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Hurricane Isaac has washed the remains of a blockade-runner vessel onto the shores of an Alabama beach, and many believe it could be a Civil War-era vessel, dating to 1862, according to the ...
Join us deep in the Alabama wilderness as we explore an overgrown road once traveled during the Civil War. Using advanced metal detectors, we uncover authentic artifacts, from lead bullets to uniform ...
After the war, Alabama had Thanksgiving on Dec. 7, 1865, and Nov. 29, 1866; Previously the South thought of it as a 'Yankee holiday' ...
The Alabama Legislature, also in March 1965, adopted a resolution criticizing the conduct of “some out-of-state ministers taking part in Alabama civil rights demonstrations,” a Mobile Register ...
You can let your Civil War memories lie, Dear Reader, or you can shake them up by sprinkling over them the pleasure of reading Silent Cavalry. But, beware: In this case when it Raines, it pours.
Industrial development occupies the Mobile Riverfront under the Cochrane-Africatown USA Bridge near Mobile, Alabama, on Jan. 29, 2019. Julie Bennett/AP This story was updated on March 14.