51 State Highway 180 West, Gulf Shores - At 6:30 a.m. on August 5, 1864, Union Admiral Farragut’s fleet started its run into Mobile Bay between Forts Morgan and Gaines. Suddenly, in hellish sheets of flame, the guns lashed out from Morgan’s walls. The Battle of Mobile Bay was on. Despite Morgan’s withering fire, the Union fleet managed to run the gauntlet into Mobile Bay and out of range of Morgan’s guns. The siege of Fort Morgan lasted for nearly three more weeks before the fort fell into Union hands on August 23.