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This Cruel War
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 390

This Cruel War

"Some thirty-two of Malinda Taylor's own letters to her husband are part of this invaluable correspondence. Her letters offer a rich source on what the war did to Southern yeoman society. She records the problems of running the family farm and caring for their young children often on her own. Malinda gained self-reliance that made her husband uneasy. Despite all their trials, the Taylors remained a loving couple not afraid to express their feelings for each other."--BOOK JACKET.

Civil War Alabama
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 452

Civil War Alabama

In fascinating detail, Civil War Alabama reveals the forgotten breadth of political opinions and loyalties among white Alabamians during the antebellum period. The book offers a major reevaluation of Alabama's secession crisis and path to war and destruction.

The Papers of Jefferson Davis
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 770

The Papers of Jefferson Davis

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2003-11-07
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  • Publisher: LSU Press

During the last nine months of the Civil War, virtually all of the news reports and President Jefferson Davis’s correspondence confirmed the imminent demise of the Confederate States, the nation Davis had striven to uphold since 1861. But despite defeat after defeat on the battlefield, a recalcitrant Congress, nay-sayers in the press, disastrous financial conditions, failures in foreign policy and peace efforts, and plummeting national morale, Davis remained in office and tried to maintain the government—even after the fall of Richmond on April 2—until his capture by Union forces on May 10, 1865. The eleventh volume of The Papers of Jefferson Davis follows these tumultuous last months ...

Kickers of the South
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 232

Kickers of the South

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1987
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  • Publisher: Unknown

James T. Kicker was born 23 July 1822 in Greene Co., Georgia. He was the son of Jarrell Kicker. James married Elizabeth Mims 27 May 1847 in Autauga Co., Alabama. They lived in Alabama and were the parents of three known children. Descendants lived in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and elsewhere.

Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 976

Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1987
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Confederate Veterans in Northern California
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 227

Confederate Veterans in Northern California

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-05-21
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  • Publisher: McFarland

Drawing on six years of research, this book covers the military service and postwar lives of notable Confederate veterans who moved into Northern California at the end the Civil War. Biographies of 101 former rebels are provided, from the oldest brother of the Clanton Gang to the son of a President to plantation owners, dirt farmers, criminals and everything in between.

1865 Alabama
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 377

1865 Alabama

A detailed history of a vitally important year in Alabama history The year 1865 is critically important to an accurate understanding of Alabama's present. In 1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace Christopher Lyle McIlwain Sr. examines the end of the Civil War and the early days of Reconstruction in the state and details what he interprets as strategic failures of Alabama's political leadership. The actions, and inactions, of Alabamians during those twelve months caused many self-inflicted wounds that haunted them for the next century. McIlwain recounts a history of missed opportunities that had substantial and reverberating consequences. He focuses on four factors: the immediate and ...

The 1997 Genealogy Annual
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 390

The 1997 Genealogy Annual

The Genealogy Annual is a comprehensive bibliography of the year's genealogies, handbooks, and source materials. It is divided into three main sections.p liFAMILY HISTORIES-/licites American and international single and multifamily genealogies, listed alphabetically by major surnames included in each book.p liGUIDES AND HANDBOOKS-/liincludes reference and how-to books for doing research on specific record groups or areas of the U.S. or the world.p liGENEALOGICAL SOURCES BY STATE-/liconsists of entries for genealogical data, organized alphabetically by state and then by city or county.p The Genealogy Annual, the core reference book of published local histories and genealogies, makes finding the latest information easy. Because the information is compiled annually, it is always up to date. No other book offers as many citations as The Genealogy Annual; all works are included. You can be assured that fees were not required to be listed.

Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1368

Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986

The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.

The Vestry Book of South Farnham Parish, Essex County, Virginia, 1739-1779
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 183

The Vestry Book of South Farnham Parish, Essex County, Virginia, 1739-1779

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: Unknown

The Vestry Book of South Farnham Parish contains the processioning records of the parish from 1739 to 1779. This vestry book provides the names of the ministers, vestrymen, and clerks of the vestry. A history of the parish, parish officials, properties, t