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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WHX_city-of-daphne-historical_Daphne-AL.html
The City of Daphne was incorporated July 8, 1927 with a population of 500. its history, however, dates to a much earlier period. Research and artifacts show that Tensaw, Alabama, Choctaw, Creeks, and Seminole Indians all lived in the this area pri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WHV_a-county-older-than-the-state-baldwin-county-historical_Bay-Minette-AL.html
Side 1 Third oldest county in Alabama. Created in 1809 while still part of Mississippi Territory. Named for Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807) founder of University of Georgia, delegate to Constitutional Convention, member of Congress, 1789…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WHT_bay-of-the-holy-spirit-historical_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
The earliest outline of a recognizable bay on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico was shown on a 1507 map by German cartographer Martin Waldeseemuller-the same map to first apply the name "America" to the New World. Alonso Álvarez de Pine…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R1U_the-citadel_Gulf-Shores-AL.html
The Citadel, a large ten sided brick and wood structure, once dominated the Fort's parade ground. Capable of housing 400 soldiers, it served as a defensive barracks for the Fort's garrison. During the Union bombardment of Fort Morgan on August …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZ8_damn-the-torpedoes-the-campaigns-for-mobile-1864-1865_Gulf-Shores-AL.html
(preface) "Damn the Torpedoes!" is a familiar battle cry, but there's more to the story! The Mobile Civil War Trail is your guide to military movements and the way of life on and around Mobile Bay in the closing two years of the Civil War. Stand …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZ5_battle-of-blakeley_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
Missouri Brigade (CSA) 1st & 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment 2nd & 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment 3rd & 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment 1st & 3rd Missouri Cavalry Battalion (Dismounted) 3rd (St Louis) Missouri Battery US Volunters 30th …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZ4_alabama_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
(front) In memory of the Alabama Confederate States of America Soldiers Sailors who served at Fort Blakeley Dedicated by Mobile Bay District United Daughters of the Confederacy 2010 (back) Chapters Bonnie Blue Flag Charles S. Ste…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZ3_the-battle-of-fort-blakely_Bay-Minette-AL.html
The Battle of Fort Blakely April 9, 1865 was the last major battle of the Civil War. This 67 acre part of the Blakeley Battlefield was acquired in 2002 with assistance of grants from the Land & Water Conservation Fund administered by the National …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MXZ_32-pounder-sea-coast-defense-gun_Gulf-Shores-AL.html
This smoothbore, muzzle-loading cannon was one of the main coast defense weapons in the United States' arsenal when Fort Morgan was completed in 1834. With an eight pound charge of powder the gun could fire a 32 pound solid iron shot about one mi…
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