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Item Title
Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, AL
Location
Gulf Shores vicinity, AL
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS AL-101
National Register Number: 66000146
Significance: Primary fortification at mouth of Mobile Bay and one of major works in 19th c. U.S. coastal defense system. Seized by Confederate forces during Civil War; besieged and recaptured by U.S. forces Aug. 5-23, 1864; used as training base during Spanish-American War. Reactivated as coastal artillery training post and naval base during World War II.
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. PLAN OF FORT MORGAN, dated 1817
2. PLAN OF FORT, SECTIONS, AND PLAN OF BASTION, n.d.
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