Montgomery, AL

Headnote
MONTGOMERY, city, seat of justice of Montgomery co., and the capital of the state of Alabama, having succeeded Tuscaloosa, as the seat of government, in 1847, has a central situation in Montgomery county, 220 miles northeast of Mobile, and 839 miles from Washington.... The population in 1840, was 2,179; in 1850, 11,937. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Montgomery County, AL

Montgomery, Alabama (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
MONTGOMERY, city, seat of justice of Montgomery co., and the capital of the state of Alabama, having succeeded Tuscaloosa, as the seat of government, in 1847, has a central situation in Montgomery county, 220 miles northeast of Mobile, and 839 miles from Washington. It is the centre of an extensive trade in cotton, which is brought from the surrounding country to this point, the head of steamboat navigation on Alabama river. It contains the usual number of public buildings.

The Montgomery and West Point and the Lagrange railroads, unite the city to Atlanta, on the route of the Georgia railroad, and to the intermediate points.

The population in 1840, was 2,179; in 1850, 11,937.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 233.
Date Type
- Alabama holds an elected State Convention to plan for the state's return to full national participation Lawmaking/Litigating
Alabama secedes from the Union Lawmaking/Litigating
Alabama's secession convention assembles in Montgomery Lawmaking/Litigating
Confederate president invites applications for "letters of Marque and Reprisal" Lawmaking/Litigating
Confederate States Constitution adopted in Montgomery, Alabama Lawmaking/Litigating
- Divided Alabama Democratic Party holds two separate nominating conventions in Montgomery Campaigns/Elections
First Confederate government bond authorized Lawmaking/Litigating
From Montgomery, the Confederate secretary of war orders immediate action against Fort Sumter Battles/Soldiers
In Alabama, a Montgomery meeting nominates William Yancey and Thomas Watts for the secession convention Campaigns/Elections
In Alabama, a New Orleans bound steamboat is destroyed by fire and at least four people die. Crime/Disasters
In Montgomery, Alabama, the Confederate Congress passes a bill to create the Confederate Army Lawmaking/Litigating
In Montgomery, Alabama, the special session session of the Confederate States Congress ends Lawmaking/Litigating
In Montgomery, Robert Miller Patton is inaugurated as Alabama's first elected post-Civil War governor Campaigns/Elections
In Montgomery, the Alabama legislature votes overwhelmingly to reject the Fourteenth Amendment. Lawmaking/Litigating
Jefferson Davis selected as Provisional President of the Confederate States Lawmaking/Litigating
Jefferson Davis sworn in as Provisional President of the Confederate States Lawmaking/Litigating
- Stephen Douglas ends his presidential campaign with speeches in Georgia and Alabama Campaigns/Elections
- The Alabama Democratic Convention meets in Montgomery and formulates the "Alabama Platform" Campaigns/Elections
The Confederate States flag, "the Stars and Bars," is adopted in Montgomery, Alabama Lawmaking/Litigating
The Congress of the Confederate States ends its first session in Montgomery, Alabama Lawmaking/Litigating
- The Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in special session session in Montgomery, Alabama Lawmaking/Litigating
The Congress of the Confederate States opens a special session session in Montgomery, Alabama Lawmaking/Litigating
The Convention of Seceding States opens at the State House in Montgomery, Alabama Lawmaking/Litigating
The Convention of Seceding States passes the provisional constitution of the Confederate States Lawmaking/Litigating
- The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in Montgomery, Alabama Lawmaking/Litigating
Confederate States of America
Name Type
Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL Location or Site
Date Title
New York Times, “Steamboat Eclipse Sunk,” November 29, 1858
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “An Episode in the Southern Tour of Douglas,” June 10, 1859
New York Herald, "The Reception of Mr. Douglas at Montgomery, Alabama," November 14, 1860
New York Herald, “The Disunion Question,” November 19, 1860
New York Times, “A Secession Breakwater,” November 20, 1860
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Alarms,” December 22, 1860
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “A. H. Stephens,” February 12, 1861
Winfield Scott to William H. Seward, March 3, 1861
New York Herald, “Apprehensions of an Attack on Washington,” April 14, 1861
James Henderson to Abraham Lincoln, April 16, 1861
Jefferson Davis, Proclamation, April 17, 1861
New York Times, “The Reward of Treason,” May 16, 1861
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Help From England,” May 16, 1861
New York Times, “Famine Among the Confederates,” June 20, 1861
Abraham Lincoln, Message to the Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861
Alabama State Convention, "Debate on ending Slavery," October 20, 1865, Montgomery, Alabama
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