September 1864
McPherson & Oliver
Photograph
Title: No. 2, Fort Morgan, Front and West Side.
A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL after the Battle of Mobile Bay. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M[cPherson] & O[liver]" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan, which was bombarded by Farragut's fleet, and later taken by Union forces in 1864. The walls show the damage inflicted during the battle. Badly battered light house visible on the right. The image is "No. 2" in a series of 9 photographs taken. See GLC 5111.01.0235
GLC05111.01.0236