Battery Dearborn (1900-1924)

Historical marker location:

51 Highway 180 West, Gulf Shores, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from Fort Morgan Road (State Road 180) 1 mile west of Dune Drive, on the left when traveling west.)

The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, which was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat, was built in Mobile, Alabama in 1863.