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== History == | == History == | ||
[[File:Fort Mouton Plan.jpg|thumb|center|800px|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. | 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. | Abandoned in 1865 at the end of the war. | ||
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== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
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'''Sources:''' | '''Sources:''' | ||
* {{Roberts}}, page 12. | * {{Roberts}}, 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. | * 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. | * Field, Ron, '''American Civil War Fortifications (2)''', Osprey Publishing (Bloomsbury Publishing), 2013, 64 pages, page 38. | ||
* {{GNIS2|ID=1680880}} | * {{GNIS2|ID=1680880}} | ||
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'''Links:''' | '''Links:''' | ||
* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/almobile.html#mobile North American Forts - Fort Mouton] | * [http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/almobile.html#mobile North American Forts - Fort Mouton] | ||
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History 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.
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