Alabama State Memorial

C. S. A.

Alabama

(north side):

C. S. A.

Alabama Infantry

4th Battalion, Maj. James M. Clifton

16th Regiment, Lieut. Col. John W. Harris

17th Regiment, Lieut. Col. Robert C. Farris

18th Regiment, Col. Eli S. Shorter

19th Regiment, Col. Joseph Wheeler

21st Regiment, Lieut. Col. Stewart W. Cayce

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Apex / Club Alabam

Historic Central Avenue Jazz Corridor

Curtis Mosby, the conductor of the Dixieland Blue Blowers, opened the Apex on Thanksgiving 1928. The classy nightclub was home to revues featuring beautiful showgirls in extravagant costumes. Johnny Otis led the house band, but ...

Daleville, Alabama

Daleville, originally called Dale, was the county seat of Dale County from 1831-1841. William Harper was probate judge of Dale County, which was originally included in present-day Coffee County until 1841, present-day Geneva County until 1868, and part of Houston ...

Clanton's Alabama Cavalry

(Unattached)

C. S.

Clanton's (1st) Alabama Cavalry,

(Unattached.)

Army of the Mississippi.

This regiment occupied the right of the Confederate

line of battle April 6, 1862, and was engaged along the

Tennessee River until 4 p.m. when it came upon the high

ground, and was in position here ...

Robertson's Alabama Battery

Gladden's Brigade - Withers' Division - Bragg's Corps

C.S.

Robertson's Alabama Battery,

Gladden's (1st) Brig., Withers' (2d) Div., Bragg's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This battery, of four 12 pdr. Napoleons, was in action here from 3 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., April 6, 1862.

Marker can ...

Ketchum's Alabama Battery

Pond's Brigade - Ruggles' Division - Bragg's Corps

C. S.

Ketchum's Alabama Battery,

Pond's (3d) Brig., Ruggles' (1st) Div., Bragg's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

Two sections (four guns) of this battery were in action here from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., April 6, 1862.

Marker ...

Elkmont, Alabama / Tenn. & Ala. Central Railroad

Front

The earliest settlers to this area moved across the Chickasaw boundary before 1810 and established the Sims and New Garden settlements. The area came to be known as Elkmont, for the once abundant elk, the Elk River and ...

The Blues Trail: Mississippi to Alabama

Musicians have long crossed the Alabama -Mississippi border to perform and record. Mississippians such as Albert King, Little Milton, and Pops Staples recorded at studios in Muscle Shoals and Sheffield, including those owned by Mississippi natives Rick Hall and Quin ...

History of Muscle Shoals, Alabama

The city of Muscle Shoals began with the construction of U.S. Nitrate Plant No.2 and Wilson Dam for defense purposes in 1918. The name came from the great stretch of rapids in the Tennessee River that contained rocky shoals and ...

Tennessee / Alabama

Lincoln County

(Tennessee)

Established 1809; named in honor of MAJOR GEN. BENJAMIN LINCOLN of the Revolutionary Army. After service at Saratoga, he was put in Chief Command in the Southern Colonies. Later, he was Secretary of War under the Confederation, 1781-83.

(Alabama)

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