Port of Mobile
Port, Mobile, Alabama.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Port
- Where
- Mobile, Alabama
- Years
- 1861-1865
PORT OF MOBILE
After New Orleans fell in April 1862, Mobile became the center of Gulf blockade running. The submarine H. L. Hunley was built here. The Union took Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, and the city surrendered on April 12, 1865.
Then
After New Orleans fell in April 1862, Mobile became the center of Gulf blockade running. The submarine H. L. Hunley was built in Mobile, and the ironclad Tennessee was fitted out there.
The Union took Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864. The city surrendered on April 12, 1865.
Now
Lines owned by smaller railroads run through Mobile today.
Nearby
- 0 miMobile, the last major Confederate port, is capturedApril 12, 1865, Mobile, Alabama
- 29 miMount Vernon ArsenalConfederate · Arsenal, Mount Vernon, Alabama
- 30 miFarragut closes Mobile Bay to blockade runnersAugust 5, 1864, Mobile Bay, Alabama
- 33 miBon Secour salt worksConfederate · Salt works, Bon Secour, Alabama
- 51 miPensacola Navy Yard (Union, 1862-1865)Union · Naval works, Pensacola (Warrington), Florida
- 51 miConfederates wreck the Pensacola Navy Yard and withdraw1862, Warrington Navy Yard, Pensacola, Florida