Disunion, War, Defeat, and Recovery in Alabama: The Journal of Augustus Benners, 1850-1885Mercer University Press, 2007 - 357 halaman ""Disunion, War, Defeat, and Recovery in Alabama offers a rare look into the life of a Civil War character many would say they love to hate: the plantation owner. A slave-owning cotton grower, Augustus Benners recorded decades of his mostly gritty and unglamorous plantation life ... Deft editing, annotation, and explanatory notes by Glenn and Virginia Linden complement and elucidate Benners's historical accounts"--From publisher's description. |
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... fire public schools in Alabama . He opposed any loans to the railroads and helped defeat the bill 54-40 . Worried over the efforts to divert monies from the townships and put additional power in the hands of the superintendent of ...
... fire public schools in Alabama . He opposed any loans to the railroads and helped defeat the bill 54-40 . Worried over the efforts to divert monies from the townships and put additional power in the hands of the superintendent of ...
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... fire kindled in the parlor and we had a glorious reunion . Sister H looked very well tho the extraction of her teeth imperiled her good looks.30 The breakfast being dispatched , Edward went to the Wharf in his buggy to send up our ...
... fire kindled in the parlor and we had a glorious reunion . Sister H looked very well tho the extraction of her teeth imperiled her good looks.30 The breakfast being dispatched , Edward went to the Wharf in his buggy to send up our ...
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... sleet and snow and this with the mud we had to stand in was very disagreeable . We kindled a fire , the full benefit of which we were prevented from receiving on acct of the The Journal of Augustus Benners , 1850-1885 47.
... sleet and snow and this with the mud we had to stand in was very disagreeable . We kindled a fire , the full benefit of which we were prevented from receiving on acct of the The Journal of Augustus Benners , 1850-1885 47.
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... fire to cook their breakfast we had a very uncomfortable time — We remained at this fire about 1-1 / 2 hours and concluded by this time that it would be impossible for us to remain safely where we were and we must look out for shelter ...
... fire to cook their breakfast we had a very uncomfortable time — We remained at this fire about 1-1 / 2 hours and concluded by this time that it would be impossible for us to remain safely where we were and we must look out for shelter ...
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... fire . we are on the eve of great events.38 How they will terminate God only knows . in war and anarchy I much fear . In God is our trust . 38 Major Robert J. Anderson was sent to Charleston to head the Union garrison at Fort Moultrie ...
... fire . we are on the eve of great events.38 How they will terminate God only knows . in war and anarchy I much fear . In God is our trust . 38 Major Robert J. Anderson was sent to Charleston to head the Union garrison at Fort Moultrie ...
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The Reconstruction Years May 18651877 | 138 |
The Later Years 18781885 | 263 |
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