THE CIVIL WAR SIEGE OF SPANISH FORT AND THE MOBILE CAMPAIGN, 1865: Digging All Night And Fighting All Day

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Examines the two-week siege of Spanish Fort, Alabama (March 26-April 8, 1865), which many believed as the key to holding the important seaport of Mobile. Despite being outnumbered about 10 to 1, 33-year-old Brig. Gen. Randall Lee Gibson mounted a skillful and spirited defense that 'considerably astonished' his Union opponents. The siege and battle on the rough and uneven bluffs of Mobile Bay's eastern shore, fought mainly by veterans of the principal battles of the Western Theater, witnessed every offensive and defensive art known to war. The fort finally surrendered to Maj. Gen. Edward R. S. Canby on April 12, 1865. Contains 58 images and 6 maps.