The loss of Fort Morgan and neighboring Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island was one of the final blows for the Confederacy. Active during four wars, Fort Morgan is best known for its role in the 1864 Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay. Today, it offers panoramic views of both the bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Completed in 1834, the fort was designed to control the main ship channel into Mobile Bay. – FORT MORGAN, on Mobile Point, about 20 miles from Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Now a historic site, it’s open daily except for major holidays. Before being seized by Northern forces near the end of the Civil War, Fort Gaines and its across-the-bay neighbor, Fort Morgan, kept the port of Mobile open to blockade runners and Confederate warships. Standing at the eastern tip of Dauphin Island, Fort Gaines has been guarding the entrance to Mobile Bay for more than 150 years. It features monthly changing exhibits in a wide range of mediums, including watercolor, acrylics, photography, pottery, and textiles. – EASTERN SHORE ART CENTER, Fairhope, Alabama. Founded as a one-room gallery in 1954 by a group of local artists and art patrons, the art center has grown into a facility with five exhibit galleries and four teaching studios. Ferns and other lush greenery flank a stairway at Bellingrath Gardens and Home.īlog post, “Bellingrath Gardens Is Well Worth the Trip.”
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