"In memory of Prince Madoc, a Welsh explorer, who landed on the shores of Mobile Bay in 1170 and left behind with the Indians, the Welsh language. Authority is - Encyclopedia Americana copyright 1918 - Webster's Encyclopedia - Richard Hakluyt, 1552...
Vice-President of the Confederate States of America. After the war, Stephens returned to Georgia and practiced law. Elected to Congress in 1872 and served until elected governor in 1882. Stephens died Atlanta in March 1883. Source: Faust,...
(Photograph has been retouched to show him in uniform although he was not a soldier.) Nicknamed "Father of Secession." Ante-bellum congressman and senator from South Carolina. One of a group of Southern politicians known as "Fire Eaters" for...
(Photograph has a colonel's insignia on his collar, but the button arrangement of a brigadier general. Although photographed many times as a general, Thompson was never promoted above the rank of lieutenant colonel.) Raised a battalion to fight for...
(Cap in photograph appears to have insignia of a lieutenant.) Resigned U.S. Navy commission in May 1861 and was commissioned into the Confederate Navy. Later commanded the Confederate raider, C.S.S. Florida, which captured approximately 55 Union...
Seminole War veteran and antebellum U.S. senator. Served as Confederate Secretary of the Navy for the entire war. Supported the construction of Confederate ironclads and created the Torpedo Bureau. After the war, Mallory returned to Florida to...
Vice-President of the Confederate States of America. After the war, Stephens returned to Georgia and practiced law. Elected to Congress in 1872 and served until elected governor in 1882. Stephens died Atlanta in March 1883. Source: Faust,...