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About Fort Morgan

Fort Morgan is a historic masonry pentagonal bastion fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States. Named for American Revolutionary War hero Daniel Morgan, it was built on the site of the earlier Fort Bowyer, an earthen and stockade-type fortification involved in the final land battles of the War of 1812. Construction was completed in 1834, and it received its first garrison in March of the same year.

Fort Morgan is at the tip of Mobile Point at the western terminus of State Route 180 (Alabama). It and Dauphin Island, on which Fort Gaines is situated, enclose Mobile Bay. The Alabama Historical Commission maintains the site.

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Architect
Simon Bernard

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  1. Fort Morgan, Baldwin County01Baldwin CountyAltairisfar · Public domain
  2. Fort Morgan Interior02InteriorSilver2k12 · CC BY-SA 3.0
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  4. Fort Morgan AL04Fort MorganErmattox9 · Public domain
  5. FortMorgan05FortMorganEdibobb · CC BY 3.0
  6. Fort Morgan Historic Site06Historic Site(WT-de) Mistoffeles · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Nearby museums

Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 20 miles of Fort Morgan; the closest, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, is about 3.7 miles away.