Historical Marker Search

You searched for City|State|Country: , al us

Page 6 of 14 — Showing results 51 to 60 of 132
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MY6_19th-century-shipwreck_Dauphin-Island-AL.html
The huge timbers you see are a ship's keel section, washed ashore in the fury of Hurricane Georges in the fall of 1998. A house was destroyed with it's impact. The remains formed the bottom ridge line of the ship and would have held the ribs of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MY5_to-be-blown-to-kingdom-come_Dauphin-Island-AL.html
Once Farragut was in the Bay, capture of Fort Gaines and Powell would prevent his isolation there. So at 4:00 pm, August 3, 1864, 1,500 soldiers commanded by U.S. General Edward Canby (but under the operational direction of General Gordon Granger)…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MY4_save-your-garrison_Dauphin-Island-AL.html
The Confederates built Fort Powell on Tower Island, an oyster shell bank fifty feet north of Grant's Pass. The Pass provided an easy route from Mobile Bay to New Orleans through Mississippi Sound. C.S. Lieutenant Colonel James M. Williams, only 25…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MY3_storm-clouds-gather_Dauphin-Island-AL.html
To Wait and Watch In late August 1864 the Federals controlled Mobile Bay but could not attack Mobile. Admiral Farragut could not reach the City even with his light draft vessels, because the channels in the upper Bay had been obstructed. Nor was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MY2_damn-the-torpedoes_Dauphin-Island-AL.html
At 7:25 a.m., August 5, 1864, Admiral Farragut's lead monitor Tecumseh steered into the torpedo field at the mouth of Mobile Bay. The admiral had ordered Commander Tunis Craven, the Tecumseh's captain, to engage the ram Tennessee. Then west of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MY1_anchor-from-u-s-s-hartford_Dauphin-Island-AL.html
This anchor came from the U.S.S. Hartford, Admiral Farragut's flagship during the Civil War "Battle of Mobile Bay" in August of 1864. It was there that he uttered the now famous words, "Damn the Torpedoes—Full Speed Ahead!"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MXE_confederate-rest_Mobile-AL.html
In 1862, while Alabama was a State among the Confederate States of America suffering invasion by Union forces, the City of Mobile designed this Square 13 of Magnolia Cemetery as "Soldier's Res" for Confederate Patriots who were casualties of the r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MWV_how-big-was-the-original-fort-conde_Mobile-AL.html
Since colonial rulers were unable to attract large numbers of settlers to Mobile, the Port City's population remained small and never grew above 500. Because the majority of Mobile's population was military personnel, the city was built around the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MO9_mobile-national-cemetery_Mobile-AL.html
National Cemetery Mobile National Cemetery was established in May 1866 on 3 acres of land in Magnolia Cemetery. The City of Mobile donated the land to the federal government. The Cemetery was divided into four sections with a central flagstaf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MN5_battle-of-fort-blakely-monument_Mobile-AL.html
In Memory of our Heroes Who Fell at Fort Blakely Ala. —— 2nd Brig. 2nd Div. 13th Army Corps.
PAGE 6 OF 14