APRIL 12-12TH, 1865: Batteries Tracy and Huger, up the Blakely River from Spanish Fort, feel to U.S. forces on the 11th, and Confederate troops retreated through Mobile to Meridian, Mississippi. USS Octorara, with Commodore Palmer embarked, and the ironclads proceeded up the Blakely River to its intersection with the Tensas River and steamed down the latter to Mobile where they took bombarding position in front of the city.
The gunboats, meanwhile were conveying 8,000 troops across the head of the bay for the final attack on Mobile. The city already had been evacuated by the retreating Confederates, was surrendered by its mayor.
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