle. |
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