South Mobile: • Step back in time as you visit Historic Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island. Observe where the American Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay was fought and Admiral David G. Farragut famously shouted, “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!” • Watch a blacksmith in action and see how the soldiers lived. Mobile: • Tour one of America’s most treasured and rare military parks, the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. See World War II B-52 bomber, fighter planes, The USS DRUM submarine, and the great “Mighty A.” Life-like exhibits of the battleship’s deep and impressive interior offer a glimpse into life at sea. See the massive kitchen, barber shop, dentist office, bakery, control rooms, captain’s quarters, and much more. And stand hundreds of feet high above Mobile Bay as you look out at the massive ship in all its glory. • Explore historic Fort Conde, where you can find memorabilia, re-enactments, and demonstrations of the battles of this Ameri- can Civil War defensive hold. Eastern Shore: • Tour the Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spanish Fort. Dedicated as a final resting place for Alabama veterans, this cemetery will provide honor, dignity and response that veterans have earned through their service and sacrifice while defending our nation’s freedom. • Visit Blakely State Park, where you can explore a historic Civil War Battlefield while enjoying a rare and compatible combina- tion of multiple historic sites nestled in pris- tine woodlands along the famously-diverse and beautiful Tenesaw River. Gulf Shores & Orange Beach: • Explore a Third System masonry fort built between 1819 and 1833 when you visit Fort Morgan at the very end of the Fort Morgan Peninsula. The Fort sits and right beside the fun ferry to Dauphin Island. • Standing guard where the bay meets the Gulf of Mexico, the fort played a significant role in the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864, where Union and Rebel troops launched a heated battle of the American Civil War. Fort Morgan was also used inter- mittently through the Spanish American War, World War I and World War II. North Baldwin: • Visit historic Fort Mims and Red Eagle’s Grave or any number of historical sites on Highway 59 in Stockton. • The Battle at Fort Mims occurred in 1813 during the Creek War, when a force of Creek Indians, belonging to the “Red Sticks” fac- tion under the command of head warriors Peter McQueen and William Weatherford, or Lamochattee (Red Eagle), stormed the fort and defeated the militia garrison. The fort was a stockade with a blockhouse sur- rounding the house and outbuildings of the settler Samuel Mims. Forts, Battles & Military History
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South Mobile: • Step back in time as you visit Historic Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island. Observe where the American Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay was fought and Admiral David G. Farragut famously shouted, “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!”
• Watch a blacksmith in action and see how the soldiers lived.
Mobile: • Tour one of America’s most treasured and rare military parks, the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. See World War II B-52 bomber, fighter planes, The USS DRUM submarine, and the great “Mighty A.” Life-like exhibits of the battleship’s deep and impressive interior offer a glimpse into life at sea. See the massive kitchen, barber shop, dentist office, bakery, control rooms, captain’s quarters, and much more. And stand hundreds of feet high above Mobile Bay as you look out at the massive ship in all its glory.
• Explore historic Fort Conde, where you can find memorabilia, re-enactments, and demonstrations of the battles of this Ameri-can Civil War defensive hold.
Eastern Shore: • Tour the Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spanish Fort. Dedicated as a final resting place for Alabama veterans, this cemetery will provide honor, dignity and response that veterans have earned through their service and sacrifice while defending our nation’s freedom.
• Visit Blakely State Park, where you can explore a historic Civil War Battlefield while enjoying a rare and compatible combina-tion of multiple historic sites nestled in pris-tine woodlands along the famously-diverse and beautiful Tenesaw River.
Gulf Shores & Orange Beach: • Explore a Third System masonry fort built between 1819 and 1833 when you visit Fort Morgan at the very end of the Fort Morgan Peninsula. The Fort sits and right beside the fun ferry to Dauphin Island.
• Standing guard where the bay meets the Gulf of Mexico, the fort played a significant role in the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864, where Union and Rebel troops launched a heated battle of the American Civil War. Fort Morgan was also used inter-mittently through the Spanish American War, World War I and World War II.
North Baldwin: • Visit historic Fort Mims and Red Eagle’s Grave or any number of historical sites on Highway 59 in Stockton.
• The Battle at Fort Mims occurred in 1813 during the Creek War, when a force of Creek Indians, belonging to the “Red Sticks” fac-tion under the command of head warriors Peter McQueen and William Weatherford, or Lamochattee (Red Eagle), stormed the fort and defeated the militia garrison. The fort was a stockade with a blockhouse sur-rounding the house and outbuildings of the settler Samuel Mims.
Forts, Battles & Military History
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