Mobile Bay Military Heritage Trail

The Mobile Bay Area has a unique concentration of nationally-important historic sites which help tell the story of local, regional and national military history through all of our nation’s conflicts.  These sites are as follows:

• Fort Mims (site of the 1813 Battle of Fort Mims, a pivotal clash in the Creek War and one of the greatest Native American successes) https://ahc.alabama.gov/properties/ftmims/ftmims.aspx  
• Historic Blakeley State Park (Alabama’s largest Civil War battlefield site of the decisive battle in the Campaign for Mobile) https://www.blakeleypark.com
• Colonial Fort Conde (reconstruction of a colonial era fortification which guarded Mobile during its French, British, and Spanish occupations)  https://www.historymuseumofmobile.com/colonial-fort-conde
• USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park (“Heroine of the Pacific” the Alabama won nine Battle Stars for its service in the Pacific during WWII)  https://www.ussalabama.com
• Fort Morgan (the National Historic Landmark has stood as guardian to Mobile Bay since 1834. Site of the Battle of Mobile Bay)  https://ahc.alabama.gov/properties/ftmorgan/ftmorgan.aspx  
• Fort Gaines (standing on the eastern end of Dauphin Island, the fort played a prominent role in the Battle of Mobile Bay)  https://fort-gaines.com