Fort Mouton

Fort Mouton (1863-1865) - A Confederate U.S. Civil War Fort established in 1863 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. Named Fort Mouton after Confederate General Alfred Mouton (Cullum 1487), who was killed in combat at Mansfield, Louisiana on 8 Apr 1864. Abandoned at the end of the war in 1865. History Fort Mouton Plan 1865 Built by Confederate forces in 1863 as a square earthworks redoubt with two bastions facing the outer defense lines of Mobile Alabama. The fort parapets were 15' to 25' thick with a tidewater ditch that was 20' deep and 30' wide. Inside the fort was large central magazine. The fort was reportedly armed with eight, 8" Columbiad cannon and an unspecified number of 24-pounder, 32-pounder and 42-pounder siege guns. Abandoned in 1865 at the end of the war. Current Status Unknown {"selectable":false,"width":"500"} Location: Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. Map point is from the GNIS coordinates and may not be accurate. Maps & Images Lat: 30.70000 Long: -88.07333 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 39' See Also: Sources: Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 12. Bennett, John D., Placenames of the Civil War: Cities, Towns, Villages, Railroad Stations, Forts, Camps, Islands, Rivers, Creeks, Fords and Ferries, McFarland, 2012, ISBN: 9780786490783, 192 pages, page 81. Field, Ron, American Civil War Fortifications (2), Osprey Publishing (Bloomsbury Publishing), 2013, 64 pages, page 38. USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1680880 Links: North American Forts - Fort Mouton Visited: No