From the March 10, 2013, All Alabama "Dauphin Island ready to celebrate 200 years as 'first seaport' on Gulf" by Michael Dumas.
Back then, what is now the Florida panhandle and Mobile was under Spanish rule.
Two hundred years ago, U.S. troops liberated this island by the mouth of Mobile Bay. On April 11th, a ceremony was held in front of the Town Hall to commemorated it. It was captured by soldiers under Captain Atkinson of April 11, 1813. The island was known by the Spanish as Isla Delfina.
On April 13th, the Spanish ambassador Ramon Gil-Casares, will be at Fort Conde in Mobile as part of the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the surrender of that town to the U.S..
In September 1814, there will be a celebration to recognize the First battle of Fort Bowyer which will be held at what is now Fort Morgan. The fort fell February 14, 1815.
Alabama's Role in the War. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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