The Torpedo Gamble That Sealed a Bay – How One Admiral’s Full-Speed Plunge Through Floating Death on August 5, 1864, Closed the Confederacy’s Last Gulf Door and Hands You the Ruthlessly Practical “Minefield Momentum Protocol” for Charging Straight Through Your Own Invisible Barriers
On the morning of August 5, 1864, the waters at the mouth of Mobile Bay in Alabama looked deceptively calm under a bright summer sky....