Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Alabama” in page 182 of Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1.:
...x-Governor Alexander Mouton, an intimate friend and willing instrument of Slidell, was chosen President, and J. Thomas Wheat, Secretary.
J. L. Manning,
of South Carolina, and J. A. Winston, of Alabama , Commissioners from their respective States, were invited to seats in the Convention, and made vehement speeches in favor of secession.
The Governor was formally
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