The lesson was edited by the Teaching with Historic Places staff. To determine why a major seaport like Mobile, Alabama was vital to the Confederacy and why a blockade or the removal of its defenses was critical to the Union. To discover if fortifications ever existed in their own community, to describe those fortifications, and to explain how changes in technology affected them. The materials listed below either can be used directly on the computer or can be printed out, photocopied, and distributed to students. Visiting the site Fort Morgan is a State Historic Site located 22 miles west of Gulf Shores, Alabama, at the end of State Highway 180.
Museum exhibits tell the story of the fort's history.