Descriptive Summary
Center for American
History, The University of Texas at Austin
Babb, Thomas
Thomas Babb Account of the
Battle of Galveston Bay
1863
2 pages
Materials are in English.
Handwritten account by Thomas Babb of the
Battle of Galveston Bay, offered as testimony in the case of Lieutenant
Commander Law.
Scope and Contents
Handwritten eyewitness account by Thomas Babb of the Battle of
Galveston Bay, offered as testimony in the case of Lieutenant Commander
Law.
Biographical NoteThomas D. Babb served as Acting Master
aboard the Union ship Owasco during the Battle of
Galveston Bay. He describes the attack, counterattack, and surrender of the
Union ship Harriet Lane and the burning of another
Union vessel, the Westfield, as well as other
details of the engagement. Ultimately the Confederate ships prevailed, breaking
the Union blockade of Galveston Bay and leaving the Port of Galveston in
Confederate hands for the remainder of the Civil War.
Preferred Citation
Thomas Babb Account of the Battle of Galveston Bay, 1863, Center for
American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Thomas Babb Account of the Battle of Galveston
Bay
3N197
Thomas Babb eyewitness account of the Battle of
Galveston Bay,
1863