Spanish Fort in Baldwin County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

1st Division, U.S. Colored Troops

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 14, 2017

1. 1st Division, U.S. Colored Troops Marker

Inscription. This earthen mound was part of a redoubt constructed by the 1st Division, U.S. Colored Troops in April, 1865. The regiment saw considerable action against Confederate warships protecting the Blakely River. These earthworks have been preserved as a gift from the Fuller family to the Archaeological Conservancy in 2006.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Forts and Castles • War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1865.

Location. 30° 41.604′ N, 87° 54.56′ W. Marker is in Spanish Fort, Alabama, in Baldwin County. It is on Speckle Trout Route 0.1 miles north of General Canby Drive, in the median. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 50 Speckle Trout Route, Daphne AL 36527, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Gulf Coast

and in Mobile Bay.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Union Siege Battery No. 21 / 3rd Brigade of Carr's Division (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Final Assault (approx. 0.4 miles away); The 8th Iowa Infantry (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Union First Parallel / Union Siege Battery No. 16 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Confederate Redoubt No. 5 / Ector's Brigade (approx. 0.7 miles away); Site of the Naval Battery (approx. 0.7 miles away); Confederate Redoubt No. 4 / Holtzclaw's Brigade

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(approx. 0.8 miles away); Red Fort (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Spanish Fort.

Also see . . . Wikipedia article on the U.S. Colored Troops. (Submitted on January 15, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Marker located on part of the earthen mound in a residential cul-de-sac. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 14, 2017

2. Marker located on part of the earthen mound in a residential cul-de-sac.

The view south on Speckle Trout Route. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 14, 2017

3. The view south on Speckle Trout Route.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 15, 2017. It was originally submitted on January 15, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,410 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 15, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.