Battle of Spanish Fort

| Battle of Spanish Fort

| Began:|

March 27, 1865

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| Ended:|

April 8, 1865

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| Location:|

Baldwin County, Alabama

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| Theater:|

Western Theater

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| Campaign:|

Mobile Campaign

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| Outcome:|

Union victory

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Combatants

XVI and XIII Corps

Spanish Fort Garrison

Commanders

E.R.S. Canby
Major General, USA

Randall L. Gibson
Brigadier General, CSA

Strength

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Casualties

657

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)

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Major General Edward R.S. Canby's Mobile Campaign, March-April 1865

Spanish Fort \-- Fort Blakely

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Battles of the American Civil War: 1865

Eastern Theater|

2nd Fort Fisher \-- Hatcher's Run \-- Wilmington \-- Waynesboro \-- Fort Stedman \-- Lewis's Farm \-- Dinwiddie Court House \-- White Oak Road \-- Five Forks \-- Sutherland's Station \-- Fall of Petersburg \-- Namozine Church \-- Amelia Springs \-- High Bridge \-- Rice's Station \-- Sayler's Creek \-- Cumberland Church \-- Appomattox Station \-- Appomattox Court House

Western Theater|

Rivers' Bridge \-- Wyse Fork \-- Monroe's Crossroads \-- Averasborough \-- Bentonville \-- Spanish Fort \-- Fort Blakely \-- Selma \-- West Point \-- Columbus

Trans-Mississippi Theater|

Palmito Ranch

Lower Seaboard Theater|

Natural Bridge

See also: CSS Shenandoah