Damn the Torpedoes, Ft. Morgan, Civil War Related Folk Art Carving copper hanging sign boards and turned

and turned

On the top

) I am not certain the age but definitely fairly old--I'd guess early 1900s--and all appear to be addressed to Louise

This guy though has strings still attached to head

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 and turnedA 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,