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Ft. Morgan, Alabama
Fort Morgan is a historic fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States. Some regard it as "one of the finest examples of military architecture in the New World"[3] The post was named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Daniel Morgan. Construction was completed in 1834 and it was first garrisoned in March of that year.
In the American Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay, Union land forces besieged Fort Morgan. General Richard L. Page, commander of the fort, was forced to surrender on August 23, 1864. Fort Morgan was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.[2][4]
In 2007 it was listed as "one of the nation's 10 most endangered battle sites" by the Civil War Preservation Trust in History Under Siege: A Guide to America's Most Endangered Civil War Battlefields[5]
Fort Morgan is at the tip of Mobile Point, which, together with Dauphin Island, which Fort Gaines is situated on, encloses Mobile Bay. It is at the western terminus of State Route 180 (Alabama). The site is maintained by the Alabama Historical Commission.
In June 2008, a 90-pound live Union naval shell was uncovered at the site. The shell was from a Parrott rifle on a U.S. Navy warship and was fired at the fort in the summer of 1864. The discovery came during excavations as part of a project meant to repair cracks in the walls
Ft. Morgan, Alabama
Fort Morgan is a historic fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States. Some regard it as "one of the finest examples of military architecture in the New World"[3] The post was named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Daniel Morgan. Construction was completed in 1834 and it was first garrisoned in March of that year.
In the American Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay, Union land forces besieged Fort Morgan. General Richard L. Page, commander of the fort, was forced to surrender on August 23, 1864. Fort Morgan was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.[2][4]
In 2007 it was listed as "one of the nation's 10 most endangered battle sites" by the Civil War Preservation Trust in History Under Siege: A Guide to America's Most Endangered Civil War Battlefields[5]
Fort Morgan is at the tip of Mobile Point, which, together with Dauphin Island, which Fort Gaines is situated on, encloses Mobile Bay. It is at the western terminus of State Route 180 (Alabama). The site is maintained by the Alabama Historical Commission.
In June 2008, a 90-pound live Union naval shell was uncovered at the site. The shell was from a Parrott rifle on a U.S. Navy warship and was fired at the fort in the summer of 1864. The discovery came during excavations as part of a project meant to repair cracks in the walls