Showing posts with label mobile bay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mobile bay. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Fort Morgan State Historic Site - Gulf Shores, Alabama

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Flank Howitzers at Fort Morgan If you've never been to Fort Morgan, you should add it to your list! It is one of the most fascinatin...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Forts of Mobile bay, Alabama - Fort Gaines

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Built on the eastern tip of Dauphin Island , Fort Gaines (along with Fort Morgan ) was one of two forts built by the U.S. Government to prot...
Monday, July 27, 2009

Forts of Mobile Bay, Alabama - Fort Morgan

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Built on the site of two critical battles of the War of 1812, historic Fort Morgan has guarded the entrance to Mobile Bay since even before...
Friday, July 24, 2009

Forts of Mobile Bay, Alabama - Fort Conde

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The next few posts will look closer at Mobile Bay's fascinating collection of historic forts. These range from a reconstruction of the e...
Tuesday, May 5, 2009

The Mobile Campaign - Mobile Bay, Alabama

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Although Union forces had taken Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan at the mouth of Mobile Bay during the summer of 1864, by the following year th...
Sunday, February 1, 2009

The Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama

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One of the most dramatic battles of the Civil War took place on Alabama's Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864. The Union fleet of Admiral David...
Friday, January 30, 2009

Fort Morgan - Mobile Bay, Alabama

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In the last post I told you a little about the history of Fort Gaines, Alabama. Located at the entrance to Mobile Bay, it was one of two for...