The fort is a state historic site under the management of the Alabama Historical Commission. And in 2007, it was listed as one of the nation’s 10 most endangered battle sites by the Civil War Preservation Trust. ![]() ![]() Indeed, the fort was named a National Historic Landmark in December 1960. Farther up the bay, at Mobile, is the characterization of an historic fort, the partially reconstructed but largely abused, Fort Conde, and Fort Blakeley, which isn’t standing but the battlefield can be visited.īut Fort Morgan stands out because 1) it has the most extensive history of use of any of the four, and 2) because it has an active group dedicated to protecting and developing it as a tourist attraction. When you stand on the tip of the peninsula where the bay laps upon the shoreline, you can see Fort Gaines, which sits on the edge of Dauphin Island. ![]() Fort Morgan, spread out along the tip of a peninsula that reaches out into the Mobile Bay, is by far the most impressive of the four existing historic forts in south Alabama.
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