Secretary Welles extended the Navy Department's congratulations to Rear Admiral Thatcher and major general Gtanger "for this victory, which places in our possession, with but one exception, all the chief points on the Southern coast, and bids fair to the closing of the naval contest of the rebellion."
Before the evacuation of the city, ironclads CSS Huntsville and Tuscaloosa were sunk in Spanish River. CSS Nashville, Baltic and Morgan sped up the Tombigbee River to avoid capture.
With the Stars and Stripes raised over Mobile, the Union ironclads steamed upriver in pursuit of the Confederate ships.
--Old B-Runner
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