Tour Stop 1: Fort Morgan & Civil War Era Mobile

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Жыл бұрын

We begin our video swing through the Gulf region from Fort Morgan, one of the forts that played a crucial role in the defense of Mobile, AL during the Civil War. It is here that Union Admiral David Farragut famously shouted "Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead!" while passing by the fort during the Battle of Mobile Bay.
Join Kris White, Chris Mackowski and Garry Adelman.
This video is part of our tour series through Mobile, AL and New Orleans. All of the videos from the tour can be found here: • Mobile/New Orleans Tou...
The American Battlefield Trust preserves America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educates the public about what happened there and why it matters. We permanently protect these battlefields for future generations as a lasting and tangible memorial to the brave soldiers who fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.

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@JohnReedy07163 Жыл бұрын

Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines are Awesome!!! Two of my favorite Civil War sites! Mobile has some awesome history too! USS Alabama (Bob Feller's ship for the baseball fans), The end of Marquis de Lafayette's farewell tour and a boatload of history from the Revolution all the way through WW2. Can't wait for this!

@GinaDenham Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting. My GG Grandfather served on the Chickasaw pounding Fort Morgan.

@martinmarsola6477 Жыл бұрын

An interesting video. Thank you! 👍🇺🇸

@nathanfisher1826 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Great back story and tour!!!

@tew-dawg9671 Жыл бұрын

Being a lifelong resident it is absolutely beautiful down there, and so much history. Also Blakley is a great place to visit. Lots of hiking trails along the bay.

@SoldierofChrist9 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much gentlemen for a great show. You never disappoint.

@southerne5575 Жыл бұрын

Makes me want to return to my home town of Mobile. I miss it. Thanks guys well done

@ryanreeves5441 Жыл бұрын

My dad actually worked on those ferries for a while as a deckhand and eventually got his captain license. I used to take my son down and ride back and forth for free. He met a lot of interesting people doing that.

@SmedleyDouwright Жыл бұрын

Admiral Farragut was a real hero!

@johnresto1603 Жыл бұрын

First admiral of the US navy and also was Spanish. His father fought in the revolution. Buried in the Bronx.

@oriole21bird Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed your videos on Fort Fisher from a couple years ago. This was awesome too! You guys made it easy to understand what happened there and why. I love when you show off these "lesser known" or just lesser visited areas of important American history. This is really excellent content...as always.

@jorgemartinpaez4376 Жыл бұрын

SUCH A FASCINATING HISTORY awesome JOB!

@garreTTU2023 Жыл бұрын

So excited to watch, toured both Gains and Morgan in the summer of 21. Between those 2, the battleship park, and Fort Conde in town I bored my friends and family to death.

@AmericanBattlefieldTrust Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you were the big winner to us!

@JeffL-rj1xq Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this great video! So happy these stories are being told. Keep up the great work and looking forward to more content.

@Salukicyclist Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this presentation. I have been to Forts Morgan and Gaines and you did a great job setting the scene. Please, If you can, visit Port Hudson in Louisiana. It’s a fascinating, important, and oft forgotten battle. There are amazing works still standing and a brutal heroic a battle.

@lizlittle1641 Жыл бұрын

I've been to Fort Morgan but I don't remember it having signs. Of course that was years ago. I've been to Fort Gaines too. Really enjoyed visiting them all 3 times.

@Taylor-un1gi Жыл бұрын

I’ll be staying in Fort Morgan for my daughter’s softball tournament this summer, and hoping to take in some of these sites. Thank you for the video!

@lizlittle1641 Жыл бұрын

Also, my in-laws lived there, so I've seen it all. I love visiting Mobile.

@MrRozzi20 Жыл бұрын

YES!!! I have been waiting for this since The History Underground showed you guys were there a while ago! Hope ya'll covered Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely!

@AmericanBattlefieldTrust Жыл бұрын

Yes to both!

@alanbarthelette7386 Жыл бұрын

Hello from Massachusetts. Great video.

@chriskortan1530 Жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to this! I visited a couple years ago but due to a foot injury, I couldn't fully explore the place.

@Mag_Aoidh Жыл бұрын

Hey, you get to come through Foley and Gulf Shores to get there. Hope you guys went to The Hangout! Roach at Blakely is a fine fellow. Modern Fort Morgan can cloud your view of the CW fort.

@silvereagle1960 Жыл бұрын

I've been there!

@earlyriser8998 Жыл бұрын

neat video even with trouble

@ronmoore5827 Жыл бұрын

Was just there last month!

@AmericanBattlefieldTrust Жыл бұрын

Nice! Hope you enjoy the "virtual" trip back.

@jackslepowron5905 Жыл бұрын

Kool

@chasechristophermurraydola9314 Жыл бұрын

I can’t wait to see the battlefield of New Orleans and I can’t wait to see it because the battle interests me and it interests me because the main British commander at New Orleans was the brother in law of the famous Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington.

@johnresto1603 Жыл бұрын

There isn't much from the battle of new Orleans left .

@chasechristophermurraydola9314 Жыл бұрын

@@johnresto1603 oh okay but I mean just seeing where the battle took place is enough for me to really see.

@marvinehicks1463 Жыл бұрын

Are you coming to Pensacola?

@sbishop6450 Жыл бұрын

Navy very much not credited with all the support and help they gave the army.

@benbruhn6968 Жыл бұрын

It's not mobile. It's Gulf shores I should know I live here.

@emperor_sunshine 28 күн бұрын

Lol that’s what I wanted to say. We used to party here! One night, when the flashlight on a cell phone was new, my friends and I went as deep as we could. We found thousands of spiders on the ceilings of several chambers. The place really is haunted, though. The fort as we know it is a shadow of its former self- there once was a mighty citadel occupying what now stands as parade ground. There was an army airfield there up until the end of WW2. Also, I learned that the houses down there are just two of like twenty that used to exist there. It was basically its own town. Now, I’m not sure if they even open the snack bar.