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The Battle of Spanish Fort took place from March 27 to April 8, 1865 in Baldwin County, Alabama, as part of the Mobile Campaign of the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
After the Union victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, Mobile nevertheless remained in Confederate hands. Spanish Fort was heavily fortified as an eastern defense to the city of Mobile. Fort Huger, Fort (Battery) Tracey, Fort (Battery) McDermott, Fort Alexis, Red Fort, and Old Spanish Fort were all part of the Mobile defenses at Spanish Fort.
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 Press-Register - al.com (blog) | Mobile Genealogical Society celebrates golden anniversary Press-Register - al.com (blog) (Courtesy of Mary Ann Ingram) MOBILE, Alabama â The Mobile Genealogical Society is turning 50, and members are planning a celebration at 10:30 am Feb. 11 in the Vitale Room at Holy Family Catholic Church library, 1400 Joyce Road (off Overlook Road, ... |
Genealogists, library at odds over Dewey Decimal system Opelika Auburn News Staff members of the Lewis Cooper Junior Memorial Library and members of the East Alabama Genealogical Society are in a standoff regarding how the 5000 volumes in the genealogical section of the library are ordered. |
Monroe County Heritage Museum to host 11th annual Genealogy Workshop Press-Register - al.com (blog) By From the Press-Register MONROEVILLE, Alabama â The Monroe County Heritage Museum will host its 11th annual Genealogy Workshop at the Old Courthouse Museum on Feb. 4. Sign-in and introductions are at 8:30 am; the program ends at 3 pm Gregory A. |
Library gives tips for researching black genealogy Marietta Daily Journal âA lot of the records aren't there,â said Crawford, who has been researching her own family's Irish ancestry through Alabama and Texas. âBut truly, we are all more alike than we are different. We just look at different resources and use different paper ... |
 al.com (blog) | Report: Jurors say Crosby case could have gone differently al.com (blog) By al.com staff Ray Crosby leaves the federal courthouse at noon time on the first day of jury selection of the federal conspiracy and bribery trial over a vote buying scheme June 6, 2011 in Montgomery, Ala. He died a week ago on the eve of a retrial ... |
 Buffalo News | Rediscovering family roots Buffalo News Today, the 68-year-old âfamily historianâ can follow his roots as far back as a great-grandfather from North Carolina and a great-grandmother from Alabama. Born slaves, the two married in 1868. And Deborah Cooper recently began tracing her family tree ... |