Tag: Mobile
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The True Tale of Mitchell, the Zombie Pirate
When notorious Gulf Coast pirate William Mitchell came back from the dead in 1835, he looked like a zombie from Hell. One-eyed, the man was covered with horrible scars, evidence of many deep and dangerous wounds he had suffered in his life. The worst of these the grey-haired 56-year-old bore in the front of his…
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Capt. Percy’s Folly at Fort Bowyer
Young British Capt. William H. Percy found himself in dire straits on the afternoon of Sept. 15, 1814. His ship, the sixth rate class HMS Hermes, was mired for the second time that day on a sand bar in shoal water within 150 yards of Fort Bowyer near Mobile Bay, and the Americans…