Flag of the Kingdom of Spain | Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto visited the Southeast U.S., including Alabama, in the 1540s. |
Flag of Bourbon France | Iberville and Bienville established Fort Louis de la Mobile as the capital of French Louisiana in 1702. |
Flag of the British Empire | Great Britain acquired French Louisiana east of the Mississippi as a result of the French and Indian War in 1763. The Louisiana territories west of the Mississippi were ceded to Spain. |
Flag of Bourbon Spain | On March 14, 1780, Spanish Governor of Louisiana Bernardo Galvez captured Mobile from the British during the American Revolution. |
Flag of the United States | The United States annexed West Florida -- which included Mobile and Baldwin Counties-- from Spain in 1810. |
 Flag of the Alabama Secession Convention | Alabama seceded from the Union on January 11, 1861. |
 First National Flag, Confederate States of America
| March 13, 1861 Alabama officially joined the Confederate States of America. |
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Flag of the United States | Alabama was re-admitted to the Union after the Civil War. |
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