Battle of Fort Blakeley

April 2–9, 1865 · Baldwin County

Result Union victory

Union troops, including many United States Colored Troops, besieged and stormed the Confederate fort at Blakeley near Mobile, Alabama. The assault came on the same day that Lee surrendered at Appomattox.

Union

Confederacy

Strength and losses

Strength
45,000
Strength
4,000
Casualties
2,900