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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04664.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Thanks to officers & men for gallant conduct in battle of Mobile Bay, signed by Rear Admiral Farragut |
| Date | 6 August 1864 |
| Author | Farragut, David Glasgow (1801-1870) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Draft of General Order # 12 signed by Rear Admiral Farragut. Thanks the crews of the ships that fought in the battle for Mobile Bay "for their gallant conduct during the fight." Lauds their lack of hesitation, even when they were asked "to follow your Commander in Chief through the line of torpedoes and obstructions of which we Know nothing except from the exaggerations of the enemy." Several phrases in this draft were altered for the final copy of the General Order (see GLC03310). For example, the draft uses "cheerfulness" and the final version uses "courage and cheerfulness"; "not the slightest evidence" was changed to "no evidence"; and "blind confidence" was changed to "noble and implicit confidence." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union General Confederate States of America Navy Ironclad Battle |
| People | Farragut, David Glasgow (1801-1870) |
| Place written | Mobile Bay, Alabama |
| Theme | The American Civil War |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Related documents | General order issued by Farragut, requesting the fleet to thank God for victory |