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
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Location: Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. Map point is from the GNIS coordinates and may not be accurate.
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.
