Mobile, the last major Confederate port, is captured
April 12, 1865, Mobile, Alabama.
- Date
- April 12, 1865
- Where
- Mobile, Alabama
- What happened
- Captured
- Event
- 168 of 174
After the Union took Fort Blakeley on April 9, Mobile fell on April 12. It was the last major Confederate port captured by Union forces.
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