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Civil War Map: Siege operations at Spanish Fort

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:43:41 +0000

Siege operations at Spanish Fort, Mobile Bay, by the U.S. forces under Maj. Gen. Canby : captured by the Army of West Miss. on the night of April 8 & 9, 1865

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Civil War Map: Selma Alabama and Vicinity

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:34:06 +0000

Shows fortifications. Relief shown by hachures. Printed on blue paper. Mounted on paper. In pencil in top right hand corner: 1864, 61. Pencil notes in right margin. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S17, 111

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The Battle of Mobile Bay and Siege of Fort Morgan

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:32:18 +0000

The Battle of Mobile Bay and Siege of Fort Morgan The Siege of Fort Morgan occurred during the American Civil War as part of the battle for Mobile Bay in 1864. Union ground forces led by General Gordon Granger conducted a short siege of the Confederate garrison at the mouth of Mobile Bay under the […]

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Castle Morgan – Cahaba Prison – Selma Alabma

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:07:00 +0000

Cahaba prison was located near Selma, Alabama, in the center of the now-vanished town of Cahawba which was the state capital of Alabama from 1820 to 1826. The prison was located in a cotton warehouse on the banks of the Alabama River and was in operation intermittently from 1862 to April 1865.

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Affair At Madison Station

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:06:21 +0000

Affair At Madison Station May 17, 1864 The largest engagement of the Civil War in Madison County Alabama was fought during a driving rainstorm in Madison, Alabama at the site of the railroad depot. Under the command of Col. Josiah Patterson, the Confederate forces (~1000 cavalry and a battery of artillery) crossed the Tennessee River […]

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Battle of Selma

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 09:23:33 +0000

Wilson’s Raid in Alabama and Georgia (1865), was a military engagement near the end of the American Civil War. It was fought in Selma, Alabama, on April 2, 1865, a town of about ten thousand inhabitants.

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Rebel Line of Works at Blakely

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 06:32:05 +0000

Rebel line of works at Blakely captured by the Army of West Miss., April 9, 1865. Union positions are colored blue, and Confederate works are red. Includes roads, vegetation, drainage, and relief by hachures.

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Dauphin Island Alabama During the Civil War

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 10:40:47 +0000

Obtained from Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. These documents are the correspondence of Union Naval Officers that fully detail their part in the area of Dauphin Island During the Civil War.

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Cedar Bluff Alabama / Cornwall Furnace

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 10:40:21 +0000

Cornwall Furnace is located near Cedar Bluff, Alabama in Cherokee County. It was built by the Noble Brothers to supply iron products to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.

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