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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Baldwin County, Alabama
Adjacent to Baldwin County, Alabama
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| On Union Pass east of Spanish Main Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m120346) HM |
| On Spanish Main Street north of Spanish Fort Boulevard (U.S. 31), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Rendezvous for Indians, Spanish, French and English Explorers. In 1865, Three Confederate Brigades, outnumbered 10 to 1, engaged the Army of West Mississippi (Union Forces) in the last battle of the War Between the States. March 26~April 9, 1865. — — Map (db m100844) HM |
| Near Spanish Fort Boulevard at Blakeley Way (County Road 72). |
| | Historic Spot
of the Deep South — — Map (db m100845) HM |
| On Larry Dee Cawyer Drive. |
| | Late on March 26, C.S. General St. John Liddell withdrew into the relative safety of Fort Blakeley and Spanish Fort, Liddell, assisted by General Francis Cockrell, assumed personal responsibility for the defense of Blakeley and put the defense of . . . — — Map (db m88990) HM |
| On Larry Dee Cawyer Drive. |
| | Canby brought up his heavy guns from Stark’s Landing a process that took several days, beginning on the 28th. Supported by the Federal monitors, Chickasaw and Winnebago, Canby tried to pound the enemy into submission The Confederates naturally . . . — — Map (db m88991) HM |
| On Monroe Lane north of Southern Way, in the median. |
| | On the evening of April 8th, 1865, while the Confederate fortifications were being shelled by Union artillery, the 8th Iowa Infantry advanced from near this point to the Confederate left and captured a part of the works, in hand to hand fighting. . . . — — Map (db m100883) HM |
| On Cora Slocomb Drive 0.3 miles north of General Canby Drive. |
| | At dusk on April 8, 1865, 300 yards west of this site, the Union Army's 8th lowa Infantry and three Illinois Regiments breached the Confederate main line of resistance. Under the cover of night, troops holding the thin gray line spiked their guns . . . — — Map (db m100855) HM |
| On Southern Way north of Pirates Lane, on the right when traveling north. |
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Side 1
The main Union siege line during the Battle of Spanish Fort ran along this ridge. Brig. Gen. Eugene Carr's Division occupied the right flank of the Union line between here and Minette Bay. Carr's men initially faced Confederate . . . — — Map (db m100857) HM |
| On Patrician Drive South west of Patrician Drive East, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Near this site was the location of the first of twenty-two artillery positions the Union army set up to bombard the Confederate fortifications of Spanish Fort. The Confederate forces were under the command of Brig Gen. Randall Gibson. Battery Tracy, . . . — — Map (db m120331) HM |
| On General Canby Loop 0.2 miles north of General Canby Drive, on the right. |
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Union Siege
Battery No. 21
Located on this bluff overlooking Minette Bay, Battery No. 21 anchored the right flank of Maj. Gen. Edward Canby's Army of West Mississippi during the Battle of Spanish Fort. Maj. Gen. Andrew Smith's XVI Army . . . — — Map (db m120339) HM |
| Near Alabama Route 225 0.3 miles north of Upper Shay Branch Road. |
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Dedicated to all women veterans
who have served, sacrificed
and suffered for our nation.
Your patriotism and courage are greatly
appreciated and will never be forgotten.
[Seals of the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps & . . . — — Map (db m100943) WM |
| Near Alabama Route 225, on the left when traveling north. |
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Don't weep for me
O' Land of the free
When it was my time to fall
'Twas for my country's call
'Twas for the land that I loved
That I gave my all
And for the land that I loved,
I did freely give
And in her freedom
And . . . — — Map (db m122607) WM |
| Near Alabama Route 225, on the left when traveling north. |
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Korean War
The Forgotten War
Remembered
1950 - 1953
In honor of all who served
and in memory of those who died
Freedom is not free
More than 8000 MIA's still unaccounted for
Reverse
The . . . — — Map (db m122618) WM |
| Near Alabama Route 225, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In honor of all who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war. “Welcome home"
This nation should never forget the more than 58,000 who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the service of our country or the ones who were left behind. . . . — — Map (db m122644) HM WM |
| Near Alabama Route 225, on the left when traveling north. |
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World War II
December 1941 - September 1945
Dedicated to all who served at
home and abroad - military and civilian
Pacific Theater • European Theater
Asian Theater • African Theater
{Reverse}
. . . — — Map (db m122673) WM |
| On Alabama Route 225, on the left when traveling north. |
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World War I
1914 – 1918
Unites States Casualties
126,000 Killed - 234,000 Wounded
Reverse
World War I, also known as the Great War, the European War and in the United States, the war to end all wars, was a . . . — — Map (db m122615) WM |
| On Alabama Route 59 at milepost 56, on the right when traveling north. |
