Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mississippi Sound” in chapter 46 of Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War.:
...as built on an oyster bank.
The Confederate engineers had exhibited great skill in its construction, and it was impervious to shot and shell.
It was built to guard Grant's Pass, the entrance from Mississippi Sound to Mobile Bay, and it was very important that it should be well built and armed.
A Confederate writer says:
Admiral Farragut opened from his mortars and gun-boats a tire on the small fort ...
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| † | Mississippi Sound (United States) | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
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