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Battle of Spanish Fort (view source)
Revision as of 15:48, December 25, 2010
, 15:48, December 25, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Battle of Spanish Fort |image= |begin=March 27, 1865 |end=April 8, 1865 |place=Baldwin County, Alabama |theater=Western Theater |campaign=Mobile Campaign |r..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Battle of Spanish Fort
|image=
|begin=March 27, 1865
|end=April 8, 1865
|place=Baldwin County, [[Alabama]]
|theater=Western Theater
|campaign=Mobile Campaign
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=XVI and XIII Corps
|combatants2=Spanish Fort Garrison
|commanders1=[[E.R.S. Canby]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Randall L. Gibson]]<br/>Brigadier General, CSA
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1='''657'''
|casualties2='''744'''
}}
Maj. Gen. [[E.R.S. Canby]]’s XIII and XVI corps moved along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay forcing the Confederates back into their defenses. Union forces then concentrated on Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. On March 27, 1865, Canby’s forces rendezvoused at Danley’s Ferry and immediately undertook a siege of Spanish Fort. The Union had enveloped the fort by April 1, and on April 8 captured it. Most of the Confederate forces, under the command of Brig. Gen. [[Randall L. Gibson]], escaped and fled to Mobile, but Spanish Fort was no longer a threat. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Mobile}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1865}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Spanish Fort
|image=
|begin=March 27, 1865
|end=April 8, 1865
|place=Baldwin County, [[Alabama]]
|theater=Western Theater
|campaign=Mobile Campaign
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=XVI and XIII Corps
|combatants2=Spanish Fort Garrison
|commanders1=[[E.R.S. Canby]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Randall L. Gibson]]<br/>Brigadier General, CSA
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1='''657'''
|casualties2='''744'''
}}
Maj. Gen. [[E.R.S. Canby]]’s XIII and XVI corps moved along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay forcing the Confederates back into their defenses. Union forces then concentrated on Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. On March 27, 1865, Canby’s forces rendezvoused at Danley’s Ferry and immediately undertook a siege of Spanish Fort. The Union had enveloped the fort by April 1, and on April 8 captured it. Most of the Confederate forces, under the command of Brig. Gen. [[Randall L. Gibson]], escaped and fled to Mobile, but Spanish Fort was no longer a threat. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Mobile}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1865}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]