Damn the Torpedoes, Ft. Morgan, Civil War Related Folk Art Carving copper hanging sign boards this box appears very much

this box appears very much gold

then adhered to the paper

with old wire strung on the back

On the top

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

Damn the Torpedoes, Ft. Morgan, Civil War Related Folk Art Carving copper hanging sign boards this box appears very muchA 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,