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

Fort McDermott

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 14, 2017

1. Fort McDermott Marker

Inscription. 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.

Erected 1960 by the Spanish Fort Historical Society.

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

Location. 30° 40.285′ N, 87° 54.895′ W. Marker is in Spanish Fort, Alabama, in Baldwin County. It is on Spanish Main Street south of Cannonade Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. Located at the Ft. McDermott Confederate Memorial Park (a private park). It is owned by the Sons of Confederate Veterans -Raphael Semmes Camp 11. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 119 Spanish Main Street, 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.

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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: Ft. McDermott Confederate Memorial Park (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Fort McDermott (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Confederate Drive (approx. 0.2 miles away); Albert Carey Danner (approx. ¼ mile away); Spanish Fort (approx. ¼ mile away); Caisson Trace (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Spanish Fort (approx. ¼ mile away); Confederate Main Line of Resistance (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Spanish Fort.

More about this marker. Over the last few years these markers have been repainted and repaired.

Also see . . . Confederate States Navy Research Center, Mobile, Alabama on Fort McDermott. (Submitted on January 17, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Additional keywords. Redoubt No. 2, Fort McDermett,

The view west, into the fort area, on the top of the hill. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 14, 2017

2. The view west, into the fort area, on the top of the hill.

Ft. McDermott Confederate Memorial Park dedicated in April 2015. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 14, 2017

3. Ft. McDermott Confederate Memorial Park dedicated in April 2015.

Upper view of upper fortifications of Redoubt No. 2. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 14, 2017

4. Upper view of upper fortifications of Redoubt No. 2.

Looking south on Spanish Main Street from marker. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 14, 2017

5. Looking south on Spanish Main Street from marker.

Ft. McDermott interpretive markers placed by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 14, 2017

6. Ft. McDermott interpretive markers placed by the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 17, 2017. It was originally submitted on January 17, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 2,606 times since then and 103 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 17, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.