Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederate cavalry troopers attack Federal forces on the Tennessee River and prepare to launch a new raid on Federal supply transports in Tennessee.
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Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederate cavalry troopers attack Federal forces on the Tennessee River and prepare to launch a new raid on Federal supply transports in Tennessee.
Federal forces target the three Confederate forts guarding Mobile Bay. Confederates surrender Fort Gaines, apparently without authorization. This enables the Federals to focus all their attention on capturing the last remaining fort.
David G. Farragut leads a mighty Federal naval armada in an effort to capture Mobile Bay, one of the last ports open to Confederate blockade runners in the Gulf of Mexico.
Federal naval forces under David G. Farragut prepares to attack one of the last remaining Confederate seaports open to blockade runners. Despite delays and concerns, Farragut hopes to subdue the gain control of the bay and subdue the Confederate forts defending it.
Federal forces invade Alabama for the first time and capture a strategic town as part of a grand plan to capture Chattanooga.