I was just wondering, what if Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of American, had been assassinated? Thanks to the Providence of God, he was not brutally murdered like Lincoln, Garfield, Kennedy and so many other notable men.But this being said, [...]
I had asked in a previous blog about the removal of the Confederate Battle flag from the Capitol Dome. My friend and White House Association member Sue read this and has sent me information from the Montgomery Independent (May 31, 2007), regarding [...]
Yesterday I mentioned Jefferson Davis's statute on the grounds of the Alabama State Capitol. It was sculpted by Frederick Hibbard, born in 1881, who as a child, worked with the clay on the banks of the Mississippi River. There he sculpted [...]
At the UDC convention of 1935 plans were approved to proceed with placing a statue of Jefferson Davis on the State Capitol grounds in Montgomery, the first Capitol of the Confederacy. The proposal read as follows: "The projected Jefferson Davis Statue would [...]
A delightful story has been sent by SueB, one of our Board members who has forgotten more Southern History than anyone else has ever learned. It is about the "Star". First to give credit, it is by Mrs. Charles Duncan [...]
I came across an account by Pvt John Johnston, 14th Tenn Cavalry, in one of our library books at the First White House of the Confederacy, the "Journal of Confederate History, Volume 1, Summer 1988" that was quite fascinating. I [...]
This week someone sent us and we circulated via email a wonderful photo of Jefferson Davis's casket being taken from the train station to the Capitol building where he lay in state on the way from New Orleans to Richmond. Then one [...]
Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis (1864-1898) was the second daughter and sixth child, of Jefferson and Varina Howell Davis. The youngest, she was the only one who was allowed to visit her father in Fort Monroe with her mother, during his two years of [...]
On "Times Gone By" a History of Montgomery, Alabama, on face book, there is an interesting article from the 1937 Advertiser: Mark Young Give To Fund For Jefferson Davis Statue" I quote from the article: "Mr. Young recalled yesterday that on two [...]
Just read those famous words by Scarlett: "Fiddle-Dee-Dee! War. war. war, this war talk is spoiling all the fun at ever party this spring. I get so bored I could scream". That got me thinking (dangerous).Then in the mail came "The [...]