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Spanish Fort is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, located on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. The 2020 census lists the population of the city as 10,049. [ 2 ] It is a suburb of Mobile and is part of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metropolitan area .
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The Union had enveloped the fort by April 1, and on April 8 captured it. Most of the Confederate forces, under the command of Brig. Gen. Randall L. Gibson, escaped and fled to Mobile, but Spanish Fort was no longer a threat. Fort Blakeley continued to fight after Spanish Fort's fall on April 8.
In 1865, Union troops sailed from Dauphin Island, Alabama to Marlow Ferry and then marched on to link up with other Union troops. The combined forces, the Union XIII and XVI, marched north and attacked Confederate troops defending Spanish Fort, Alabama and Fort Blakeley. Union troops constructed a pontoon bridge to cross the river. [1]
Spanish Fort, Alabama, a city; Spanish Fort (Colorado), a Spanish military post built near Sangre de Cristo Pass in 1819; Spanish Fort (New Orleans), Louisiana, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historical Places (NRHP) Spanish Fort Site (Holly Bluff, Mississippi), NRHP-listed; Old Spanish Fort (Pascagoula, Mississippi), NRHP-listed
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The Mobile Campaign was a series of battles fought during the civil war in the Federals' efforts to capture the city of Mobile, Alabama. From March 26 to April 9, 1865, 6,000 outnumbered Confederate soldiers held off 45,000 Union soldiers that were attacking from Fort Blakeley and Spanish fort.
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