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

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