{Can you imagine being forced to serve in the militia until the age of 50?} THE MILITARY FORCES OF ALABAMA by THOMAS M. OWEN,…
UNIVERSITY CADET CORPS (transcribed from The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 05, No. 01, Spring Issue 1943) (In June, 1903, correspondence was conducted between Mr.…
While doing research for stories, I frequently run across many photographs of people, (identified and unidentified) like the ones below which may be of…
(Continued below from Brazil I) In 1865 at the end of the American Civil War a substantial number of Southerners left the South; many…
DR. LINCOLN LACONIA BURWELL BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (October 25, 1867- March 6, 1928) Marengo and Perry County, and North Carolina Dr. L. L. Burwell,…
Do you have additional information about these Confederate soldiers? These photographs are located at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Click on the…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI THEODORE ACKLAND/ACKLEN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1833 - 1870) Madison…
This biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume V JOHN FELIX McLAUGHLIN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (b. 1842 d.…
Biographies of the Delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention Part XV 1 Thomas Tipton Smith Henry County A native of Tennessee, Thomas Tipton Smith…
Do you have additional information about these Confederate soldiers? These photographs are located at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Click on the…
My Relatives are leaving me very fast (Civil) war-time letters of James Wright to his nephew. Edited by George L. Mahoney1 James Wright of…
Interesting News Article from Daily State Sentinel (Montgomery, Alabama) April 13, 1868 Southerners in Brazil There is an American colony of considerable size on…
An Excerpt from DALE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR (Reminiscences of Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming) HOME MADE LUXURIES AND NECESSITIES MEDICINES…
The Civil War Forts on Mobile Bay The Battle of Mobile Bay was where Admiral Farragut was supposed to have made his famous statement,…
The CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead, England by John Laird Sons and Company.…
Excerpt from DALE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR (Reminiscences of Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming) WAR TIME FARMING, FOOD SUPPLIES Like the…
Did you know that Switzerland has a tourist destination called the Alabama Room? The Alabama Room is one of the most famous rooms in…
An Excerpt from DALE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR (Reminiscences of Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming)1 When the Civil War was going…
REV. AUGUSTUS A. BATTLE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1860 - aft. 1896) Calhoun, Talladega, Russell County, Alabama Rev. Augustus A. Battle, of Hurtsboro, Russell County, the son…
An excerpt from DALE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR (Reminiscences of Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming) SCHOOLS DURING THE WAR Our schools,…
Excerpt from The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama – Their Leaders and Their Work copyright 1896 – NOTE: This book contains many…
Many children had no parents left after the War Between the States ended. There were many orphans in Alabama after the War Between the…
(Transcribed excerpt from HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMAby John Robert Kennamer, Decatur, Al 1935 Condensed by Josephine Lindsay Bass on July 26, 1996 By…
DALE COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR (Reminiscences of Mary Love (Edwards) Fleming) Part III HOME INDUSTRIES, SPINNING AND WEAVING Within a…
The people of Winston County, Alabama regretted that a majority of the delegates at the convention in Montgomery before the Civil War passed the…
Excerpt from The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama – Their Leaders and Their Work copyright 1896 – In this transcribed excerpt, a…
On July 1-3, 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg was fought during the Civil War. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the…
(Transcribed and unedited story from a WPA (Works Projects Administration - This house at 1256 O'Donnell Street in the historic district of Oakdale, Mobile,…
This Zeigler House1 (depicted in the photographs below) was built ca. 1825 is still standing in Elmore County, Alabama. The Zeigler family arrived in…
Southern Cadets in Action (This letter has been transcribed from The Century 1890 – Volume 39 – Harvard College Magazine Monthly) In his sketch…
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