Siege of Fort Gaines

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Siege of Fort Gaines
Part of the American Civil War
Date August 3-8, 1864 Location Fort Gaines, Alabama Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States	Confederate States
Commanders
Gordon Granger	Charles D. Anderson
Strength
3,300	818
Casualties and losses
?	818 surrendered

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The Siege of Fort Gaines occurred during the American Civil War as part of the larger battle of Mobile Bay.

Union forces under the command of Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger landed on Dauphin Island on August 3, 1864 and moved against Fort Gaines guarding the western edge of Mobile Bay. The fort was garrisoned by 818 troops under the command of Col. Charles D. Anderson. Anderson was instructed by his superior General Richard L. Page not to surrender the fort. However on August 5, the Union fleet ran past Forts Gaines and Morgan and defeated the Confederate Fleet in the bay. Anderson could not hold out against a the Union army and navy and surrendered the fort on August 8. With the fall of Fort Gaines, Granger left a garrison at the fort and immediately moved against Fort Morgan to the east.

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Categories: American Civil War battle stubs | Sieges of the American Civil War | Battles of the Operations in Mobile Bay of the American Civil War | Battles of the Main Western Theater of the American Civil War | Union victories of the American Civil War | Alabama in the American Civil War

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