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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEW5_telegram-which-began-war-between-the-states-winter-building_Montgomery-AL.html
(side 1)Telegram Which Began War Between The States
Montgomery, April 11, 1861General Beauregard, Charleston:
Do not desire needlessly to bombard Fort Sumter. If Major Anderson will state the time at which, as indicated by him, he will evacu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEW4_union-station-riverfront-park_Montgomery-AL.html
Transportation center of Montgomery located in this area for many years. First steamboat, the "Harriet," landing nearby 1821. City wharf Constructed at landing place 1823. First railroad, Montgomery & West Point R.R., developed ca. 1840. By 1900 m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMETV_passenger-depot_Huntsville-AL.html
Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company Eastern Division headquarters in this passenger depot, adjoining yards and ships captured by Union Army April 11, 1862. Vital east-west Confederate rail link severed; C.S.A. soldiers imprisoned here. Depot l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMES0_kirk-view-farm_Orrville-AL.html
In 1866, shortly after the Civil War and a severe flood, the county seat was moved from Cahaba to Selma. Residents rapidly abandoned the town. Many homes were dismantled and reassembled elsewhere.
Despite this trend, returning Confederate veter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEQ3_stevenson-depot-and-hotel_Stevenson-AL.html
A one-story depot building was constructed here in 1853, when the railroad was first laid through Stevenson. That building burned after the Civil War and was replaced by the present brick depot and hotel in 1872.
During the Civil War, Stevenso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEPW_jackson-county-courthouse-and-the-scottsboro-boys_Scottsboro-AL.html
Marker front:Constructed in 1911-1912 and designed by architect Richard H. Hunt, the Jackson County Courthouse is a Neo-Classical, brick building situated on a town square in Scottsboro, the county seat of Jackson County. The front, two-story port…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEPU_gen-andrew-jackson_Scottsboro-AL.html
Jackson County was created by the State Legislature on December 13, 1819 while in session in Huntsville, Ala. The county was named in honor of Gen. Andrew Jackson who was visiting in Huntsville at the time.This Statue was presented by the Citizens…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEPS_robert-thomas-scott_Scottsboro-AL.html
Planter, tavern operator, newspaper editor, legislator, and land developer, he sought in vain to have the Jackson County seat moved from Bellefont to the settlement that bore his name. After his death in 1863, his widow reached an agreement in 186…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEPQ_scottsboro-railroad-depot_Scottsboro-AL.html
The Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company constructed the Scottsboro Railroad Depot in 1860-1861 as a passenger and freight facility. The rail line ran throughout the Confederacy and the Union considered its capture vital to cutting off supplies…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEPL_ravine-used-for-protection-against-yankee-shelling_Guntersville-AL.html
The first major attack on Guntersville during the Civil War occurred on the morning of Monday, July 28, 1862. The Federals had marched by night and had reached a hill on the north side of the Tennessee River and from this vantage point aimed their…