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1. Historic Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island
2. Mobile
3. Historic Blakeley State Park, Spanish Fort
4. Fort Morgan State Historic Site, Gulf Shores

1. Historic Fort Gaines
As Admiral Farragut's fleet of 14 frigates and four iron-clad monitors prepared to engage Forts Gaines and Morgan on August 5, 1864, Colonel Charles Anderson and his 800 Confederate troops were ordered to hold Fort Gaines at any cost. The Union monitor Tecumseh struck a torpedo and sank immediately. Seeing the screw propellers of the sinking Tecumseh turning in the air, Admiral Farragut bellowed, "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" Immediately after gaining safety in Mobile Bay, Farragut's attention turned upon Fort Gaines. On August 8, Fort Gaines surrendered.

2. Admiral Raphael Semmes House
Raphael Semmes moved to Alabama in 1842. When Alabama withdrew from the Union in 1861, Semmes resigned from the U.S. Navy and was commissioned a commander in the Confederate Navy. He was promoted to Captain and assumed command of the CSS Alabama. During its 22-month career as a commerce raider, the Alabama cruised for nearly 75,000 miles and captured 65 Union vessels worth more than $6 million. The Alabama was sunk off the coast of Cherbourg, France, on June 2, 1864, by the USS Kearsage.

2. Confederate Rest, Magnolia Cemetery
In addition to being the resting place for 1,100 Confederate war dead, the Confederate Rest portion of Historic Magnolia Cemetery contains Civil War monuments and a memorial to the men who died aboard the Mobile-built CSS Hunley submarine in Charleston Harbor in 1864.

2. The Museum of Mobile
Innovative exhibits come alive in this National Historic Landmark. Explore Mobile as the first Americans saw it. Relive the jouney of African-Americans. Sense the revelry of Mardi Gras. Get your hands on history.

2. USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park
Explore mighty battleship, winner of 9 battle stars in World War II. See Mach 3 A-12 Blackbird supersecret spy plane and B-52 stratofortress Calamity Jane, submarine USS DRUM plus 22 other aircraft and weaponry from all branches of military.

3. Historic Blakeley State Park
Remains of earthen forts, old rifle pits, redoubts and battery sites dot the park's 3,800 acres. Following the fall of nearby Spanish Fort on the night of April 8, 1865, orders were issued to take Blakeley by assault. The general advance began at 5:25 p.m. on April 9, six hours after Lee surrendered at Appomattox. Fort Blakeley fell in the last battle of the Civil War.

4. Fort Morgan State Historic Site
Construction began 1819, completed 1834. Large brick fort serviced the Civil War, Spanish-American War and both world wars. It played a major role during the Battle of Mobile Bay (1864). Museum details fort's history.