Civil War Battle Flag of Fort Morgan - Relic

Confederate Battle Flag Fragment Relic from Fort Morgan. Fort Morgan is a historic masonry pentagonal bastion fort located at the entrance of Mobile Bay in Alabama, United States. It is named after Daniel Morgan, a hero of the Revolutionary War, and was constructed on the grounds of the earlier Fort Bowyer, which was an earthen and stockade fortification that played a role in the final land battles of the War of 1812. The fort's construction was completed in 1834, and it received its first garrison in March of that same year. Positioned at the tip of Mobile Point, Fort Morgan marks the western end of State Route 180 in Alabama. Together with Dauphin Island, where Fort Gaines is located, it forms a protective enclosure for Mobile Bay. The site is preserved and maintained by the Alabama Historical Commission.

The Battle of Mobile Bay, which took place on August 5, 1864, was a significant confrontation during the American Civil War. In this engagement, a Union fleet under the command of Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, supported by a group of soldiers, launched an assault on a smaller Confederate fleet led by Admiral Franklin Buchanan, along with three forts that protected the entrance to Mobile Bay. Farragut's famous command, "Damn the torpedoes! Four bells. Captain Drayton, go ahead! Jouett, full speed!" has since been paraphrased as "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" The battle was characterized by Farragut's audacious yet effective maneuver through a minefield that had recently destroyed one of his ironclad monitors. This daring action allowed his fleet to advance beyond the reach of the coastal artillery. Subsequently, the Confederate fleet was diminished to a solitary vessel, the ironclad CSS Tennessee.