The battle of mobile bay in august of 1864, and the leadership roles of Union Rear Admiral David Farragut and confederate admiral Franklin Buchanan. It closed one of the last major ports. The victory, coupled with the gave a boost to president abraham lincolns bid for reelection just a couple of months later. The Mariners Museum host this 45 minute event. [applause] john there is an unseen battlefield in every human breast where to opposing forces me to and where they seldom rest. The battle of mobile bay is actually the story of a contest between the two highest ranking naval officers in the civil war, and franklint buchanan. If you think of two opposing wills, that is what you have the battle of mobile bay. First, i want to talk about who these characters are. Start with Franklin Buchanan, since he was on one of our ironclads here in Hampton Roads. Franklin buchanan was born on seven on september 17, 1800 in baltimore, maryland. His father was founder of the Maryland Medical Society
Each week, American History tv sits in on a lecture. You can watch classes here at 8 00 and midnight eastern. Next, Donald Miller talks about what daily life was like for british and american airmen during world war ii and how their experiences differed from infantrymen. Hours. Ass is two prof. Miller im going to show you some slides. T is not a pro forma lecture ,f you have questions observations, let me know. Where we are at the 1943. We have invaded sicily, we have invaded italy. We are beginning to win the title of the atlantic. An enormous russian victory at stalingrad. Hurting, now the war is beginning to reverse itself. We are going to turn back a little bit to the beginning of the american participation and take that through dday. Next up we will do the dday invasion. Ok. There is the basis, east anglia. I have been there a lot. Englandbackward area of , only 60 miles from london but it might as well be six centuries away. As i say, it is shaped like a giant hachette aimed at n
Victory and closed one of the confederacys last major ports. The victory, coupled with the fall of atlanta gave a boost to president abraham lincolns bid for reelection just a couple of months later. The Mariners Museum host this 45 minute event. [applause] john there is an unseen battlefield in every human breast where two opposing forces me to and where they seldom rest. The battle of mobile bay is actually the story of a contest between the two highest ranking naval officers in the civil war, David Farragut and Franklin Buchanan. If you think of two opposing wills, that is what you have happening at the battle of mobile bay. First, i want to talk about who these characters are. First lets start with Franklin Buchanan, since he was on one of our ironclads here in Hampton Roads. Franklin buchanan was born on september 17, 1800 in baltimore, maryland. His father was founder of the Maryland Medical Society and his grandfather was a signer of the declaration of independence. He comes fro
Next, this room and author historian and author John Quarstein discusses the battle of mobile bay in august of 1864, and the leadership roles of Union Rear Admiral David Farragut and confederate admiral franklin buchanan. The resulted though battle andlted in Union Victory closed one of the last major ports. The victory, coupled with the fall of atlanta gave a boost to president abraham lincolns bid for reelection just a couple of months later. The museum of mariners hosted this 45 minute event. [applause] john there is an unseen battlefield in every human breast where two opposing forces meet and where they seldom rest. The battle of mobile bay is actually the story of a contest between the two highest ranking naval officers in the civil war, David Glasgow farragut and franklin buchanan. If you think of two opposing wills, that is what you have happening at the battle of mobile bay. So first, i want to talk about who these characters are
First lets start with Franklin Buchanan, since he was on one of our ironclads here in Hampton Roads. Franklin buchanan was born on september 17, 1800 in baltimore, maryland. His father the was founder of the Maryland Medical Society and his grandfather was a signer of the declaration of independence. So he comes from a wellheeled family. He will become a midshipment at age 15 in 1815 and will serve with distinction by 1844. He will be promoted to captain, and he will be named the first superintendent of the United States Naval Academy in annapolis. He is the founder in many ways of that school. In 1847 he will resign from that post so he can serve actively in the mexican war, which again he does with distinction, gaining the attention of flag officer matthew galbreith perry. Perry will assign buchanan as flag captain and commander of perrys flagship when he takes his fleet to open japan. It is said buchanan was the first naval officer to step foot in japan. Let me tell you about buchan