Friday Night Concert: “Farragut’s Ball” with Dan Milner

Posted in Memory by Andy Hall on August 1, 2014

In expectation of Tuesday’s sesquicentennial of the Battle of Mobile Bay. Have a good weekend, everyone.

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Meg Thompson said, on August 1, 2014 at 6:11 pm

Huzzah! Another egg for Mr. Lincoln’s November basket! Thanks for sharing this.

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Craig L said, on August 6, 2014 at 2:22 am

Yet somehow it took five more months to Mobilize enough troops to take out Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley.

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- Andy Hall said, on August 6, 2014 at 4:41 pm
  
  And Mobile didn’t finally fall until mid-April 1865. My own bias is that Mobile’s significance dropped a magnitude once access to the Gulf was cut off by the WGBS.
  
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Craig L said, on August 7, 2014 at 12:57 am

Is there an implied criticism of General Banks in this song in that Banks was substantially better at throwing balls than fighting battles?

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- Andy Hall said, on August 7, 2014 at 9:13 am
  
  If so, I didn’t catch it.
  
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