Red Fort - Spanish Fort, Alabama
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hoteltwo
N 30° 40.760 W 087° 54.734
16R E 412620 N 3394419
Marker is on Lancers Lane east of Spanish Main Street notes its importance as a defensive position for the Confederacy in the Battle of Spanish Fort.
Waymark Code: WMTXKB
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 01/19/2017
Views: 7
Marker text:
Built of red clay, armed with 12 heavy guns and served by 307 crack Confederate Artilleryman from Batteries Perry (Tenn.) Phillips (Tenn.) Lumsden (Ala.) and Garrity (Mobile, Ala.). It was the keystone in the defense of Spanish Fort, 1865.
Marker Name: Red Fort
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Spanish Fort Historical Society.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1965
Marker Number: N/A
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