Vincent served as Alabama's state treasurer from 1878 to 1883. He fled after stealing $200,000 in state funds; he was arrested in Texas and convicted of embezzlement.
Bienville was the second governor of the province of Louisiana and the founder of what is now Mobile, Alabama. This image was reprinted for the Bienville Monument Fund in Mobile, Alabama.
Winston was governor of Alabama from 1853 to 1857. He was the state's first native-born governor. His home was three miles west of Gainesville, Alabama on Geiger Road. He is buried on an Indian mound on the same road five miles west of...
This image appeared in AN ACCOUNT OF COL. CROCKETT'S TOUR TO THE NORTH AND DOWN EAST, which Crockett wrote himself. The purpose of the trip, taken in 1834, was "to examine the grand manufacturing establishments of the country; and also to find out...
Illustration from TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, EAST AND WEST FLORIDA, THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY, THE EXTENSIVE TERRITORIES OF THE MUSCOGULGES OR CREEK CONFEDERACY, AND THE COUNTRY OF THE CHACTAWS by William Bartram. The engraving...
Semmes commanded the C.S.S. Alabama. This images appeared in MEMOIRS OF SERVICE AFLOAT, DURING THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES by Raphael Semmes, published in 1869.
Included are Alabama Representatives Benjamin Sterling Turner, James Thomas Rapier, and Jeremiah Haralson. Turner served from 1871 to 1873, Rapier served from 1873 to 1875, and Haralson served from 1875 to 1877.
Underwood was member of the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1915 and of the United States Senate from 1915 to 1926. He was House majority leader from 1911 to 1915.
Postwar image of Clare, who had been a captain in Company C of the 7th Alabama Infantry, C.S.A., and was promoted to a major on General Bragg's staff. From Confederate Veteran Magaine, Volume 16, Number 8, page 399.
Postwar image of McLaughlin, who had been a lieutenant colonel in the 18th Alabama Infantry, C.S.A. From Confederate Veteran Magaine, Volume 17, Number 4, page 174.
Postwar image of Simpson, who had been a captain in Company F of the 13th Alabama Infantry, C.S.A. From Confederate Veteran Magaine, Volume 17, Number 7, page 330.
Postwar image of O'Neal, who had been a captain in Company E of the 1st Confederate Infantry Battalion. From Confederate Veteran Magaine, Volume 18, Number 6, page 87.
Postwar image of Johnson, who had been a lieutenant colonel of the 10th Alabama Infantry, C.S.A. From Confederate Veteran Magaine, Volume 18, Number 6, page 294.