Fort Morgan (masonry fort)

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Fort Morgan is a historic 19th-century masonry coastal defense fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay, notable for its role in the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
masonry coastal defense fort ⓘ
armament rifled cannon ⓘ
seacoast artillery ⓘ
smoothbore cannon ⓘ
builtBy United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
completedIn 1834 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1819 ⓘ
controlledBy Confederate States of America ⓘ
Union forces ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentUse historic site open to the public ⓘ
museum ⓘ
decommissionedAsFort mid-20th century ⓘ
designated National Historic Landmark ⓘ
event siege and bombardment in August 1864 ⓘ
garrisonedBy Confederate troops ⓘ
Union troops ⓘ
hasFeature bastions ⓘ
casemates ⓘ
moat ⓘ
outer batteries ⓘ
hasShape star-shaped fort ⓘ
hasViewOf Dauphin Island ⓘ
Mobile Bay ⓘ
laterEquippedWith Endicott-era concrete batteries ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedAt mouth of Mobile Bay ⓘ
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
Baldwin County, Alabama ⓘ
locatedNear Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
locatedOn Fort Morgan Peninsula ⓘ
managedBy Alabama Historical Commission ⓘ
materialUsed brick masonry ⓘ
namedAfter Daniel Morgan ⓘ
nhlDesignationYear 1960 ⓘ
notableFor role in Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
nrhpListingYear 1966 ⓘ
ownedBy State of Alabama ⓘ
linked to: Alabama
partOf Third System of U.S. seacoast fortifications ⓘ
surrenderedTo Union forces in August 1864 ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedDuring American Civil War ⓘ
Spanish–American War ⓘ
War of 1812 era fortification program ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
usedFor coastal defense ⓘ

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Fort Morgan, Alabama → hasLandmark → Fort Morgan (masonry fort) ⓘ
Fort Morgan, Colorado → namedAfter → Fort Morgan (military post) ⓘ
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