Showing posts with label mobile. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mobile. Show all posts
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Fort Mims 200th Anniversary - The night before the attack

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Monument  at Fort Mims  200 years ago tonight, a force 700-1,000 Red Stick warriors moved to within range of Fort Mims, a roughly buil...
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...
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...
Saturday, May 9, 2009

The Battle of Spanish Fort - Spanish Fort, Alabama

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Located directly opposite Mobile Bay from the City of Mobile , Spanish Fort is today a busy city with rapidly growing commercial and residen...
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...
Friday, February 6, 2009

Battle of Fort Charlotte - American Revolution in Alabama

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When the American Revolution comes to mind, most people think of the Eastern seaboard. The war raged from Georgia north to Maine. It may be ...
Saturday, January 31, 2009

Fort Conde - French Fort in Mobile, Alabama

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Over the last couple of days we've been looking at some of the significant historic sites around Alabama's Mobile Bay. While major C...
Friday, January 30, 2009

Fort Gaines - Dauphin Island, Alabama

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Located on the eastern tip of Dauphin Island, Fort Gaines was one of two huge masonry forts built during the first half of the 19th century ...
Friday, April 25, 2008

Spring Travel Part Four: Historic Blakeley State Park

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One of the least known major battles of the Civil War took place in the sandy pine woods of South Alabama (or as they like to say around Mob...
Thursday, January 31, 2008

Historic Blakeley State Park Pages now online!

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Our new section on Alabama's Historic Blakeley State Park is now online. Located off State Highway 225 just north of Spanish Fort, Alab...