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  2. Spanish Fort, Alabama - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Meaher State Park - Wikipedia

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    Meaher State Park is a public recreation area located on Big Island, [1] an island at the north end of Mobile Bay that lies within the city limits of Spanish Fort, Alabama. The state park occupies 1,327 acres (537 ha) along the shoreline of Ducker Bay, [2] at the junction of Mobile Bay and the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta. [3]

  4. Historic Blakeley State Park - Wikipedia

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    The 2,000-acre (810 ha) park is located on Alabama 225 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of the town of Spanish Fort, Alabama. The park is bounded on the east by the highway and by the river to the west. Mobile, Alabama can be seen in the distance across the river. Camping, both primitive and RV, is available year-round.

  5. Battle of Spanish Fort - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Spanish Fort took place from March 27 to April 8, 1865, in Baldwin County, Alabama, as part of the Mobile Campaign of the Western Theater of the American Civil War. After the Union victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay , Mobile nevertheless remained in Confederate hands.

  6. Mobile campaign (1865) - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Alabama State Route 225 - Wikipedia

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    The southern terminus of SR 225 is located at its intersection with US 31 in Spanish Fort. From this point, the route generally travels in a northward direction, intersecting with Interstate 65 (I-65) at exit 31 before terminating 3 miles north of the interchange at SR 59 in Stockton .

  8. Marlow Ferry - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Spanish Fort - Wikipedia

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    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