Battle of Spanish Fort

30°41′3.4″N 87°54′58.95″W / 30.684278°N 87.9163750°W / 30.684278; -87.9163750

Battle of Spanish Fort
Part of the American Civil War
DateMarch 27 – April 8, 1865 (1865-04-08)
Location
Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
E.R.S. Canby Randall L. Gibson[1]
Units involved
Army of West Mississippi Spanish Fort Garrison
Strength
30,000 2,000
Casualties and losses
657 744

The Battle of Spanish Fort took place from March 27 to April 8, 1865, in Baldwin County, Alabama, as part of the Mobile Campaign of the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

After the Union victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, Mobile nevertheless remained in Confederate hands. Spanish Fort was heavily fortified as an eastern defense to the city of Mobile. Fort Huger, Fort (Battery) Tracey, Fort (Battery) McDermott, Fort Alexis, Red Fort, and Old Spanish Fort were all part of the Mobile defenses at Spanish Fort.