Description of the Battle of Mobile Bay - American History 1493-1945 - Adam Matthew Digital

Keyboard Shortcuts

The full content of this document is only available to subscribing institutions. More information can be found via www.amdigital.co.uk

Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC08431
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to the 1910s
Title	Description of the Battle of Mobile Bay
Date	ca. 1911
Author	Goff, Albert H. (1842-1928)
Document Type	Military document
Content Description	Goff served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer aboard the USS "Chickasaw" during the Battle of Mobile Bay. Looking back at age 69, Goff provides an account of the battle. Relates that the "Chickasaw," an ironclad monitor, was ordered to take a position between Fort Morgan and the wooden vessels to protect them the fort's batteries. Says that "Then the fight was on & How vicously [sic] that water batter fired at us! I could feel their 10 ince shot and shell strike our turrets and side armor. I could hear the whir of the balls as they passed over our decks. Realizing there were torpedoes underneath, and being only 22 years old, and this being my first 'babtism [sic] of fire,' I prayed to God that he would give us the victory. And He did!" Says Admiral Farragut came aboard the "Chickasaw" after the battle and he was able to shake his hand. Goff says he fought in the battle 47 years before, making the date of writing around 1911. He lived in Louisville, Kentucky in 1911.
Subjects	Mobile Bay Religion Battle Navy Ironclad Fortification Union General Civil War Military History Union Forces
People	Goff, Albert H. (1842-1928)
Place written	Louisville, Kentucky
Theme	The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Theater of War	Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach
Civil War: Unit	USS "Chickasaw"

Previous Item Next Item