Damn the Torpedoes, Ft. Morgan, Civil War Related Folk Art Carving copper hanging sign boards It measures 9 1/2" in

It measures 9 1/2" in diameter x 2 1/2" tall

this box appears very much gold

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The bowl measures approximately 5 1/4" in diameter x 3 1/2" tall (again

then adhered to the paper

Damn the Torpedoes, Ft. Morgan, Civil War Related Folk Art Carving copper hanging sign boards It measures 9 1/2" inA curious one! The origin of the phrase "Damn the Torpedoes" comes from the Battle of Mobile Bay in Alabama, August 5, 1864, during the Civil War, in which a Union fleet commanded by Admiral David Farragut, assisted by a contingent of soldiers, overtook Ft. Morgan, which guarded Mobile Bay, and attacked a smaller Confederate fleet led by Admiral Franklin Buchanan. Farragut's order of "Damn the torpedoes! Four bells. Captain Drayton, go ahead! Jouett,