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A key approach to this city called Grant’s Pass was controlled by Fort Powell. In May 1865, 300 people were killed in this city by a huge magazine explosion at Marshall’s Warehouse. The last slave ship to arrive in the US, the Clotilda, (10[2]-5[1])brought (10[1]-5[1])Cudjo Lewis (10[1]-5[1])and the founders of this city’s historic community of Africatown. (-5[1])In this city, Franklin Buchanan supervised the defense (-5[1])of Forts Gaines and Morgan on Dauphin Island and the (emphasize) (10[1])building of (10[1])the submarine (10[1]-5[2])Hunley. After the (-5[1])USS (10[1])Tecumseh was sunk near this blockade-running (-5[1])center, an admiral ordered his three (10[1]-5[1])remaining (10[1])ironclads to (10[2])make a mad dash through a (10[1])minefield, popularizing the (10[2])phrase “Damn (10[1])the (10[1]-5[1])torpedoes!” For 10 points, David Farragut (10[1])won an 1864 battle in what (10[1])Alabama seaport’s namesake (10[2])bay? (10[7]0[3])■END■

ANSWER: Mobile, Alabama [accept Mobile Bay]
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Conor ThompsonIowa StateMinnesota B4210
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarColumbia B42-5
Cooper Roh (DII)Columbia AJohns Hopkins4210
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford (DII)UNC A (Grad)William & Mary A (UG)4310
Dwight SolanoTexas A&M BIowa B43-5
Ethan StrombeckStanford ABerkeley B4510
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M ATexas A45-5
Kevin ParkClaremont ARice A55-5
William DawsonUBC AAppalachian State63-5
Andy DurhamStanford CBerkeley A7410
Truman FillbrandtUW AMichigan State A7610
Vinu HariharBerkeley CStanford B78-5
Ethan Rehder (UG)Duke A (UG)UNC D (DII)78-5
Nick PruittKCLImperial B7810
Nathan Redford (DII)Liberty C (DII)Virginia B (UG)81-5
Caleb Hines (DII)Liberty B (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)8210
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghOxford A88-5
Yared TadesseCornell ABinghamton9410
Karthik PrasadCornell BCornell C94-5
Ashish KumbhardareRowanNYU B9510
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)9710
Roan DowlingIowa ASorbonne9710
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayColumbia C10310
Graham Troy (DII)UNC B (UG)GWU A (UG)10610
Jaik HavlickArizona StateMinnesota C10610
Ian DewanKielOxford B10810
Cade ReinbergerRIT BRIT A109-5
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)JMU A (UG)10910
Anirudh Bharadwaj (DII)PennHaverford11510
Michael Brown (DII)GWU B (Grad)Virginia C (UG)12110
Julian BushlowCornell CCornell B12410
Jack Rado (DII)Columbia BVassar12410
Andrew ZengStanford BBerkeley C12510
Will HooverRIT ARIT B12510
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Jeffery Austin (DII)UNC D (DII)Duke A (UG)12510
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)JMU B (UG)12510
Rahul KumarRice AClaremont A12510
Chinmay MurthyTexas ATexas A&M A12510
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