This first book-length, annotated edition of Gaines' "Reminiscences" provides a fascinating glimpse into the early history of the Mississippi-Alabama Territory and antebellum Alabama.
The two sections of the "Reminiscences "of George Strother Gaines form one of the most important primary sources on the early history of Alabama and Mississippi. The "Reminiscences" cover the years 1805 to 1843, during which time Gaines served as assistant factor and then factor of the Choctaw trading house (1805-18), cashier of Tombeckbee Bank in St. Stephens (1818-22), a merchant in Demopolis...
This first book-length, annotated edition of Gaines' "Reminiscences" provides a fascinating glimpse into the early history of the Mississippi-Alaba...
When This Evil War Is Over is a collection of Civil War correspondence exchanged between members of the James Carrington Francis family of Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama. Six of the seven Francis brothers served in the Confederate army, as did their uncle, four servants, and other kinsmen, and all twelve members of the immediate family of Dr. James Carrington Francis and Amy Ingram Francis as well as several members of their extended family are represented in this volume. While the letters refer to the war and the brothers military service, they also shed light on this family s...
When This Evil War Is Over is a collection of Civil War correspondence exchanged between members of the James Carrington Francis family of Jacksonvill...
