Damn the Torpedoes, Ft. Morgan, Civil War Related Folk Art Carving copper hanging sign boards with old wire strung on

with old wire strung on the back

This guy though has strings still attached to head

Either way

The lip of the base measures 2 1/2" across

Damn the Torpedoes, Ft. Morgan, Civil War Related Folk Art Carving copper hanging sign boards with old wire strung onA 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,