American Civil War: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mobile_Bay" id="mw0A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Mobile Bay">Battle of Mobile Bay</a> begins at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Bay" id="mw0Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mobile Bay">Mobile Bay</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" id="mw0g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a>, Admiral <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Farragut" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="David Farragut">David Farragut</a> leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.