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. |
Dari dalam buku
Hasil 1-5 dari 65
Halaman 8
... passed . Though successful as a legislator , he declined to be renominated . He would not serve again until 1861 . During these years , Benners expressed his views on political events taking place at the national level . The death of ...
... passed . Though successful as a legislator , he declined to be renominated . He would not serve again until 1861 . During these years , Benners expressed his views on political events taking place at the national level . The death of ...
Halaman 9
... important measures passed to which I was opposed . " His efforts to resist tax increases were in vain . In fall 1863 , he attended a " disagreeable session for two weeks . " Three months The Journal of Augustus Benners , 1850-1885 9.
... important measures passed to which I was opposed . " His efforts to resist tax increases were in vain . In fall 1863 , he attended a " disagreeable session for two weeks . " Three months The Journal of Augustus Benners , 1850-1885 9.
Halaman 10
... passed . He continued to serve in the legislature as late as December 1864 . In the last months of 1864 and early 1865 , Benners spent considerable time in Montgomery . He was busy with his legal practice and occupied with the disposal ...
... passed . He continued to serve in the legislature as late as December 1864 . In the last months of 1864 and early 1865 , Benners spent considerable time in Montgomery . He was busy with his legal practice and occupied with the disposal ...
Halaman 16
... passed on at the end of the Civil War , and Alfred married a younger woman , Victoria Jones Walker , a widow thirty - two years of age . They had a daughter Evalina Hatch ( called Lena ) in 1871 . His health declined considerably in the ...
... passed on at the end of the Civil War , and Alfred married a younger woman , Victoria Jones Walker , a widow thirty - two years of age . They had a daughter Evalina Hatch ( called Lena ) in 1871 . His health declined considerably in the ...
Halaman 27
... passed an act which regulates the James D. Webb , lawyer ; R. S. Hunt , grocer , Greensboro , Alabama ( V. Gayle Snedecor , A Directory of Greene County for 1855-6 [ Mobile AL : Strickland & Co. , 1856 ; ed . and indexed by Franklin ...
... passed an act which regulates the James D. Webb , lawyer ; R. S. Hunt , grocer , Greensboro , Alabama ( V. Gayle Snedecor , A Directory of Greene County for 1855-6 [ Mobile AL : Strickland & Co. , 1856 ; ed . and indexed by Franklin ...
Isi
25 | |
58 | |
The Reconstruction Years May 18651877 | 138 |
The Later Years 18781885 | 263 |
341 | |
345 | |
About the Editors | |
Edisi yang lain - Lihat semua
Disunion, War, Defeat, and Recovery in Alabama: The Journal of Augustus ... Augustus Benners Tampilan cuplikan - 2007 |
Disunion, War, Defeat, and Recovery in Alabama: The Journal of Augustus ... Augustus Benners Tampilan cuplikan - 2007 |
Istilah dan frasa umum
acct Alabama April Arcola army August Augustus Benners bales battle Beauregard Benners Benners's Bezique bill Blount Blount Springs bright buggy Carolina Cheney Place church cloudy Cobbs Col Jones cold Confederate Congress continued convention corn cotton crop December Democratic Demopolis dinner election Eutaw Fanny February federals Fort Sumter friday Graham Grant Greene County Greensboro Hale County hard rain Hayes Herrin Jane January Jenny Jones Joseph Johnston July June killed last night look March March 11 Miss Mobile Monday Montgomery Montgy morning negroes Newbern North November oclock October party plantation planter pleasant President reached rec'd Reconstruction reported Republican returned river road rode Saturday Selma Senate sent September Sherman sick Snedecor South Southern spring staid Stickney Sunday Ther thro Thursday Tilden took town troops tuesday Tuscaloosa Vicksburg vote Walker Place Watson weather Webb Wednesday wife Willie yellow fever yesterday