Tag: Civil War
Remains of Fort Tracy
Discover the remains of Fort Tracy, a Confederate fortification on the west bank of the Blakeley River.
Ask McGehee: What was the cause of the great explosion in Mobile at the end...
Although the war had ended with Mobile largely unscathed, that all changed at 2:15 p.m. on May 26, 1865. An explosion larger than any imagined during the wars rocked the city.
Madame Octavia LeVert’s Salon of the South
The rise and fall of a Mobile icon.
Descendant
The Sundance award-winning documentary releasing to international audiences this October captures Africatown’s complicated history and hope for the future.