| | William Bartram, America’s first native born artist - naturalist, passed through Baldwin County during the Revolutionary era, making the first scientific notations of its flora, fauna and inhabitants. As the appointed botanist of Britain’s King . . . — — Map (db m81855) HM |
| Near Alabama Route 225, on the left when traveling north. |
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27 July 1813 – Battle of Burnt Corn
30 August 1813 – Fort Mims Massacre
31 August 1813 – Kimbell – James Massacre
2 September 1813 – Attack at Fort Sinquefield
13 September 1813 – Wood's Bluff . . . — — Map (db m122631) HM WM |
| On Fort Mims Road north of Boatyard Road (County Route 80), on the right. |
| | Front:
In 1813, people on the United State’s southwestern frontier were fearful. The Redstick faction of the Creek Indian Nation opposed growing American influence in the area and had voted for war. However, Creeks living in the Tensaw . . . — — Map (db m116678) HM |
| Near Alabama Route 225, on the left when traveling north. |
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In Recognition of His Leadership
To Secure The Gulf Coast For The American
Cause During the American Revolutionary War — — Map (db m122604) HM |
| On Alabama Route 59, on the right. |
| | Front:
Historic Stockton
Modern Stockton is situated on a hill just above the original settlement, which was abandoned around 1840 because of Yellow Fever outbreaks. No verified source for the town name exists. Most likely it was . . . — — Map (db m66390) HM |
| On Alabama Route 225 1.2 miles north of Interstate 65, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Site of one of Alabama’s first sawmills. In 1811, Joshua Kennedy engaged Jesse Ember to build two water-powered sawmills, convertible to grist mills, for a total of $1400. The mills were operated by Kennedy through 1820; were burned twice, once by . . . — — Map (db m66379) HM |
| On Alabama Route 225 just north of Lower Bryants Landing Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Here on the banks of the Tensaw River -- named for the Tensa Indian tribe whose principal village was located at this place -- Major Robert Farmar developed a plantation c. 1772. Farmar was one of the most prominent and controversial Alabamians of . . . — — Map (db m66380) HM |
| On Alabama Route 225, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In 1799 the first public school in Alabama was built just north of this site at Boatyard Lake in the Tensaw Community. More than 90 small schools dotted Baldwin County in the early twentieth century. This one room school was built in 1920 by African . . . — — Map (db m122669) HM |
| Near Alabama Route 225, on the left when traveling north. |
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Weight: 17,200 pounds
Bore: 13 inches
Maximum Range: 4,325 yards (almost 2.5 miles)
Cast in Ft. Pitt, PA in 1862
Largest piece of artillery used in the Civil War, It was used
for sea coast fortifications or on mortar boats for . . . — — Map (db m122473) HM |
| On Old Stage Road north of Alabama Route 59, on the left when traveling north. |
| | First known as Baldwin Presbyterian Church, members met in 1847, in Old Union Church near John Gallagher Springs. In 1903, the membership was moved to this site and the name was changed to Stockton Presbyterian Church. In 1956, the membership moved . . . — — Map (db m66387) HM |
| On Alabama Route 59 north of Hodgson Road, on the right when traveling north. |
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Surveyed in 1799 to mark the 31° North Latitude, this line charted the first southern boundary of the United States, separating the U.S. from Spanish Florida. The line was marked at one-mile intervals by earthen mounds approximately fifteen-feet . . . — — Map (db m81856) HM |
| Near Alabama Route 225, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The American Revolution gave the United States its independence but the War of 1812 gave it status among the nations and established permanent peace with Great Britain.
Alabama had a significant role during the War of 1812. The Creek Indian . . . — — Map (db m122670) HM |
| On County Road 32 0.2 miles west of Sherman Road, on the right when traveling west. |
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Sonora Community
The community of Sonora was named in 1901 by the wife of the first postmaster, G.L. Sharretts. Situated near Red Hill Ford on Baker Branch and the intersection of travel routes between Silverhill, Magnolia Springs, Marlow . . . — — Map (db m130878) HM |
| On County Road 32 at State Route 59, on the right when traveling west on County Road 32. |
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Summerdale
The Summerdale area was settled in the early 1850's by several families of Scotch and Irish descent. By 1900, the town had a church, a saw mill, a turpentine business, and a hotel. Many families of different nationalities moved . . . — — Map (db m130868) HM |
| On Boatyard Road (County Road 80) at Fort Mims Road, on the left when traveling west on Boatyard Road. |
| | Here in Creek Indian War 1813-14 took place most brutal massacre in American history.
Indians took fort with heavy loss, then killed all but about 36 of some 550 in the fort.
Creeks had been armed by British at Pensacola in this phase . . . — — Map (db m86293) HM |
| Near Fort Sims Road 0.3 miles north of Boatyard Road (County Road 80). |
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In honor of the
men, women and children
massacred by Creek Indians
in brave defence of
Fort Mims Aug. 30, 1813. — — Map (db m86716) HM |
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