Mobile, AL

Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Mobile County, AL
Date Type
Alabama lighter capsizes in Mobile Bay during a squall and two men drown Crime/Disasters
Alabama U.S. Attorney shoots down Alabama U.S. District Judge in the streets of Mobile. Crime/Disasters
Alabama's African-Americans hold their First Freedmen's Convention at Mobile Slavery/Abolition
American child prodigy pianist Willie Pape plays his first public concert in London Education/Culture
Confederate sailors capture a Union steam tug towing a ship up the Mississippi to New Orleans Battles/Soldiers
In Alabama, a steamboat burns on the Black Warrior River and several passengers lose their lives. Crime/Disasters
In Alabama, the last Africa slaves transported and sold on United States soil landed on the Mobile River Slavery/Abolition
In Alabama, the Union's capture of Spanish Fort makes the city of Mobile's fall only a matter of time Battles/Soldiers
In an Atlantic hurricane, a passing ship rescues all the passengers and crew of a foundering vessel. Crime/Disasters
In Mobile Bay, Alabama, U.S. naval forces win a comprehensive victory over the Confederate fleet Battles/Soldiers
In Mobile, Alabama, deadly rioting disrupts a Republican public meeting and two die. Crime/Disasters
In Mobile, Joe Cain and friends revive the city's traditional Mardi Gras celebrations with an irreverent parade Education/Culture
Recently captured Mobile, Alabama is rocked with a massive explosion that kills hundreds Crime/Disasters
- Stephen Douglas ends his presidential campaign with speeches in Georgia and Alabama Campaigns/Elections
- Stephen Douglas makes his final campaign tour, through the Deep South Campaigns/Elections
Stephen Douglas receives updates on election returns while in Mobile, Alabama Campaigns/Elections
Transporting Union cavalry near Mobile, Alabama, a steamer hits a mine and sinks with loss of life Crime/Disasters
Yellow Fever epidemic declared in Mobile, Alabama Crime/Disasters
Birthplace of
Burial Place of
Name Type
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, AL Location or Site
Date Title
New York Herald, "Our Boston Correspondance," July 26, 1856
Entry by Josiah Gorgas, January 28, 1857
Washington (DC) National Era, "Gen. Walker and the Administration," November 26, 1857
New York Times, “General Walker’s New Project,” November 16, 1858
New York Times, “The President and the Filibusters,” November 23, 1858
New York Times, “Steamboat Eclipse Sunk,” November 29, 1858
New York Times, “The Fillibusters [Filibusters] Again,” December 9, 1858
New York Times, “Supposed Slaver,” February 18, 1859
Charleston (SC) Courier, “Mysterious Disappearance,” March 24, 1859
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “An Episode in the Southern Tour of Douglas,” June 10, 1859
Boston (MA) Advertiser, “A Domestic Slaving Voyage,” July 14, 1860
New York Times, “Southern Streets and Northern Names,” February 20, 1861
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Feeling in Alabama,” May 6, 1861
William T. Sherman to Ulysses S. Grant, Goldsboro, North Carolina, April 8, 1865
"Resolutions," First Freedmens' Convention, Mobile, Alabama, November 28, 1865
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