The Battle of Fort Blakeley was the final major battle of the American Civil War, ending hours after Lee's surrender at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.
Key Facts
- Dates
- April 2–9, 1865
- Location
- Baldwin County, Alabama, ~6 miles north of Spanish Fort
- Campaign
- Mobile Campaign, American Civil War
- Significance
- Final major battle of the Civil War
- Mobile captured
- April 12, 1865 — last major Confederate port taken
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
As part of the Union's Mobile Campaign in early 1865, Federal forces advanced on Confederate positions in Baldwin County, Alabama, targeting Fort Blakeley as a key defensive stronghold guarding the approaches to Mobile, the last major Confederate port still in Southern hands.
From April 2 to April 9, 1865, Union forces besieged Confederate troops at Fort Blakeley in Baldwin County, Alabama. The Confederate garrison surrendered on April 9, 1865, just hours after General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, making it the final major engagement of the Civil War.
The fall of Fort Blakeley led directly to the Union capture of Mobile, Alabama on April 12, 1865, eliminating the last major Confederate port. Other Confederate forces continued surrendering through June 1865, following President Lincoln's assassination on April 15, 1865, marking the complete collapse of organized Confederate resistance.
Belligerents & Mobilization Analysis
Side A
1 belligerent
Side B
1 belligerent