Fort Gaines (Alabama)
Fort Gaines | |
Location | Dauphin Island, Alabama, USA |
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Nearest city | Mobile, Alabama |
Coordinates | 30°14′54″N 88°04′32″W / 30.24833°N 88.07556°W |
Built | 1821 |
Architect | Totten, Joseph G. |
NRHP reference No. | 76000348[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 12, 1976 |
Fort Gaines is a historic
Exhibits include the huge anchor from USS Hartford, Admiral David Farragut's flagship on which he gave his world-famous command, "Damn the torpedoes – full speed ahead!" The fort also has the original cannons used in the battle, five pre-Civil War brick buildings in the interior courtyard, operational blacksmith shop and kitchens, tunnel systems to the fortified corner bastions, and similar features. A museum details the history of this period, as well as the French colonial presence beginning in the late 17th century. The fort was partially modernized for the Spanish–American War. It is a tourist destination with tours and historical reenactment events. The site is considered to be one of the nation's best-preserved Civil War era masonry forts and has been nominated for listing as a National Historic Landmark.
Significant masonry damage had been sustained during
Civil War
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Popular culture
Fort Gaines was the setting for one episode of
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References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- Civil War Preservation Trust. Retrieved 20 April 2010. [dead link]
- ^ "Fort Gaines". Most endangered historic places named. CNN. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
- ^ http://www.mtv.com/onair/fear/season1_maps.jhtml MTV's Fear Season 1 Episode 9
Further reading
- Lewis, Emanuel Raymond (1979). Seacoast Fortifications of the United States. Annapolis: Leeward Publications. ISBN 978-0-929521-11-4.
- Weaver II, John R. (2018). A Legacy in Brick and Stone: American Coastal Defense Forts of the Third System, 1816-1867, 2nd Ed. McLean, VA: Redoubt Press. ISBN 978-1-7323916-1-1.