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Parthenia Antoinette Hague, A blockaded family: Life in southern Alabama during the war, Chapter 12: (search)
rried with them. It really seemed as if the wreck was a greater blow than the loss of the stock would have been, and for a few days there was sore grief in that household. But they soon roused themselves, on reflection that they yet had their stock left to plow the already planted crop, and a roof over their heads, while many were left without stock to tend their crop, or house to rest in. A disabled soldier of our Confederacy, who lived in the southern part of Alabama, near the Choctawhatchee River, with his wife and five small children was visiting relatives in our neighborhood. They had driven through in their own carriage, to which two fine horses were hitched. They had packed in their carriage what was most useful and valuable to them as wearing apparel, all their valuables in jewelry and plate, bed — quilts, counterpanes, a feather-bed and pillows, bandboxes, hatboxes, trunks, and many other articles of value. I saw the carriage unpacked, and stood amazed that such a qu
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Florida, (search)
ernments surrendered to Harrison Reed, who is inaugurated as governor......July 4, 1868 Unsuccessful attempt to impeach Governor Reed of high crimes and misdemeanors in office......1868 Legislature provides for a State board of education......1869 Fifteenth Amendment ratified by House and Senate......June 11 and 16, Harvey S. Harmon admitted to the bar at Alucha circuit court, by Judge J. H. Gross; first negro admitted in Florida......1869 People of Florida west of the Choctawhatchee River vote by a majority for annexation to Alabama, the conditions fixed by commissioners being the consent of Congress and consideration of $1,000,000 paid to Florida by Alabama .Nov. 2, 1869 Equalization act passed by legislature......Jan. 27, 1871 Taxation felt to be unnecessarily heavy; delegates from nearly all the counties meet at Lake City and appoint a finance committee to examine into the financial condition of the State and to call on the governor to interfere......Sept. 6
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, chapter 26 (search)
ames Island. 2d Between western limits of Sixth District and the Combahee and Little Salkehatchee rivers, and the southern boundary of Barnwell District to the Edisto River. 3d Between western limits of Second District and Savannah River. 4th Bounded on southwest by Santee River, and northwest by boundary-line of North and South Carolina. District of Georgia: State of Georgia, excluding defences of Appalachicola and main affluents. Mid. Florida: Bounded by Suwanee and Choctawhatchee rivers, and defences of Appalachicola and affluents. East Portion of Florida east of Suwanee River. note.—1st, 5th, 6th, and 7th Mil. Dists., S. C., comprise the defences of Charleston, S. C., and formed the 1st Mil. Dist., S. C., until the 22d day of October, 1863. Telegram. Charleston, S. C., Feb. 11th, 1864:8.30 A. M. Genl. Samuel Cooper, Adjt. and Insp.-Genl., Richmond, Va.: Governor Milton telegraphs following: Enemy's force at least five thousand strong; not force enough
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), Alabama, Newton, Dale County, Alabama (search)
Newton, Dale County, Alabama a town of 2,300* pop., on the Choctawhatchee River, 85 miles S. by E. of Montgomery.