Battle of Fort Blakeley

Battle of Fort Blakeley
Part of the American Civil War
Storming of Fort Blakeley
Date April 2–9, 1865 Location Baldwin County, Alabama 30°44′32.67″N 87°55′37.34″W / 30.7424083°N 87.9270389°W / 30.7424083; -87.9270389 Result Union victory Fort Blakeley surrendered to the U.S.
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Edward Canby Frederick Steele[1]	St. John R. Liddell
Units involved
Army of West Mississippi, Union ships	Fort Blakeley Garrison, Confederate ships
Strength
45,000[2]	4,000[2]
Casualties and losses
629 on April 9 (150 killed, 650 wounded total[3])	2,900 (75 killed[3])

The Battle of Fort Blakeley took place from April 2 to April 9, 1865, in Baldwin County, Alabama, about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Spanish Fort, Alabama, as part of the Mobile Campaign of the American Civil War. At the time, Blakeley, Alabama, had been the county seat of Baldwin County.^[4]

The Battle of Blakeley was the final major battle of the Civil War, with surrender just hours after Grant had accepted the surrender of Lee at Appomattox in the afternoon of April 9, 1865.^[3] Mobile, Alabama, was the last major Confederate port to be captured by Union forces, on April 12, 1865.^[4] After the assassination of President Lincoln on April 15, 1865, other Confederate surrenders continued into June 1865.