MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · August 5
THE DAY IN HISTORY · AUGUST 5
August 5 in history
1864 — Mobile Bay
5 Aug 1864 — “Damn the torpedoes — full speed ahead!” Farragut runs the mined channel past the forts and closes the Gulf’s last great blockade-running port.
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