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Damn The Torpedoes!

August 23, 2010

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“Damn the torpedoes!  Go ahead!”  – David Farragut on this day in 1864, as he led the Union navy’s successful siege on Fort Morgan, Alabama, shutting down the Confederate stronghold on the Gulf of Mexico.

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http://www.sonofthesouth.net/union-generals/farragut/pictures/admiral-david-farragut.jpg

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Farragut’s Flagship Hartford

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Farragut_Porter_1937_Issue-3c.jpg/800px-Farragut_Porter_1937_Issue-3c.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Battle_of_Mobile_Bay_map.jpg

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