Fort Gaines

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19th-century fort American Civil War site historic coastal fortification

Fort Gaines is a historic 19th-century coastal fortification on Dauphin Island that played a key role in the Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War.

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Fort Gaines canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century fort ⓘ
American Civil War site ⓘ
historic coastal fortification ⓘ
associatedWith Confederate defenses of Mobile ⓘ
Admiral David Farragut ⓘ
surface form: Union Admiral David Farragut
capturedBy Union forces ⓘ
constructionBegan 1820s ⓘ
constructionCompleted mid-19th century ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentUse historic site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
era Third System of US seacoast defense ⓘ
surface form: Third System of U.S. coastal fortifications
garrisonedBy Confederate States Army ⓘ
hasActivity educational programs ⓘ
guided tours ⓘ
historical reenactments ⓘ
hasFeature bastions ⓘ
blacksmith shop ⓘ
gun emplacements ⓘ
officers’ quarters ⓘ
parade ground ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
tunnel system ⓘ
underground magazines ⓘ
hasView Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Mobile Bay ⓘ
surface form: Mobile Bay shipping channel
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
Dauphin Island ⓘ
Mobile County, Alabama ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedOn eastern tip of Dauphin Island ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
masonry ⓘ
namedAfter Edmund P. Gaines ⓘ
surface form: Edmund Pendleton Gaines
nearby Fort Morgan ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operator Dauphin Island Park and Beach Board ⓘ
overlooks entrance to Mobile Bay ⓘ
partOf United States seacoast defense systems ⓘ
surface form: coastal defenses of Mobile Bay
playedRoleIn Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
preservationStatus partially endangered by shoreline loss ⓘ
significance key defensive position for Mobile Bay ⓘ
threatenedBy coastal erosion ⓘ
usedDuringConflict American Civil War ⓘ
Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ

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Alabama → containsHistoricSite → Fort Gaines ⓘ
Third System of US seacoast defense → hasPart → Fort Gaines ⓘ
Dauphin Island → hasAttraction → Fort Gaines ⓘ
Dauphin Island → hasHistoricSite → Fort Gaines ⓘ
Battle of Mobile Bay → defendedBy → Fort Gaines ⓘ