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Walking the Battlefield – Fort Blakely, Mobile, Alabama
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Sheritta Bitikofer… On the evening of April 9, 1865, the same day as Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, another battle was taking place on the opposite side of … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles
Tagged 34th Iowa, 37th Illinois, 97th Illinois, Alabama, Army of West Mississippi, Blakely, Christopher Andrews, Dabney H. Maury, District of the Gulf, earthworks, Edward R. S. Canby, Fort Blakely, Historic Blakely State Park, Medal of Honor, Mobile Bay, Patrick H. Pentzer, Randall Gibson, Spanish Fort, St. John R. Liddell
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“The uproar of the damned was about us”: The Battle of Spanish Fort
The situation was grim across what was left of the Confederacy on April 8, 1865. Lee’s vaunted Army of Northern Virginia was nearly cut off, and along the banks of Mobile Bay, a remnant of the Army of Tennessee faced … Continue reading
