Historic Blakeley State Park / Alabama / Campground & Civil War History!

[@TravelSmallLiveBig]

Thanks for stopping by! This was such a cool place full of history. For another great park with interesting history: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIelY4SoetF0i6c

[@bamanana2922]

Wow! Born and raised in Mobile…Used to picnic there during the 50’s/60’s! My uncle operated the draw bridge many, many years ago on Tensaw River. We used to visit Ft Gaines and Ft Morgan…which guarded the mouth of Mobile Bay. Great memories! 👍

[@TravelSmallLiveBig]

@@bamanana2922 this is such a great area. We have stayed at Meaher State Park three times - gorgeous sunsets! How cool your uncle operated the draw bridge!

[@AmericasParks]

Wow, such an historical site and I have never heard of it. Great job retelling/showing the events in a clear and concise manner!

[@TravelSmallLiveBig]

There is a lot to see in the South! Can’t cover it all - ha ha! Thanks for the kind words Randy. Hope you & your family are well!

[@markreynolds3850]

Thanks for sharing this video, interesting history and learning something new. Have a wonderful day.

[@TravelSmallLiveBig]

Thanks for watching! I edited this a few weeks ago, so just re-watched. It was totally interesting history and so much of it that I didn’t capture. A great stay!

[@bosse641]

Always interesting with history. Learning something.

[@TravelSmallLiveBig]

We agree! Hope you are well!

[@boondockinnrockin5184]

OO sounds interesting and we're not far away! Thanks

[@TravelSmallLiveBig]

It is definitely worth a visit! Thanks for taking the time to comment!

[@guynoir4733]

Can you please tell me what the inscription is on the tall stone monument at 4.16 because I think this is the one I've been wondering about since seeing it in 1969 before this area was a park , if it is then I know what's missing from on top .

[@TravelSmallLiveBig]

Oh wow! Yes - will need to get my computer out to look at my photos & video. Give me a few hours (we are traveling).

[@TravelSmallLiveBig]

I went back and looked at photos & the video - pretty hard to read. There are names and dates of when the men died. One side: Horatio S Butler, son of the Ro__ D Butler of the City of Troy, Aug __1820, Aged 28 years. Below that: Henry Boyd, So of Gen. William Boyd of the City of New York, died at this place of maligant __, Nov 27th, 1822. Another name: James W Peters It looks like each side had two men's names. Hope that helps & let me know what is missing! How interesting!

[@guynoir4733]

I guess that's not what I was looking for , I'll explain and maybe you'll have some more information , myself and a friend in 1969 as teenagers parked along hwy. 225 and hiked through woods and underbrush by accident at Blakely long before it was a state park and I can remember one area where the ground was littered with what appeared to be broken pieces of dishes and throughout a large area there were bullet riddled trees with the holes being quite large now from age and I even found one barely stuck in a tree of which I plucked out but what I'm trying to find out is about a monument that looked something like that grave monument on your video and on top was a horse with a confederate officer and the inscription told about a rattlesnake scared his horse throwing him breaking his leg and infection set in causing his death . I've never been able to find any information relating to what I saw all those years ago .

[@TravelSmallLiveBig]

@@guynoir4733 wow! We didn’t even think to look at the trees for bullet holes 😳 That must have been fascinating as a teenager! I’ll have to look at a map to see what area is semi-near that highway. In the park now - they do have this oldish cemetery and that’s where I circled the monument. When I looked at it yesterday I read two sides. I’ll look again and zoom in on the other sides (probably won’t be until next weekend - we will be at a dry campsite until Friday night). The park also has the remains (& partial re-creation) of the Town of Blakely as well as some of the battlefield areas. We didn’t walk it all and I don’t recall any other tall monuments. Do you remember if there were other grave markers and headstones nearby? Across the road there were definite mounds where they had dug out trenches so this could be the same area. Also, do you remember how far you walked? You need to go back!!! And now I need to go back 😂

[@guynoir4733]

@@TravelSmallLiveBig Thank you so much for your time . I don't really remember how far we walked in it has been so long ago and when you're an adventurous 18 year old who knows . I do want to go back maybe someone there will have knowledge of the monument with the officer on the horse , I certainly hope that it has been preserved and I would truly love to see it again and pay my tribute to this officer whom gave his all so very long ago .