Spanish Fort in Baldwin County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Site of the Naval Battery
Photographed by Kirk Barrett
1. Site of the Naval Battery Marker
Manned with sailors and commanded by Lt. Commander Gillis of the U.S.S. Milwaukee, which was sunk by a Confederate torpedo in Blakeley River. Armed with two 4.2 in. Parrott rifled cannon firing projectiles weighing 30 lbs., these guns fired on Confederate Batteries Red Fort and Slocomb during the Battle of Spanish Fort, March 26 - April 8, 1865.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is March 26, 1865.
Location. 30° 41.078′ N, 87° 54.256′ W. Marker is in Spanish Fort, Alabama, in Baldwin County. It is on Union Pass east of Spanish Main Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7 Union Pass, Daphne AL 36527, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Alabama’s Gulf Coast and in the Mobile Bay area. 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Union First Parallel / Union Siege Battery No. 16 (approx. Ό mile away); The 8th Iowa Infantry (approx. 0.4 miles away); Confederate Redoubt No. 4 / Holtzclaw's Brigade (approx. half a mile away); The Final Assault (approx. half a mile away); Confederate Redoubt No. 5 / Ector's Brigade (approx. half a mile away); Red Fort (approx. 0.6 miles away); Union Siege Battery No. 21 / 3rd Brigade of Carr's Division (approx. 0.6 miles away); 1st Division, U.S. Colored Troops (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Spanish Fort.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 6, 2019
2. View West on Union Pass from marker.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 6, 2019
3. View of marker at 7 Union Pass.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 18, 2018. This page has been viewed 866 times since then and 22 times this year. Last updated on February 6, 2025. Photos: 1. submitted on July 18, 2018, by Kirk Barrett of Point Clear, Alabama. 2, 3. submitted on February 7, 2025, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
