Photo: Jim Janke, Dakoto State Univ., Madison,
SD, USA-Sept. 24, 2002
Main intersection on Dauphin Island in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Turn left to go to Fort Gaines.
Historic Fort Gaines is located on Dauphin Island in Mobile Bay. It was one of the primary Confederate forts guarding the entrance to the bay. Admiral Farragut ("Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!") ran his fleet past the forts in the Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864. The entire battle campaign lasted from August 2 to August 23, 1864.
|
