| Fort Bowyer | |
|---|---|
  Location of Fort Bowyer in Alabama | |
| Location | Western terminus of AL 180 Gasque, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 30°13′41″N 88°1′23″W / 30.22806°N 88.02306°W |
| Built | 1813 |
Fort Bowyer was a short-lived earthen and stockade fortification that the United States Army erected in 1813 on Mobile Point, near the mouth of Mobile Bay in what is now Baldwin County, Alabama, but then was part of the Mississippi Territory. The British twice attacked the fort during the War of 1812.
The first attack took place in September 1814; unsuccessful, it led to the British changing their strategy and attacking New Orleans. The second attack, following the Battle of New Orleans, was successful. It took place in February 1815, after the Treaty of Ghent had been signed but before the news had reached that part of America.[1] Between 1819 and 1834 the United States built a new masonry fortification, Fort Morgan, on the site of Fort Bowyer.[2]
- ^ Heidler (2004), p.115.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.