Siege of Fort Morgan

Siege of Fort Morgan
	Part of the American Civil War
	; Fort Morgan, Mobile Point, Alabama, 1864, showing damage to the south side of the fort.
Date	August 9 – August 23, 1864
Location	Fort Morgan, Alabama
Result	Decisive Union victory Surrender of Fort Morgan to Union Forces in August 23, 1864;
Belligerents
United States	Confederate States of America
Commanders and leaders
Gordon Granger	Richard L. Page
Strength
5,500	618
Casualties and losses
1 killed; 7 wounded	3 killed; 15 wounded; 600 surrendered

The siege of Fort Morgan occurred during the American Civil War, as part of the battle for Mobile Bay, in the Confederate state of Alabama during August 1864. Union ground forces led by General Gordon Granger conducted a short siege of the Confederate garrison at the mouth of Mobile Bay under the command of General Richard L. Page. The Confederate surrender helped shut down Mobile, Alabama, as an effective Confederate port city.

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