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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPM9_white-force-cottage_Selma-AL.html
This Italianate style cottage was built in 1859 by C. B. and Martha Todd White. Mrs. White, half sister of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, was an outspoken Southern patriot, who subjected the Lincolns to severe criticism, when the Northern press accused her…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPM8_edmund-winston-pettus-house-site_Selma-AL.html
Edmund Winston Pettus, lawyer, General C.S.A., U.S. Senator, was born Limestone County, Alabama, 1821.Admitted to bar, 1842. Moved to Cahaba, 1858. Major, C.S.A., 1861. Brigadier General, 1863. U.S. Senator, 1897-1907. Resided here from 1866 until…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP7J_st-pauls-episcopal-church-est-1838_Selma-AL.html
Side AThe original church, built one block south of the present site, was consecrated in 1843 by Bishop Leonidas Polk. In 1861, the second Bishop of Alabama, the Rt. Rev. Richard H. Wilmer, was elected there. During the Battle of Selma, St. Paul's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP7I_arsenal-anvil_Selma-AL.html
Anvil used in Selma's Confederate Arsenal to make armament for Southern forces.
Presented to Sturdivant Museum Association April 1, 1961 by the Southern Railway Company which as the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company purchased the anvil am…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP7H_selma-navy-yard-and-ordnance-works_Selma-AL.html
This bouldermarks the site of theSelma Navy Yardand the Ordnance Worksdestroyed by the Federals1865This tablet is placed in honor of the memoryof hundreds of faithful men who made thesegreat works a base for war material for theentire Confederate …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP7E_defense-of-selma-memorial_Selma-AL.html
In MemoriamHere fell brave menin defense of their homesApril 2, 1865.
Col. William T. MinterRev. Arthur M. SmallRobert N. Philpot
and other valiant solders"They fought and fellthey served us well"
Lest We Forget
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP7D_in-honor-of-james-joseph-reeb_Selma-AL.html
Rev. James J. Reeb, an Army Veteran and Unitarian minister from Casper, Wyoming, was working in Boston when Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. appealed for clergymen of all faiths to come to Selma to protest the violence that occurred at the Edmund Pett…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP7C_highlights-of-selma-history-william-rufus-devane-king-1786-1853_Selma-AL.html
[Side A:]Highlights of Selma HistoryDallas County was created by Territorial Legislature Feb. 9, 1818. Selma Land Company formed Mar. 19, 1819 by George Phillips, William Rufus King, Jesse Beene, Gilbert Shearer and Caleb Tate. Selma incorporated …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP7B_vii-in-brooke-rifle_Selma-AL.html
Cast Aug 24, 1863 in Selma at theConfederate Naval Gun Foundry under direction of Commander Catesby ap R. Jones. Was the first gun shipped from the Selma Foundry. Served as stern pivot gun on theSelma-built ironclad ram CSS Tennessee.During the Ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP7A_temple-mishkan-israel_Selma-AL.html
Side AThe earliest Jewish settlers came to Selma prior to the Civil War, some as early as the 1830's. A group of Jewish citizens assembled as the Mishkan Israel Congregation and began meeting in private homes in 1867. The congregation was formally…