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Fort Gaines (Alabama)

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listing on March 18, 2009. The listing identifies the ten most endangered Civil War battlefields in the United States. Additionally it was placed on the list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the
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during its lifetime. Though this damage has been largely repaired, the fort continues to be under threat from erosion. The fort sits on the east end of Dauphin Island, only feet from the
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events. The site is considered to be one of the nation's best-preserved Civil War era masonry forts and has been nominated for listing as a
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A Legacy in Brick and Stone: American Coastal Defense Forts of the Third System, 1816-1867, 2nd Ed
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Looking to the north at the south side of the fort in 2010
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Significant masonry damage had been sustained during
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Fort Gaines (Alabama) is located in Alabama
Fort Gaines (Alabama) is located in the United States
Dauphin Island
Alabama, USA
Mobile, Alabama
30°14′54″N 88°04′32″W / 30.24833°N 88.07556°W / 30.24833; -88.07556
76000348
fort
Dauphin Island
Alabama
United States
Edmund Pendleton Gaines
Battle of Mobile Bay
American Civil War
USS Hartford
David Farragut
flagship
Damn the torpedoes – full speed ahead!
Spanish–American War
historical reenactment
National Historic Landmark
hurricanes
tropical storms
Gulf of Mexico
Civil War Preservation Trust
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Battle of Mobile Bay
History of Mobile, Alabama

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