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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WI8_1st-division-u-s-colored-troops-historical_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
This earthen mound was part of a redoubt constructed by the 1st Division, U.S. Colored Troops in April, 1865. The regiment saw considerable action against Confederate warships protecting the Blakely River. These earthworks have been preserved as a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WI7_union-siege-battery-no-21-3rd-brigade-of-carrs-division-historical_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
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Located on this bluff overlooking Minette Bay, Battery No. 21 anchored the right flank of Maj. Gen. Edward Canby's Army of West Mississippi during the Battle of Spanish Fort. Maj. Gen. Andrew Smith's XVI Army Corps occupied the right hal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WI6_the-final-assault-historical_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
At dusk on April 8, 1865, 300 yards west of this site, the Union Army's 8th lowa Infantry and three Illinois Regiments breached the Confederate main line of resistance. Under the cover of night, troops holding the thin gray line spiked their guns …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WI5_the-union-first-parallel-union-siege-battery-no-16-historical_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
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The main Union siege line during the Battle of Spanish Fort ran along this ridge. Brig. Gen. Eugene Carr's Division occupied the right flank of the Union line between here and Minette Bay. Carr's men initially faced Confederate Brig. Gen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WI4_1814-1977-historical_Daphne-AL.html
Standing on a low limb of a giant oak tree near here, General Andrew Jackson made a pep talk to his troops, fresh from their victory at the Battle of Horse Shoe Bend and poised before advancing on the British and Spanish at Pensacola, and the B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WI3_bottle-creek-site-historical_Bay-Minette-AL.html
Bottle Creek Site
has been designated a
National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses National Significance
in Commemorating the History of the
United States of America
1994
National Park Service
United States Department of the I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WI2_judge-harry-toulmin-historical_Bay-Minette-AL.html
Born and educated in England, Toulmin became a Unitarian Minister and fled persecution in 1793. In the U.S. he served as President of Transylvania University and Secretary of the State of Kentucky. In 1804 Thomas Jefferson appointed him as the fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WI1_little-bethel-baptist-church-historical_Daphne-AL.html
On April 15, 1867, Major Lewis Starke deeded these two acres to four of his ex-slaves and their heirs as trustees for this church: Nimrod Lovett, Stamford Starlin (now Sterling), Narcis Elwa, and Benjamin Franklin.
In this cemetery is buried Ru…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WI0_spanish-fort-historical_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
Rendezvous for Indians, Spanish, French and English Explorers. In 1865, Three Confederate Brigades, outnumbered 10 to 1, engaged the Army of West Mississippi (Union Forces) in the last battle of the War Between the States. March 26~April 9, 1865.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WHZ_bay-minette-alabama-historical_Bay-Minette-AL.html
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In 1860, the center of commerce in Baldwin County ran along the rivers with the remainder of the county mostly wilderness. In 1861, with secession declared, the Alabama Legislature allocated funds to finish the stalled Mobile and Great N…