Fort Claiborne

Fort Claiborne

Located on the east side of the Alabama River at Weatherford’s Bluff, Claiborne, Monroe County, thirty-five miles north of Fort Mims. Built by General Claiborne in mid October, 1813 in ten days. A wooden stockade, two hundred feet square, defended by three block-houses and a half moon battery which commanded the river. Used as a staging area for the Battle of Holy Ground.