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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29OS_union-siege-battery-no-1_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
Near this site was the location of the first of twenty-two artillery positions the Union army set up to bombard the Confederate fortifications of Spanish Fort. The Confederate forces were under the command of Brig Gen. Randall Gibson. Battery Trac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29I3_site-of-the-naval-battery_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
Manned with sailors and commanded by Lt. Commander Gillis of the U.S.S. Milwaukee, which was sunk by a Confederate torpedo in Blakeley River. Armed with two 4.2 in. Parrott rifled cannon firing projectiles weighing 30 lbs., these guns fired on Con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WK5_womens-veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
Dedicated to all women veterans
who have served, sacrificed
and suffered for our nation.
Your patriotism and courage are greatly
appreciated and will never be forgotten.
[Seals of the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps & Coast Guard]
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WK4_ft-mcdermott-confederate-memorial-park-historical_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
Dedicated to the men of the Confederate States of America who valiantly fought for our American liberties, "Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed... whenever any form of government become…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WK3_173d-airborne-brigade-sep-a-war-memorial_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
In commemoration of all Sky Soldiers
whose valor and sacrifice in defense of
South Vietnam must never be forgotten
"All Gave Some - Some Gave All"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJL_fort-mcdermott-historical_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
From this Confederate Fort 15 heavy artillery guns, repelled elements of 2 Union Army Corps, routed 5 ironclad monitors attacking up the Blakely River and for 13 days helped prevent the capture of Mobile until after General Lee's Surrender at Appo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJK_fort-mcdermott-historical_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
Highest point along 2 miles of Confederate battle lines extending east and north. Here 200 soldiers from Georgia, Louisiana & Arkansas, held off a numerically superior Union Force for thirteen days and nights in the last battle of the War Between …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJ3_albert-carey-danner-historical_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
Born in Winchester, Virginia, he moved to Missouri where at age 17 he enlisted in the State Guard. In 1861 he became a Private in the Confederate States Army, was captured during the Battle of Wilson's Creek and escaped.
Captain Danner fou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJ2_the-8th-iowa-infantry-historical_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
On the evening of April 8th, 1865, while the Confederate fortifications were being shelled by Union artillery, the 8th Iowa Infantry advanced from near this point to the Confederate left and captured a part of the works, in hand to hand fighting. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WIV_confederate-main-line-of-resistance-historical_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
Twenty-nine Union field guns, manned by men of the 3d Indiana,
1st Illinois and 2d Iowa Batteries, shelled these Confederate trenches
for 13 consecutive days and nights. The fact that these trenches were
never breached, attests to the courage o…