the Civil War Preservation Trust in History Under Siege: A Guide to America's Most Endangered Civil War Battlefields. In June 2008, a 90-pound live Union naval shell was uncovered at the site. The shell was from a Parrott rifle on a U.S. Navy warship and was fired at the fort in the summer of 1864. The discovery came during excavations as part of a project meant to repair cracks in the walls. See also List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama References Further reading External links "Fort Morgan and the Battle of Mobile Bay", a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan 1819 establishments in Alabama National Register of Historic Places in Baldwin County, Alabama Morgan Morgan National Historic Landmarks in Alabama Alabama in the American Civil War Military and war museums in Alabama Museums in Baldwin County, Alabama American Civil War museums in Alabama Coastal artillery Buildings and structures in Baldwin County, Alabama Alabama State Historic Sites Star forts Coastal fortifications Morgan Historic American Buildings Survey in Alabama American Civil War on the National Register of Historic Places Military installations established in 1834 Military installations closed in 1947 Morgan 1947 disestablishments in Alabama