Damn the Torpedoes, Ft. Morgan, Civil War Related Folk Art Carving mechanical sculpture 3 7/8" d at base

3 7/8" d at base

I think it is just a fantastic little thing

with some wrinkling to the "Popcorn Song"

I've found a few others online like it

Damn the Torpedoes, Ft. Morgan, Civil War Related Folk Art Carving mechanical sculpture 3 7/8" d at baseA 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,