Fort McDermott - Spanish Fort, Alabama
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N 30° 40.285 W 087° 54.895
16R E 412356 N 3393544
Located on Spanish Main Street, south of Cannonade Boulevard, this marker notes the overall Battle of Spanish Fort and the forts' role in holding the Union forces at bay.
Waymark Code: WMTXKH
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 01/19/2017
Views: 3
Marker text:
Highest point along 2 miles of Confederate battle lines extending east and north. Here 200 soldiers from Georgia, Louisiana & Arkansas, held off a numerically superior Union Force for thirteen days and nights in the last battle of the War Between the States. April 1865.
Marker Name: Fort McDermott
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Spanish Fort Historical Society.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1960
Marker Number: N/A
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