S of Mobile on E end of Dauphin Island, Mobile, Alabama. County/parish: Mobile.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 12, 1976. NRIS 76000348.
5 contributing buildings.
Fort Gaines is a historic fort on Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States. It was named for Edmund Pendleton Gaines. Established in 1821, it is best known for its role in the Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War.
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